The New Rapha / Brain Dead Collection is Rave Ready

Feb 7, 2023
by Mike Kazimer  

I'm not a fashionable person. My wardrobe consists almost entirely of well-worn jeans and t-shirts, and none of them have designer labels on them. When it comes to mountain biking, my clothing tastes are similar – I gravitate towards simple and effective designs, ideally in some shade of black.

Part of my job does entail testing the latest mountain bike apparel, which means that multiple times per year I'll find myself laughing out loud at the outfit I've put on, whether that's due to the garish color scheme, exorbitant price, or a combination of both.

Which brings me to the latest limited-edition apparel line from Rapha and Brain Dead. For riders that want to pay even more money for Rapha clothing, the collaboration includes jerseys, a wind jacket, a hip pack, and two pairs of pants – one pair for riding, and the other for trail building, although they look a lot more like what you'd see at a rave circa 1999.

Don't you wish you were this cool? Trail maintenance pants: $200. Trail t-shirt: $60.
Trail pants with glow-in-the-dark logos: $195. Windblock jersey: $152.


Going back to the whole 'I'm not fashionable' thing, I wasn't aware of Brain Dead's existence until recently. For those who have been living under a rock like me, the LA brand was launched in 2014 by Ed Davis and Kyle Ng, and bills itself as “A creative collective of artists and designers from around the world... Brain Dead is not one person, nor is it one idea. It sits in the space between people.” Cringey copy aside, according to Vogue Business sales were expected to exceed $10 million in 2021, so this isn't exactly a little mom and pop operation.

Were there mountain bikers clamoring for this Rapha x Brain Dead collab? Honestly, I don't know. For the hypebeasts out there, this could be the highlight of the week. For me, it's more amusing and a little confusing than anything else.



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298 Comments

  • 746 23
 I think this is one thing all Pinkers can agree to hate together.
  • 649 32
 Can we also hate the word ‘pinker’?
  • 112 4
 @notthatfast: absolutely
  • 74 0
 The marketing summary sounds like J Peterman from Seinfeld wrote it.
  • 69 8
 Your mum is a pinker
  • 20 34
flag islandforlife (Feb 7, 2023 at 13:29) (Below Threshold)
 @notthatfast: Moist Pinker Panties
  • 89 19
 @gooral: one in the pinker, two in the stinker
  • 21 15
 Sorry to destroy the consensus, but despite never having heard of Brain Dead before, I like most of the collection (save the Trail Maintenance pants). I wouldn't consider buying it unless it was 75% or more off, but I still think it's kind of fun.

I basically just buy whatever color mountain bike stuff is on closeout, but I never really liked the earth tone trend any more than the previous loud colors trend.
  • 11 0
 @notthatfast: 2 pinkers 1 pair of $200 pajamas?
  • 34 2
 Hate mode engaged at first glance. Hit boss level hate when I saw the price. Is this some kind of hollywood swanky fashion joke?
  • 31 6
 any mtb gear that's referred to as a "collection" has missed its mark
  • 31 2
 When you see a market selling bikes for $10,000+ business people see suckers and will try and sell you a turd for a premium….enter brain dead + Rapha. We did this to ourselves, people see us as suckers and this is what we get. Guarantee I see this in my LBS soon and people on the trail wearing this stuff.
  • 19 1
 @ElDebarge: I'm much less worried about this type of inflation than bike price inflation. You need to buy a specific bike to mountain bike (basically). So if the prices go up across the board, that prices some folks out. You don't need to buy mountain bike-specific clothing to mountain bike. This type of expensive clothing might be out there on the trails, but it doesn't effect the ability of someone who is willing to ride in a synthetic t-shirt and board shorts to get out there.

