Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

u ok hun?

Yes thanks.

Rapha OG/creative director Luke Scheybeler, before he jumped ship:

“Cycling needs more marketing sophistication, more people taking risks and more contentious product ideas. If that opens brands up to ridicule occasionally, then so be it.

Anyway, I've got to go. I'm about to descend the Col des Aravis in an epic hailstorm, en-route to a Michelin-starred restaurant on Lake Annecy – and my cashmere armwarmers need adjusting.”

Col des Aravis

why didn't we do this @pastry_bot ?

Hahaha, that's a great line.

Also, anyway, I still entirely fail to see what's so contentious / ridiculous / whatever about that picture. I've looked like that before, just probably a bit less stylish.

Col des Aravis

I've done this. Out from Annecy heading east.

I've done it twice

You were resting before your sportive the day I did it.

Yeah, but it's no Col du Camberwell Grove. Out from Burgess heading South.

Tweed softshell, nice but very pricey? Had a very brief look at one as I stuck my head in the Soho store yesterday evening; I like that the shoulder patch is back, but the fabric itself felt a bit thin and weird - is it more like the current winter jacket than the OG softshell?

Also, do any of the shops have physical copies of the Queens of Pain book? I'd like to flick through one before buying, as it's priced above my impulse purchase level.

Michael Barry

May be a much better cyclist but also a cheat / doper. Not really something to aspire too.

The cheese place at the top is good

cheese place

are you confusing it with Semnoz?

There's more than one cheese place

phew

They can be stinky, yes

My German paragliding Annecy friend is now paragliding in California.

I've done this. Out from Annecy heading east.

We did it after having done the Col de Colombiere, starting from Geneva. Natch.

Well, mine was in the middle of a cent cols. Natch.

I did it twice in the same day, both north and south sides, whilst doing the Time Megeve Mont Blanc sportive.

I was flying that day.

and yet you didn't make the Rapha catalogue

Which is surprising as you couldn't get much whiter than me.

Well, mine was in the middle of a Geneva to Nice 6 day tour. Natchissimo.

Although, actually, Cent Cols would be harder wouldn't it. OK, you win.

Oh yeah. So did I. 2012. OK, I've done Aravis 3 times. Still haven't made the Rapha catalogue. That's why I'll be wearing Ashmei tomorrow.

I'll be wearing Ashmei tomorrow

spew.

All this le col chat. Guys. This is the rapha thread.