> The Rapha clothes have lasted longer and remained better looking through > hard use than anything I ever bought from Castelli, Pearl Izumi, > Assos, or any other cycling clothing I can think of (though I find > that smartwool's stuff tends to last and stay fresh looking).
I have had great luck with the boutique cycling clothes manufacturers - Rivendell prominent among them. The only big brand garments I use regularly for cycling are Patagonia climbing shorts (one pair from when they were still made in the U.S., the other two made in Colombia) which work well for my riding style anyway and seem unlikely to die anytime soon. On May 27, 6:00 am, Blindrobert <roberto.cipri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have lots of rapha clothing. I wore their wool base layer tee- > shirts and fixed shorts exclusively on several tours. They held up > remarkably well and I wouldn't use anything else in the future. The > Rapha clothes have lasted longer and remained better looking through > hard use than anything I ever bought from Castelli, Pearl Izumi, > Assos, or any other cycling clothing I can think of (though I find > that smartwool's stuff tends to last and stay fresh looking). > > So yes, $150 is a lot for a pair of fixed shorts (I have 3 pairs) - > but they have held up to repeated weekly use for several years without > problems (no split seams, no pilling, no broken zippers) so to me the > long term value is well worth the up-front premium. > > Roberto > > On May 26, 10:17 pm, Rick <richardholc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > The shorts I'm going to order are over-priced, I know. But the rain > > jacket isn't that far off the mark for the quality. On the random day > > I wear the rapha product, it's on my everyday bleriot.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
