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I wouldn't have bought one if I didn't get it for £100.. and I wouldn't have bought the pro team bibs for retail either. In fact I don't think I've ever paid full price for Rapha (apart from socks). It's just too much for me considering I mostly ride in club kit anyway.. I think people here often have more money than sense and get carried away saying how good Rapha stuff is without really having much to compare it to from other brands.
I've experimented with some Santini and Pearl bibs recently - both around £70 and both excellent fit and comfort. Remains to be seen if they will last 3-4 years of solid abuse like my two pairs of Classic bibs though. Cheap bibs will always be shit, but I'm finding it hard to tell the difference between the Rapha ones and the others at the moment for a comfort/fit point of view.