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I got Core Winter tights with pad for £47, don't care if they came from the same shop as DHB...
On this note; is the rapha softshell BL realy worth double the dhb attempt?
Tenners-
Probably not. The Rapha softshell baselayer is one of the least successful bits of Rapha kit I've got. It's not very well cut, and the material is very odd, rather like a very thin neoprene. It works, but if you just want a windproof baselayer then there are better options out there. Although TBH, unless you're racing and you have to wear team kit which isn't windproof, I usually struggle to see what the point of a windproof base layer is. I wear mine once a year, when I'm racing in the Ely Hardriders TT. The rest of the time, if I want windproofing I'll use a windproof top layer.
Brommers
I got Core Winter tights with pad for £47, don't care if they came from the same shop as DHB...
Good kit, low price. Couldn't give a fuck about the rest of the "exclusivity" or being in a snobby club. Rapha's best selling point to me has always been quality and design-both of which are now far more hit and miss and are far more likely to stop me buying again in future than their brand image. If anything the snobiness put me off buying stuff as much as the price.
Service wise I don't mind not buying from Rapha direct either... Last core bibs I bought had blatantly been worn/stained/returned and just flogged again without being checked. That's probably less likely to happen via Wiggle too, and their dispatch and shipping is fast and free.
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