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When you say certification is expensive what ballpark are we talking?
I’d certainly consider a reflective upgrade to my rapha pro team insulated gilet!
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Thanks for the reply. Always prefer to buy from the smaller cycling businesses if I can afford it. I only discovered Albion recently through your posts on here.
Out of interest do Albion do repairs in-house or are they done at Lancashire sport repairs?
GoatandTricycle
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@farewell in addition, can't promise, but I'll also ask about industry, not just LFGSS.
@Big_Ted not at all, a discussion as old as time.
I get the technical problems of two-way zippers, but wonder if some of this is caused by the type of puller specced; the lockdown or semi-automatic lock rely on the puller tab being 'down' to lock the slider. On the bottom of a jacket in a riding position, it can flip 'up' and the slider works loose and up the jacket. Albion uses a different, free-hanging tab, which can also be snipped out and replaced with a cord tab if you want it even smaller. It's also rounded, to stop snagging/burring on bibs/tights.
....however, there's another faff with two-way zips, which is ease of use and getting the pin through two sliders into the box. This, and every year seeing professional riders struggling with a regular, single slider rain jackets (wrote a bit more on this in the Burner thread), is a rich source of inspiration and a real need. We're working on this, v positive results so far.
@amey You're a lot more grown up than me - I only have Cargo bike aspirations, you're living it outloud!
@pacef8 ...not seen that PedalEd product, looks great. And yeah, if you could take all the best bits of everything and mix up - not sure how the Rapha Alpha/hooded one was received, looked suited very cold conditions, but then I never rode it. Not sure how close they are to coloured Shakedry (as opposed to tinted/printed), but will be interesting once the dark drab/olive identity is diluted.
@GoatandTricycle yes, this is definitely of interest, and again, another perfect use-case challenge for a dedicated product, or a family of products. As you highlight, there's variety of quality and some grey areas, with some events/riding in France/insurance requiring EN certified products, we want to get it right; the testing/certification isn't cheap to enter into!
If you want to upgrade existing kit, hopefully we can do it at an event soon, we're in your neighbourhood now.
@youramericanlover curious, I looked into how big this cancelling job will be; in 2014, YKK turnover was $6billion = 25% of Nike's 2014 turnover. Brain bending stuff.
@hoops thats v kind of you to say, now blushing. Cargos are signed off and ready to go ....Got some nice Deep Winter Tights imminent with a neat pocket detail. Good for riding, but also that general winter faff where you're leaving/stopping/getting home.
@Squaredisk I've considered for a long time doing more insight, sharing knowledge, maybe here or on IG. I have zero interest in the currency of exposure or influence, so struggle a little at times knowing the line with putting stuff out there, and it might be a dedicated thread if the time is right. Meanwhile, I just want well-made stuff that looks good, and happy to share my experience here and in the Sewing thread
@%~} I saw some shots of the crew last week; can confirm yes, it was cold ...new adverse conditions jackets coming this week. Whats your avatar? Driving me nuts - feels a bit X-files-ey? or maybe thats the halloween playlist earworm.
@cozey only time I've ever seen someone sweating blood is when their body fat was down here. Enjoy life, don't sweat blood!