Started yesterday, some stuff still available today. Bit of money off but still too dear for me
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Rapha sale now on
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Reduced from eye watering to just plain dear.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Decathlon for me
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I have some dear bib shorts from decathlon and tried on the FDJ team jersey claimed made by them for the tour team of the same name, 'twas like gossamer. Then I have lots of cheap stuff from them that seems fine
Posted 11 years ago # -
Horses for courses.
I've got two Rapha items. The Bordeaux - Paris jersey easily fits better than any other jersey I have (as kaputnik pointed out on the airshow ride, I must have a long torso because every jersey ends juuuuuust too short - except the Rapha).
And three-quarter troos that have stood up impressively to my off, and are roughly a gazillion times more comfy than Endura, Altura and Co-Op options I've tried.
Sorely tempted by their 'city trousers'; sadly the rain jacket, which had a huge amount off, is out in all but teeny sizes. Can't really afford to splurge on more (and really want a Café du Cycliste jersey I've seen).
Posted 11 years ago # -
Wouldn't encourage them. All that money for stuff, to go on a bike? I grumble at the cost of 'mainstream' cycling etire, I bought this years short sleeved tops at the end of summer season sale from Evans last year, £55 for three cycling tops, expensive!
Posted 11 years ago # -
The merino baselayers seem almost reasonable - you can easily pay that amount for merino on something without the brand cachet. Anybody got any experience of them? I was expecting their merino to be extremely spendy
Posted 11 years ago # -
Yes, Rapha merino baselayers always good.
The cut is always perfect.
Posted 11 years ago # -
*seriously tempted*
especially as merino baselayers aren't just for going on the bike, I live in them...
Posted 11 years ago # -
For my birthday I was given another merino Base layer from Canadian Costco. Labelled made in Canada http://www.coapparel.ca/segments.php.
Really quite nice :)
Posted 11 years ago # -
I've got a Howie's merino top that is easily the most bikey AND the most stylish thing I own (not a high bar, admittedly)
Posted 11 years ago # -
I have four or five icebreaker merino wool items from liquidation specialists, leckies of Falkirk
I know I previously stated that all only in size medium but my friend phoned me from the emporium as he had discovered their heaviest jacket in large. Would have been lovely but too big
Yesterday I spotted some very thin looking merino in decathlon hillwalking section. Cut looked snazzy, merino looked very thin
Aldi also sell some itchy merino for peanuts. Might try it as itchy I can cope with and if it does not honk after use that is what you are after if it is also quick drying
Bit like when the amount of extra virgin olive oil in the world exceeds number of olives?
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I've got long sleeved merino base layers from both Decathlon and Icebreaker. Icebreaker look and feel better when you pick them up but I've found surprisingly little difference in their performance in use.
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I've only gone and bought a merino t-shirt for £40. I must stop reading this forum, it's getting expensive!
Posted 11 years ago # -
THIS FORUM IS AS CHEAP AS IT EVER WAS.
Its members are, of course, rich in wisdom and helpfulness and full of expensive sweetness and light.
Or something.
Posted 11 years ago # -
I seem to have acquired a moderate number of Rapha merino base layers. They're brilliant. Wear them pretty much constantly throughout the colder months, both on and off the bike. Very long, so tuck in securely to whatever you're wearing.
Certainly spendy.
Posted 11 years ago # -
That Bordeaux-Paris jersey looks superb, @WC. Happily, they haven't got my size in.
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