Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

^^ Is it Castelli moving towards Rapha styling?
'Sky Inside' sounds awkward.

in a good way.
ive always been a fan of assos and castelli and was gutted when my beloved castelli socks got ripped and trashed in a fall. i might have bought them at geoffery butlers croydon or ken bird in crystal palace. must have been a crash in training because we werent allowed to wear them in races because of the advertising.
i like the simplicity of the kit. replica without the advertising. garments with massive logos on the outside should be cheaper.
theres probably a longer version where he speaks or maybe hes the strong silent type.

@Squaredisk definitely looks like it but castelli have been in the game a long time so their archives have probably been raided a few times for style pointers from all of the new kids on the block

came home to this. gabba gabba hey!

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Sportful Fiandre light would be within tax refund budget - mine's been great

All white jerseys are straight to anti.

Gabba or perfetto? I know this is a bit OT but wanted to garner opinion. Perfetto looks like a great all rounder.

Gabba

Perfetto is lighter and should be pretty good for spring, summer & fall. Gabba is heavier. I run pretty hot when riding so Perfetto paired with nanoflex armwarmers is my to go unless its below 10 degrees Celsius. hope this helps.

With the End10 discount code on Sigma Sport you can pick up a short sleeve Gabba 2 for £66

Excellent. Thanks Ronnie.

mustardbeak

With the End10 discount code on Sigma Sport you can pick up a short sleeve Gabba 2 for £66

Now that's a shout! May well get a perfetto and a gabba at that price

This new Colombia stuff is absolute wank.

What were you hoping for?

just checking out the Shadow arm warmers and notice the description still references Team Sky wearing them during the Classics season, I wonder if they did in 2017?

Top job. Just picked myself one up.

High quality design?

I like the Colombia t shirt

Looks good to me.

Anyone have a Nimibia jersey in XL pm me.

You need the Archive store.

Just bought a shadow jersey in the sale but now thinking I should take it back and get a Gabba. Who's tried both?

Castelli Alpha?

Once you try Gabba, there is no longer a need to try anything else.

I already have a PTTJ which is perfect in low temps

I have. I prefer the Shadow because for me the fit is better. It's thinner material, and so might not be as warm as the Gabba, but it's more waterproof. I wore mine (with Shadow bibs, arm warmers, knee warmers and a Pro Team Gilet) on this year's Tour Transalp, and on the stage up the Umbrail pass which they cancelled due to bad weather I was left wondering what the problem was, while other people seemed to be in the advanced stages of hypothermia (albeit none that I could see wearing Gabbas). I like the Shadow gear. In fact, I've just bought another set of bibs and jersey. #csb

I have both. Before I purchased the shadow I wondered how it compared to the Gabba. Well ... the gabba is a jacket & the shadow is a jersey. Shadow is lighter, more breathable & 100% waterproof even after several hours in torrential rain. Its not especially warm but has been comfortable on tempo efforts with a base layer to 7 degrees. Lower & wetter than that Ive worn the insulated gillet over it & its been absolutlt perfect.

I don't particularly enjoy wearing Lycra anyway but is it just me that will now feel a bit embarrassed wearing Rapha? 70% of my cycling clothing is rapha and now I feel like I'll be wearing a big fucking ASDA BY GEORGE label on my back. I was never that fussed about rapha just liked the low key styling - feel like the sale has taken that away. It's obviously still the same kit...