Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

The Decathlon mountaineering down jackets are the best stuff I’ve ever used - had some fancy stuff bought for me from work when I went to a very cold place and I cracked this jacket out in black which performed twice as good for about a quarter of the price - love it.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-mountaineering-down-jacket-makalu-red/_/R-p-180612

I cycled my Zoa over to Deptford and they repaired it and cycled it back for free

this is perfection !

Thanks for the help all!

No accesible repair = no buy

For someone who cares about sustainability, I've never thought about this and now I will!

Though I tend to repair most of my own stuff (sometimes terribly mind you)

END selling Rapha now! Decent selection

https://www.endclothing.com/gb/brands/rapha

This from the man who temporarily made Paul Racer brakes 'a thing'

Paul Racer Medium

We all fall sometimes.

The new x-tra long socks don't appear to be bundle-able, this a glitch?
Anything comparable on offer elsewhere that cover a size 13

They’ve got this wrong. I wouldn’t wear my burner that high. It’s better lower down to allow for ventilation with a dropped zip. Works perfectly well in the rectangular Albion format, but I guess they had to change it somehow.

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Vindication for @Chopsicle

wind ication surely! …wonder what it’s called. Il Gazzetta?

mixture of your burners and the rapha stormgilet v1

How do Pro Team Training Bib Shorts compare to the standard PT bibs? I've mainly worn PT bibs for the last few years but getting pricey.

pt training bibs are the old PT

Was quite keen to see the latest but I’m calling BS, what does the office manager think?

It’s brilliant. Best kit of 2023, regardless of sustainability credentials.

I assume working with offcuts will be much more labour intensive than off the roll, so surprised the jerseys aren’t selling for a premium.

The EF kit is better than the other offerings. The sustainability seems dubious to me, can’t recall colourways for the pro team aero….

Yeah that’s lush. Their Giro kit is always great.

I heard they’re getting matching team cars too…

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They have to

I love the kit.
I love the idea.

I've seen the paint today now and I too am urged to cast doubt on the sustainability element being anything other than this year's gimmick. It's a gimmick I'm sold on but a gimmick nonetheless.

The paint is class.
Rub-through finishes are right up my street.
Using leftover products too... I'm all over that.

Better/more effective ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the project...

Don't use paint at all... no solvents.
Instead, why not stickers/transfers/decals? Call them what you like.

Paint them all one single colour and only add branding?
Even through gentle media-blasting you could add branding so you literally could get away with only one paint product.

Leave them raw and simply paint branding on?

Use last year's bikes and re-paint them?

If no other teams are doing this, then EF x Rapha x Cannondale don't even have to do it well, they just have to be doing it better than others and that seems a disingenuous.

So you think they're lying or?

Raw fabric can be dyed any colour you like. It's a design, it's not using random patches of fabric.

Have all these colours been used in the aero pro team jersey? Given they are specific to this line.

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