http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Sky Black en Mon, 18 May 2026 19:29:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95705 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:17:52 +0000 kaputnik 95705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Bikefan - nice link! Amused to see "Protective" stuff from 3 years ago (that weird brand only EBC used to stock) in there as vintage! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95704 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:15:59 +0000 kaputnik 95704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.thefootdown.co.uk/2013/01/04/team-sky-rapha-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/">The Foot Down</a> blog on the matter made me giggle somewhat. They lay into Evans good and proper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95701 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:48:28 +0000 BikeFan 95701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For those of a Tight Scot persuasion, I can heartily recommend <a href="http://velotastic.co.uk/product-category/vintage-cycling-jerseys/team-jerseys/">Velotastic</a> - who stock "pre-loved" retro jerseys at a very reasonable cost. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95638 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:29:35 +0000 PS 95638@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>£75 would be cheapest thing on Rapha website. </em></p> <p>There's a £40 "supporter jersey" as well. They seem to have all the bases covered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95631 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:10:44 +0000 gembo 95631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>£75 would be cheapest thing on Rapha website. I can't get on, probably their site being inundated with orders. Personally I am going for last year's blood cheats Katusha, I likentheir red jersey,have an amazon voucher to spend at right price if I ignore the exorbitant p and p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95630 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:07:03 +0000 kaputnik 95630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>a return to the cycling casquette, moving away from podium baseball caps</em></p> <p>A return to civility! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95627 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:49:03 +0000 Baldcyclist 95627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>£140 for a 'pro' jersey, £75 for a 'replica' jersey.</p> <p><a href="http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-pro-jersey/">http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-pro-jersey/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95626 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:48:57 +0000 PS 95626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All the Rapha/Sky products have gone live on the Rapha website. </p> <p>Yep, there's some pricey high-end stuff, but there's also a surprising number of items at the "more affordable" end of the scale if you must out yourself as a bit of a <em>nouveau</em> cycling fan... ;o) - probably no worse than you would pay for your standard premiership football jersey (I assume).</p> <p><a href="http://www.rapha.cc/shop/team-sky">Black is the new black</a></p> <p>Oh! and joy of joys, the range seems to suggest a return to the cycling casquette, moving away from podium baseball caps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95431 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:46:15 +0000 Cyclingmollie 95431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Rapha will be proud to present the Team Sky range debut online at rapha.cc from Friday 4th January, with select key pieces available to buy."</em></p> <p>That translates as expensive. It translates as other things too but I'll not go there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95411 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:24:23 +0000 gembo 95411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well Rapha will be even more expensive than Adidas, that will be the main difference </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95409 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:22:09 +0000 kaputnik 95409@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apart from removing the Adidas stripes and appearing to be a shinier, more figure-hugging fabric, and moving the blue bar from the chest to the Rapha-style "one arm/leg only" position, what's the difference from the last kit?</p> <p>Ian Stannard's champs kit is ever-so-slightly less imaginative. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95406 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:13:41 +0000 chdot 95406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> The Rapha agreement sees the British manufacturer take over from the previous branded supplier Adidas, which had the garments made by Moa/Nalini.<br /> "</p> <p>Is some/all made in UK?</p> <p>Can't see any mention on their site (though it does have a lot of pages/words). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95404 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:54:59 +0000 Cyclingmollie 95404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a bit unimaginative. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9189#post-95402 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:49:16 +0000 Charterhall 95402@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't think much of Sky's new jersey<br /> <a href="http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13603/Wiggins-shows-off-new-Rapha-designed-Team-Sky-jersey.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13603/Wiggins-shows-off-new-Rapha-designed-Team-Sky-jersey.aspx</a> </p>