A $500 vs. $5000 bike is an absolutely totally different experience. A $15 sport shirt vs. a $150 short sleeve jersey is...maybe noticeable?
  • 21 0
 @tacklingdummy: The urban sombrero looks better than this.
  • 4 0
 @notthatfast: no Big Grin
  • 1 10
flag Mtbdialed (Feb 7, 2023 at 17:14) (Below Threshold)
 @ElDebarge: oh boy.....I seriously hope I see those Pajamas on the trail! gonna be the best time half-wheeling them up the trail, doing a @countryclubajacent back off challenge the entire way.
  • 1 3
 Hmmmmm….ya, no.
  • 1 1
 Yikes
  • 11 0
 @DBone95:

Urban Sombrero: "It combines the spirit of old Mexico with a little big city panache."

I'm sold. Take my money!!
  • 3 0
 Chuck Norris Action Pants = yes, These Rapha pants = no
  • 1 0
 @radpagoat: “im not a hater, im a realist”

-me
  • 2 0
 @thebradjohns: Mini Van, 2 in the front and 5 in the back
  • 4 2
 "E-bike" wear, yes. Anything else, NO.
  • 4 0
 Instant agree. Clown pants, highwaters / floods, and 80s Jams patterns that failed then all now revived for the suckers nearest you to make riders look even more outta place in wild areas than some already do. Its enough that most (not all!) riders at 2+ in a group are usually talking at volume 11 but add the wackyass LA Shredder gear and - yeah, that's bad.
  • 8 0
 Thanks for teeing up another Henry Quinney contrarian think piece.
  • 3 2
 It honestly looks just as bad as all of the other clothing mountain bikers chose to wear.
  • 2 1
 I sure don't like this clothing. I love Mike's review. I sure don't like the weird attempt at thinking all mountain bikers should or could even possibly think the same. Pink bike not some freaky cult.
  • 3 1
 This is one way to call out all pinkbikers as being old.
  • 1 0
 I'd rather be a stinker than a pinker
  • 2 1
 Yup, that's a heap of stuff I will never waste money on.
  • 2 0
 @thebradjohns: hmmm..I always thought it was the other way around...but to each his own, I guess
  • 1 0
 Thou Shalt Not Rave.
  • 1 0
 @gooral: Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!!!
  • 1 0
 @gooral: I bet you’re a pinker goorag
  • 1 0
 @10000-cicadas: I’ll take the pink over the stink any day
  • 1 0
 @thebradjohns: Excellent early WynTV Moi Moi reference!!! I see you.
  • 1 0
 @MarcusBrody: There are different types of inflation?
  • 1 0
 @matyk: no it doesn't. It is much different. It is undeniably over the top bizarre. But hey some folks will like it and buy it and to each their own. Is your comment just your way of saying you don't like today's mountain bike clothing or that you don't like mountain biking? You write as though you're not a mountain biker. Or are you? What clothes do you wear to ride bikes?
  • 2 0
 @peatshark: I just dislike most mountain bike clothing. It's like everyone wants to dress like juggalos when going out riding. It's all so terrible. I just buy the most plain workout clothing I can find. It is getting more difficult though.
  • 1 1
 @matyk: hey, I don't know what juggalo means. But my solution to Not buying into trends is buying cheap, basic Dickies shorts and wearing a chamois under. Usually a wool t shirt or tech shirt as a base. Works for me.
  • 2 0
 @peatshark: DEF'LY treat yourself to a Juggalo search online and see the treats ya get. I won't even try to describe it but @peatsharks comment about that is effing hysterical...
  • 1 1
 @Mtn-Goat-13: ah ICP. Gotcha. What's effing hysterical?
  • 2 0
 @Mtn-Goat-13: WOOP WOOP
  • 1 0
 @peatshark: Juggalos & "the family"... did ya look it up yet?
  • 1 0
 @Mtn-Goat-13: Grab a Faygo and join the family WOOP WOOP
  • 2 0
 @suspended-flesh: FAM-A-LEEEEEE. FAM-A-LEEEEEE !!!
  • 257 7
 Presumably "Brain Dead" is not just the company's name, but also their target market.
  • 21 1
 These comments are like /r/roastme for bike clothing
  • 6 1
 What in the bloody hell is this s$&@?
  • 13 1
 TRAIL MAINTENANCE PANTS!?

