Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

Not new. Quite old. Been there for a while.

I just wrote a (psychology) masters thesis using it to explore how identity work is done on mumsnet. Considered doing LFGSS for a brief period, but I had a limited word count.

haha! i'm assuming you've seen the mumsnet madness twitter account...

"Bunnyhop the patriarchy"

Great tagline to sell upmarket cycling gear. Seems pretty glib when the majority of your customers are, well, the patriarchy too but nice token gesture of progressive attitudes guys!

😂

It wasn't started by Rapha it was started by Ellen Noble, originally as a joke but then she realised it had a serious message.

“I started #bunnyhopthepatriarchy kind of as a joke and I never in a
million years expected it to catch on to the degree that it has. But
there is definitely some truth to it in the fact that people always
assumed that women can’t bunny hop. And I wanted to show that it’s not
a gendered skill,” said Noble.

“Anytime people think there’s something women can’t do in a
patriarchal society, I want to show them, ‘No, we’re going to do it
and we’re going to kick ass while doing it’.”

Perhaps re-phrasing the tag line might have made this a bit clearer. As is it just sounds weirdly patronising, and yes-a bit of a joke...

Of course! It was a very interesting project, mumsnet is a good site/site for studying power relations.

Yeah I just saw the email actually (had only seen it on Instagram before) and you would think it was a Rapha thing the way it's presented. I don't really want to get into critiquing the actual hashtag though because I'm not a woman and there be dragons ;)

because I'm not a woman and there be dragons

Good job you are ensuring sensitivity around this, it would be a shame to inadvertently say something offensive. Oh.

#oooooohmatron

Ha. Obviously what I meant is that as a white CIS male who doesn't ride CX it's definitely not my place to tell women how to empower themselves in the world of cross...

I've probably offended the Welsh now too.

Orange is the new black/you've been tango:

So I think I'm just a moron and it was in the archive bit the whole time, and when it got removed from the basket I just went to the normal jacket section and it wasn't there, but by coincidence the new one was and I got confused.

Odd thing about the Archive part of the website is you don’t seem to be able to filter by men or women? The link from Men to archive sale lists both and you can only filter by size. Seems odd and a little annoying. Maybe I’m missing something?

Has anybody tried the loop back trousers or Cotton trousers ? both look good for commuting and office casual wear , recommendations appreciated.

Loop back are great.

Super comfy and they some stretch. Feel like wearing joggers. But smart too. Plus pockets got a zip so stuff doesn’t fall out.

Nice one I think il pick a pair up :)

"In the coming months, we’ll roll out whole new approaches to wearing kit that will fundamentally change the way you ride"

Clipless saddles?
Aero handlebar tape?
fuel-cell waterbottle helmet?

Invisible inner tubes

Hasn’t that one already been done!?
Maybe that’s the joke argh meta loop

I’m hoping for a kilt, that would fundamentally change the way I ride.

Looks like a fabric

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Stoked on this though

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I want this iridescent crit kit so badly