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I travelled back home especially to have my Shadow kit for Liège-Bastogne-Liège and it allowed me to perform at my best, even in that tough weather.
Rapha appear to be milking it until 23:59 BST on Sunday 1st May 2016 precisely (when the newly announced 10% of shadow wear offer ends).
For us plebs who don't get new kit every season, how long does the 'hydrophobic' coating last on Shadow/Gabba etc ?
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Do they have to look after their own kit? It's like my school rugby kit, taking it home to wash it.
Surely the team have this stuff for each race in case the weather changes rather than Wout having to do 240km warm up ride to make sure he's got a jacket to wear for a monument..?
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I'm wearing my 3 year old assos bonka still. And my 2 year old gabba. I don't get new stuff ever.
Waterproof stuff just needs looking after. Washing and re proofing with DWR, it's just the dwr coat that's waterproof. No idea about shadow, not bought one. -
Back to the Shadow discussion - it's a good kit. Because it's a bit warmer, it's good for colder spring rides as well as the wet ones - though obviously you can get a bit warm in the top when the sun comes out.
As for hydrophobic - much like the Gabba, it's water resistant for a while and then lets water in, but obviously is still a lot warmer than a normal jersey/bibs combo. I went up and down a mountain in the rain a few weeks ago - think the temp was around 10-11 degrees, and I was fucking cold after the wet descent, but ok as soon as I dosed up on cortados/started climbing again. What I'd have liked is some shadow armwarmers actually - was just wearing merino ones and when they got wet, they got very cold. Yeah I know nanoflex, but meh. Mixing and matching Rapha and Castelli, for shame.
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Apparently poels drove back to holland just to get his shaddow jersy. Jesus wept.