Somebody got those damn AIs to make up their whole product line
  • 4 0
 came for exactly that comment =) Thanks
  • 3 0
 @audeo03: Why is NO ONE mentioning the shoes worn with the "Trail Maintenence " pants? Who the hell wears brand new Asics Running shoes for trail maintenance?
  • 1 0
 @scitrainer: Trail maintenance, but make it fashun.
  • 1 0
 @scitrainer: someone who wants fashionably stained socks, obviously
  • 3 0
 Simply looking at their pants causes Dain Bramage. The Ron Burgundy hair helmet and dad-shoes are proof positive that every last aesthetic synapse was fried on first sight.
  • 124 0
 Extra large cargo pockets to store my molly infused energy gels
  • 24 0
 TidePods anyone?
  • 13 1
 Don’t forget your glow sticks too man.
  • 26 0
 That giant ring he's wearing really screams "ready to put in a few hours of serious digging"
  • 4 0
 @Drew-O: And it somehow looks photo shopped on... like some art director was like "Hmm, looks good but give me a big gaudy yellow 60's rock band ring, ya... perfect!"
  • 2 0
 For the first six years of mountainbiking, I wore cargo pants. Long cargo pants, cargo shorts... You could puts some tools in your pockets, some food. This is from back in the pre-downtubestage era kids.
  • 2 0
 @vinay: I always used a fanny pack in the 90s, transitioned to hydration packs in the 00s, can fit way more trail beers in there comparatively. I always wonder how those who go on-bike storage for tools, snacks, and other items, carry enough beer with them. Cargo shorts... this is the way!
  • 1 0
 @JarrodB: I only started riding mountainbikes in 2001. Cargo pants is what I had so that's what I used. Soon enough I also got myself a hydration pack and used that ever since. It must have literally saved my back a few times so I wouldn't ride without anymore. I don't have experience with fanny packs but the pack I have now does store the water low and the other stuff in a flat storage a bit higher and it is thin in the middle so that the two parts can move well with respect to each other. I slide their CE certified back protector in there which is a bit more reliable than water for protection. Cargo pants are ok for lighter stuff like food but something heavier and harder like a tool isn't too great. It hurts if you fall on it and if you pedal fast it drags the legs of your pants around your legs. I wonder how the brain dead ones were trying to solve this.
  • 101 4
 i never understood the hate for Rapha. i do now. also, i miss my old JNCOs all if a sudden.
  • 9 30
flag savagelake (Feb 7, 2023 at 12:38) (Below Threshold)
 of*
  • 13 6
 Is there hate for Rapha beyond the price? I have a pair of their trail shorts (bough on sale) and they're super nice.
  • 2 1
 Yes, you can carry your trail etiquette textbook in your back pocket
  • 11 1
 JNCOs are back. My 15-year-old son has a pair. I die a little inside every time he wears them.
  • 9 1
 @Drew-O: their trail pants are also my favorite that I own and I’ve got a bunch from fox, Chromag, and others. High quality well thought out pants in plain black with a small logo.
  • 2 5
 @Drew-O: May be the case where the audience ruins the product. I'll agree though, their MTB range has pretty legit stuff, and the sale prices are great.
  • 3 0
 @chaoscacca: JNCO has sales?
  • 2 0
 Haha I agree I usually think a lot of the Rapha hate gets overblown, but yikes, this is just on another level. Now I almost wonder if they’re trying to enrage the haters.
  • 59 0
 "If I saw myself in clothes like those, I'd have to kick my own ass"
  • 2 0
 unless its Oct 31st.
  • 1 0
 @mountaincross: I think my wife would divorce me, or at the very least kick my ass, if I wore that on our anniversary...
  • 1 0
 @JarrodB: Ha ha! Even at the Halloween party? its a monstrosity, after all.
  • 53 1
 Never got Rapha confused with Juggalo culture until now.
  • 25 0
 Boardroom: Underdeveloped market analysis shows untapped synergy potential between Rapha and Juggalo brands. Amazing upside advantage in being first boutique cycling brand in this space. We call it: Raphalo.
  • 8 1
 Calling that scene a culture is a bit of a stretch
  • 2 0
 Dude, every brand of mountain bike clothing makes people look like juggalos, and they willingly wear it. This stuff isn't any different.
  • 50 0
 I would prefer something that signals that I'm more respectable, maybe Ed Hardy
  • 31 0
 or Tapout
  • 4 1
 or Guy Harvey
  • 3 0
 @savagelake:
*Affliction has entered the chat*
  • 37 0
 Fashion. One of the planets most wasteful & polluting industries. Look it up. Read it and weep fashionistas

