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Selecting high-quality bib shorts for cycling, emphasizing factors like proper sizing, chamois fit, compression levels, aesthetics, and seams. Recommendations include Castelli Endurance 3, Ornot Cargo, and Rapha Pro Team 3, highlighting that investing in quality results in comfort and performance during rides.
Rapha unveil a ride to work and train on the way home backpack.
Rapha just launched a line of gear specifically for riding on the turbo trainer. Check it out.
The updated 2018 Rapha Brevet line includes some great new products like their active t shirt, bibs with pockets, and performance lightweight materials. All allow you to travel further and lighter, (#packlightravelfar I think is their hashtag )by making products designed for heat, exploration and overnight drying materials which helps when on the road multiple... Continue Reading →
The Rapha Brevet line received a few key upgrades in 2018, one product I talk about is the lightweight Brevet Jersey in prior posts. Then there is technical T Shirt inspired by performance roadwear, made with technical fabrics to support activities on and off the bike. Technical T-Shirt Materials and Fit Constructed from various grades of... Continue Reading →
A rag tag crew of cyclists for 133miles and 15,000ft of climbing on some of the most beautiful and challenging roads around Mt.Hood Oregon. RaphaRising 2017
Christmas is a time for family, giving unto others, eating lots of comforting foods, chilly days spent by the fire and, in my household, the Rapha Festive 500. As if Christmas and the New Year holidays aren't stressful enough with family and friends, making sure all of the last minute shopping is complete and coordinating... Continue Reading →
Epic, amazing or telling the world a "hard man" cycling story is not my take on Festive 500, for me it's about perseverance and conquering while finding the reward in both mental and cycling fitness.
As a designer, Alex Valdman (head of design at Rapha) makes the link between working hard, hitting mental walls, struggling in the process to get to a successful design. A little like the pain and suffering encountered on the bike, the final metres of the climb, suffering to the end to achieve. An inside look... Continue Reading →
OK! Summer has been in full swing, but let's think ahead to Autumn (or Fall as they like to say in America). Over several years of cycling in the Pacific North West I have learned a few things about this Autumn game. Carry a rain jacket, this can be a very small and light addition,... Continue Reading →
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