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"In the coming months, we’ll roll out whole new approaches to wearing kit that will fundamentally change the way you ride"

Clipless saddles?
Aero handlebar tape?
fuel-cell waterbottle helmet?

^ I'd now quite like to see this rather good imagery worked into a summer jersey/City range

thanks!

amey, where did you get your lenses made up?

might be able to track down the light blue (cyan) edition of the Sugoi RSE Neoshell?

Conviced someone is going to do a Warby Parker on cycling gloves and make a mint.

And with that in mind, anyone have any experience of the Rapha specs II with prescription lenses? Does it really destroy your soul to have 'nice but pricey' branding by your temples?

Well done everyone. Ain't going to happen for me this year, but managed to get out today, roaming the Somerset Levels once the ice had gone. Great to be reminded that it's fun to ride a bike.

And the Mac softshell (and cap; mine needs the peak replacing)

damn that varsity neckline

It is (especially the account of his time in the UK), if you can track down a copy (it's in the British Library). There's the Ritchie book, too.

Firsts of the Taylor book are nice, but more than a bit pricey.

I think it's just Grangers in a fancy bottle?

It was kind of a PTJ of a post, ribbing the commercial appropriation of race and history, but also, yup, I would totally be up for a Major Taylor range, esp. if the profits went to the Association.

Dibs on a Major Taylor line jersey

I've got the reflective rucksack, and the coating (which I think is 3M) gets scratched pretty easily, and picks up dirt/water stains very easily. So far, some babywipes has cleaned it up okay, but it's starting to look grubby on the top.
Nothing too bad, just something to be aware of. It's a great pack otherwise, and the visibility is great.
I've not really babied it, so it's pretty tough stuff, but worth knowing going in. Strikes me that it's a good deal in sale (got given mine as a leaving gift)

Zojirushi do a 360ml

Rucksack is bigger (30l). No zipped key pocket. Be prepared for it to mark easily.

Yes, that sort of range

Pro Team Aero Colourburn, archive/core LS jerseys + archive winter jersey, quite of lot of cycle club kit, some Tricoleur jerseys, some rain jackets, Pro team lightweight jerseys and bibs, pt thermal bibs, some Brevet windblock ls jerseys. A bit of city stuff (jeans, trousers, polos) Looks like some SS 2017 and SS 2016? Got the impression some of the stock had been cleared out on the Friday opening, so not a huge range of stuff.

Update on Bicester, thanks to a change of trains: no avocado toast by the time I got there, but there's free coffee on hand in l'Archive and the station waiting room. More M and L than I expected, and a good selection from the women's range. And non-Pittards of Yeovil gloves.

The footbridge over Queensway.

(just amused that they referenced it twice).

City gloves: I'm not sure I would shout about Yeovil so much

The gloves are made using Pittards leather, tanned in Yeovil, Somerset, and treated to help them cope with oils and salt from hands, while the lining has been removed to help increase dexterity.
The gloves are made from a super-supple hide, tanned in Yeovil, Somerset. Treated to lengthen the life of the leather, these gloves will over time mould to the hands and become unique to the wearer.

Do Rapha make poubelles?

Book sniffing is the new cereal cafe http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/2017-05-23/antique-books-are-the-new-hipster-essential

More sad news. RIP.

Another chance to dust off the tweed (or linen, worsted, cotton...) on 10 June at the Nocturne: Concours d'Elegance http://www.londonnocturne.com/concours.php