Stop caring so much about what complete strangers think of you, and begin to careless and be yourself (without buying that junk above)
  • 6 4
 So are you advocating for or against this product line? Because one of the reasons I won’t dress in this shit is because I’m afraid someone will see me in it. I don’t normally care what people think of my fashion, but I think this would be a level of embarrassment I just couldn’t handle. I would caution anyone considering wearing this to just think a little bit on how others would judge you in this case.
  • 3 0
 @cristiantomlinson : By this logic, this goes for all new clothes, doesn't it? Use what you have, repair it when it is broken. Which implies it may actually be your cargo pants you'll be riding in. Old worker pants are pretty good for wet weather riding because they're strong and dry easily. People too bothered about what someone else is already wearing may actually trigger more waste (if the wearer feels intimidated and chooses to buy something else) than that it would reduce waste and pollution somehow.
  • 1 0
 @vinay: Everyone should wear crustpunk trousers for years on end and sew patches on the holes.
  • 1 0
 @suspended-flesh: I quit sewing in spots where the trousers are torn. Usually the material is so thin there already that it will just tear right next to it. I now glue the patches on. There is some special textile glue that works really well and keeps up even in the laundry.
  • 38 3
 If anyone sees me on the trail wearing any of these please beat me and steal my bike because I don't deserve to be a mountain biker.
  • 10 0
 Bystander: "DEATH TO BIKE THIEVES!"

Constable: "Sir, the victim was wearing the new Rapha / Brain Dead collab kit."

Bystander: ...... *steals victim's shoes, helmet, and pack*
  • 7 5
 This is a dumb double standard. No one hates on Thomas lemoines outfits that are crazy colorful and out there a bit from the normal mtb standard, but a company puts out an interesting new line and everyone hates.
  • 5 0
 @ridingbiking: IMO it has more to do with the price and the fact it is Rapha/ some dumb hype brand. Also $200 for "trail work" pants is just dumb.
  • 2 0
 @93EXCivic: yeah the price is ridiculous. If they were $50-70 pants I may buy a pair but he $200 mark is a no go for me.
  • 33 0
 What!!! Come on Mike Kazimer! I DEMAND to see the photos of you wearing this gear!
  • 19 0
 Leave him alone, wasn't the TLD lid pics enough?
  • 4 0
 @mikekazimer c'mon, give the people what they want.
  • 34 0
 No.
  • 25 0
 I too do faux trail maintenance with a phat mood ring in pants that look like they've done a lot of work
  • 6 0
 Came to the comments for this. Everyone knows you should wear a massive chunk of metal directly in the center of your hand when working with rapidly spinning power tools.
  • 4 0
 @lyfcycles: he has tucked in tho
  • 5 0
 @lyfcycles: Don't forget your safety Asics.


