Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

People equate it with the aeros. I may be fat and lumpen, but squeeze me into an outfit like an overstuffed sausage and I will be fast, obvsly.

Practically, technical fabrics need to fit snugly to work properly e.g. wicking, insulating. But surely the obsession is about following pro trends - i.e. towards wearing almost TT-style tight aero clothing all the time.

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The fabric properties usually start to diminish once stretched to the max.

Cool, thanks.

it is not fun to ride fast with flappy clothing

Whatever.

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they are drafting?

proves my point

That was one of the most amazing things about that movie. 70km/h wearing a collared shirt. Fucking beasts, the pair of them.

ChrisMGS
Polartec Alpha has been around for a while now. Rab and other brands do Alpha-insulated gilets which are available for under half the price of the Rapha one:

evanscycles.com/louis-garnea­u-alpha-gilet-EV244309

trekitt.co.uk/493/products/ra­b-mens-strata-vest-ebony.aspx

i'd love these if they weren't so fugly

If Rapha has lined the Brevet Gilet with unicorn fur ChrisMGS would have said "everyone else in the industry uses Alpha, Rapha should do the same"

I WANT TO BUY TECHNICALS GEAR BUT NOT AT HIGH PRIZZE AND WOULD ALSO LIKE IT TOO LOOK GOOD ON THE BIKE. I ALSO AM 96 KG AND AM 1.8 M. MY SHOES ARE SIZE 16. I WANT TO BE DISTINCTIVE BUT BLEND IN BUT BE DIFFERENT.
PLS HELP ME RAPHA.

Medium weighs 130 grams.

Real light then.

150 if you count the fully loaded biscuit pocket.

Who puts biscuits in a pocket? Straight in the mouth.

From where though? They gotta start somewhere bro

What came first? The biscuit or the pocket?

#deep

Isn't Rapha "Core" meant to be out today?

tomorrow.

biscuit pocket.

When's the clown's pocket version coming out?

So, nothing special but cheaper.
Core

The designers have really earnt their pay With those. Must've pulled a few all nighters.

Looks right up my street

What's the sizing like?