Rapha announced plans to launch a mountain bike apparel line
back in January of 2020, and we've seen the likes of Jill Kintner and Eliot Jackson teasing some of the new mountain bike apparel on social media, but until today, we didn't know when it would be available for purchase.
Now, it seems like we’re very close to finally seeing the product line up with the brand announcing that Rapha Performance Trailwear coming sometime in June 2021 at the end of the above video.
The brand has also kicked off a brand new mountain bike focused Instagram account
here and have a
Rapha MTB landing page on their website.
I actually have a half dozen sarcastic opulence jokes in my pocket, but I'm taking the fake high road.
My grandad would have called you a f**king idiot for paying $5 for a cup of coffee. But apparently there's a market for $5 coffees, so let companies sell $5 coffees and let people who enjoy coffee, buy $5 coffees.
(about all I could afford)
I think that was my point - Canyon is not the most "aspirational" road bike brand, but offer excellent value. You´d think that same guy would see through the rapha pricing and look for similar value in clothing.
It's definitely not "cool" but I've participated in every discipline (and raced in most, albeit unsuccessfully) and appreciate it.
I have a long-sleeve wool winter baselayer with built-in hood that gets used almost every weekend through the winter. Backcountry skiing, gravel riding, mountain biking...
Man, I wish a brand would to thing X (non-flashy mtb kit in this case)
Brand does thing X
No, not like this- f*cking dentists!!
And all that pushing a bike and raking leaves!
When they popped the manual i peed a little.
Damn guys, what a tease!
Maybe it doesn’t matter though... bougie roadies will buy Rapha for their eMTB pursuits because they already know/like the brand/image from roadie life, as has already been pointed out by the community, writ large.
Nah. Buy quality kit in the sale. Cheap kit is often a false economy in terms of comfort. Buy a £3 wicking t from Mountain Warehouse and tell me thats as comfortable as one from Fox. Yeah the Fox one is the same quality and covered in knobish logos but its been designed to ride. The seams are in the right place, it has a longer back, etc.
I have an Icebreaker merino and I have a crappy Endura one. Let me tell you - chalk and cheese.
You are right about one thing. I have no shame in buying second hand.
nevertheless very happy about it!
I am one of those that doesn't necessarily feel happy to:
1- look like a neon-sign on wheels
2- carry brands and mega logos around without being paid for sponsoring
What can I say, "de gustibus non disputandum est"...
If he's trying to encourage inclusivity in cycling, isn't it conflicting to be promoting a brand that is very expensive? Its not really keeping it real is it?
Trucks driving up a road (yeah bro)
Some moody c*nt smouldering at the camera
Gravel sounds
A wheelie
A shot through a truck window ♂️
A wet fist bump
A childs rake clearing some leaves
Another moody c*nt gazing into the distance
Someone showing their dirty arms
A few mild scratches on a set of legs
Wavy fish eye
Someone waving their helmet peak
A lad tugging at a branch
Bouncing a set of forks
Jumping on some ground
Someones brought their track pump into the woods now?
Raking a load of dirt at the camera
Didn’t watch the film above but lived it in my own mind through your shot-by-shot and lol’d hard. Thanks for that
More of a turnoff
Cos' I do.
#growcycling #wokeisajoke