And also people should look up the term "de-gloved", it'll make you not want to wear rings in general while working.
  • 1 0
 @everythingsucks: I'm sure those are steel toed Asics. Don't look up de-gloving, just wear a silicone band and hope you never learn what it is.
  • 1 0
 @everythingsucks: a friend of mine degloved his ring finger while attempting to break into his house through an upstairs window. when he lost his footing the ring caught on a part of the mechanism and the weight of his body falling to the ground pulled off the skin.

skinned finger aside, he was ok. the keys turned up a while later in his car.
  • 15 0
 What the hell makes them trail maintenance pants? Pockets big enough for a shovel? When digging/building trousers get caked in mud and ruined pretty quick. If anyone spends that much money on clothes for digging in they're an idiot.
  • 11 0
 The guy leaning on shovel giving advice will buy said pants.
  • 2 0
 I would assume, that you are a complete numb nuts, just buying those pants, regardless of what you use them for...
  • 16 0
 TBH I feel biking on pingers could be a more eco-friendly alternative to E-biking
  • 4 0
 It's a blast alright. Grip the bars tighter than how hard I grit my teeth
  • 3 0
 Mashing gears
  • 14 0
 Amused and confused
For so long it’s not true
Wanted some $40 shorts never bargained for you.

Lotsa people talkin
none of them know
Stockholders of Rapha only care bout that dough
  • 2 0
 Ah ah, well done Bob!
  • 18 5
 Thank you Ralpha for pushing the MTB fashion boundaries! Even if you did go too far. I'm tired of seeing the same old geometric patterns and basic colors coming these soo called designers.
  • 9 0
 Thank you, thank you 1000 times over for bringing a smile to my face.
They look like circus act "apparel". If I turned up to ride in this my mates would disown me until I changed.

How many cones were consumed in the development planning process and meetings for these products?
  • 12 1
 “…it sits in the space between people”

Finally clothing which has something in common with my dog.
  • 1 1
 Laughed my ass off bocomtb, thanks!
  • 10 1
 You guys are knocking it, but there's nothing like a $60 t-shirt rubbing your nips over a long series of brake bumps.
  • 7 0
 At least this will make it easy to spot the Raphalites on the trail thus greatly reducing the odds of a conversational interaction.
  • 6 1
 sometimes i buy really loud outdoor/mtb clothing, just for something a lil different, and maybe thinking that if im facedown in a bush somewhere, maybe ill get found easier. But this, holy shit does that look bad. I dont think ive ever seen such an awful wanna be thug outfit ever in my entire life. It should be really cheap if its gonna look that bad
  • 3 0
 Haha, thug? This looks like a bunch of thugs to you? I never would have thought goofy neon and parachute pants would get anyone clutching pearls.
  • 5 0
 @RonSauce: my friend, then you just have not met the right pearl clutchers
  • 6 0
 Do you think you could do trail work without dressing like Rex from Napoleon Dynamite? Do you think anybody wants a roundhouse kick to the face while I'm wearing these bad boys? Forget about it.
  • 11 6
 I bet all you haters all wear the same kits, almost carbon copies of what the marketing said to wear. Then on the streets, Jeans and a t shirt cuz no one will make fun of you for being the 9 millionth square of the day.

If you got it, rock it. Someone’s stoked on this kit and why not be happy for them? Bet the trail pants are comfy.

Y’all just uncomfortable, get over it.
  • 1 0
 Their Trail pants are comfy. Not sure why I'd pay more for the designer version but you are correct- if it makes you happy and doesn't hurt others enjoy.
  • 6 1
 I was really looking forward for this even saved the release date. I am really disappointed about the riding shirt design. it just doesn't look like braindead and just looks like any other boring bikebrand designs. even reminded me of ION which is just NO!

