Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

Rapha Fixed shorts test - score 50%.
On the plus side, they look good, they do fat bastard sizes, and the shorts are still great to ride in even when completely soaked with heavy rain. Must be the fancy Shoeller fabric.
On the minus side, the padded bit isn't padded enough, and one of the leg buttons is not stitched on properly and will fall off soon. If I had paid £125 for a pair of shorts I'd bloody expect hand-sewn buttons. In fact I paid £45 for them and I still expect buttons not to fall off.

I've got some and quite like them, but they have the usual trouser problem for me - if the waist fits, the arse and thighs are too tight, if the arse fits, the waist is clown-trousers loose. They seem nicely made though and were much cheaper in Palo Alto Bicycles when the dollar was worth fuck all.

Tour of Britain jersey though (bought several years ago at a sample sale at Velorution) is smashing - comfy, has lasted well, much nicer looking than most cycling jerseys.

Dinah got me a bunch of Fixed tees and some softshell gloves for Christmas - all good, all things I wouldn't pay full price for (and that she didn't - sample sale again).

I can't really understand all the Rapha hate on here (Rosiebendix's excepted) - they're a priceyish brand of niceish stuff. If you come across it cheap, it's good value. If you pay full price, it's just like Assos, Nalini, Woolistic or whatever - nice if you can afford it but nonessential.