Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

I would say yes, it is flimsy compared with others, it does its job as a very packable emergency layer but I would never choose it to take on a ride if I had other options. The PT Lightweight Gilet is also a nice, very packable item, not really any stock left though now.

A friend has one and always complains of boil in the bag when we're out and he's got it on.

Am I alone in this? I opened an (rare for me) on-line purchase from Rapha - a merino wool top - and was disappointed to find a Made in China label inside. Doesn't seem right somehow. On many levels. Anyway it's going back.

A bit racist?

Why, is it made badly or something? Or not pricey enough?

Doesn't seem right somehow.

I no, rite - thos forrin devils and they're forrin ways.

IT AINT NACHURAL!

and the computer you wrote that on - presumably going back too?

30% of everything we all own is made in China.

Whether you like it or not.

Dey tukk err jerbs!!!

May be selling my thermo aero data pro suit thing if you're interested - with matching overshoes

got the brevet gilet in the sale just before years end. quite flimsy, but combines nicely with a long sleeve merino base and a long sleeve jersey. took it for a dry ride at dusk on monday and bodytemp was regulated nicely. pt rain gilet would have been too warm I reckon.

It's okay, no actual Chinese people touched the garment.

Just Tibetan exiles.

Or any of the 55 non Han Chinese recognised by China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China

It's ok, I don't really think I can justify it thanks. Especially not in dataprint.

No bueno ....... wont touch it unless its made within 20 miles of the house..... Chinese & Northerners y'know....

Ref made in China - nothing wrong with RAPHA quality MADE IN CHINA - and I don't have a choice in which computer I use. Nope - it's just that I'd like my investment in a purchase to find it's way into the UK economy more directly rather than via the bank account of wealthy Chinese investors buying property. Similarly I'd like the steel that goes into the buildings that are the offices and houses where I live to be made in the UK too. But evidently that's a lost cause as well.

I'm not racist but...

I've not got a grasp on things but....

Maybe it is just me then...............

Do you pension bro?

Feeling a tad sensitive - celebrated(?) 60 yesterday. Started the day with the news of the death of David Bowie then the Rapha episode......my world is falling apart. My bones ached from riding carbon on London's roads and the mousse in my birthday cake melted on the way to work. Glad that's over!

Rapha Imperial Works is all handmade by only British-born children that can trace their lineage back to Ethelred, with only a smattering of muggle interbreeding.

Am I alone in this? I opened an (rare for me) on-line purchase from Rapha - a merino wool top - and was disappointed to find a Made in China label inside. Doesn't seem right somehow. On many levels. Anyway it's going back.

Genuine question; what are you going to go for instead?

Assos - made in Switzerland by Yodel'ers