i've long since stopped thinking bikers are stylish or cool and have long been aware that bikers will forever remain a conservative bunch with ugly tld, fox and flannel shirts.
i'm quite pleased when i tell people i love riding bikes and most things i do (work and leisure) has something to do with bikes and i get a "o really? you don't look like a biker at all" as an answer. Smile
  • 4 0
 from an industry obsessed with oil slick and where the flavor of the week is dressing like goretex condoms or deadbeat dads, these people sound like a bunch of you know whats talking about you know whos and their you know whats.
  • 4 0
 I feel like pinkbike commenters have entered middle age and are really loving screaming about how the kids are ruining everything. This stuff looks good and this middle ager would totally rock this and pretend like hes 18 again.
  • 7 0
 I was hoping to see Kaz in the model shots
  • 5 0
 Wow, exactly the trail maintenance pants I've always imagined. And the price is so respectable I likely won't care when I slice them with my saw.
  • 6 0
 While not my taste this time around, kudos to them both for making this happen.
  • 8 1
 I would kick my own ass if i saw myself wearing this garbage. WTF.
  • 4 0
 Excellent news. I am actually in the market for a new pair of designer trail maintenance pants. Last time I was out doing trail maintenance I slipped on loose dirt and spilled my soy latte on my Versace jeans.
  • 3 0
 Face it, this sport is basically golf, funny-looking fancy pants, overpriced & fetishized gear and all. Next: book your tee-time just to show up at the members-only trailhead. Trails 1-18 must be ridden in order. Mind the rules of etiquette if you need to “play through” around slower riders.
  • 7 0
 I think it's cool
  • 4 0
 Ah yes, time to do trail maintenance in my trail maintenance pants and rail t-shirt that cost $260.

(DO NOT get my fit dirty)

(I am NOT touching dirt)
  • 3 0
 Super early on that April Fools... but well done. Hammer pants for trail building? Classic. Well executed joke Rapha...and calling it "Brain Dead"...#nailedit So you think we are tacky and overpriced- hold my beer!
  • 4 1
 what the f*ck?! is that ugly!!! the collaboration between a totally overpriced roadie brand and a pseudo subculture fashion shit house. rather donate your money to the earthquake areas in Syria and Turkey!
  • 3 1
 Rapha was on my radar for nice bike clothes...but this is absolutely horrible. At this point I don't even care what direction they go in the future. They just showed me they clearly have no clue what their market is, let alone what they want/need for their sport. How on earth did this get past the first initial pitch meeting? Do they even have mountain bikers working there?

What
  • 24 23
 Brain Dead does good collabs, if theres anyone who can blur the lines between streetwear and mtb its them. I can appreciate that they reached out to a legit company and its not a random Supreme collab like we see all the time. IMO fox, troy lee and others should take notice, the images and branding are progressive and it would be refreshing to see something different for once.
  • 5 0
 I completely agree.
  • 3 0
 I was just going to make a joke about holding out for the Rapha x Supreme collab lol. I have no clue how those baggy bloused cargo pants fit in with mtb, but the riding kit looks pretty rad.
  • 1 0
 halleluja someone who "gets it" .
  • 4 0
 Brain dead + mountain biking…two phrases I could go without hearing together.
  • 1 0
 Sorry but the Perks & Mimi / Maap collab stuff blows this out of the water in terms of rave fashion combined with biking...

Never would have bought this myself, but I didn't complain when I got it as a christmas gift last year.

perksandmini.com/collections/paam/products/paam-2-0-l-s-tee/?variant=39928884985929
  • 1 0
 Someone please save that female model , Looks like Perks and Mimi are holding her hostage...
  • 1 0
 One of my first bicycle shirts was from W&LT (Walter van Beerendonk/Mustang Jeans), which I picked up at a closing sale of a 90s discostuff boutique. It was after the time when wearing bicycle spandex gear was the latest rage at techno raves.
I really like those Braindead designs and can't wait to see them at a yardsale or flea market in about 10years.
  • 2 0
 This isn't for mountainbikers trying to be vogue, but "vogue" people trying to be mountainbikers.

...and we all hate it. It's in the same line as Gucci snowboard-gear. It misses the mark by a Scandinavian Mile!
  • 3 0
 Want to not be hit by 30 mph bikes while doing trail maintenance? Here's our $200 trail maintenance pants with camouflage pattern!
  • 1 0
 Most of my clothes are stuff my "thinks he is fashionable" single younger brother buys on impulse then decides he can't wear for whatever reason. He gives them to me, because he knows I'll wear pretty much anything. So don't be surprised if you see me on the trails in those purple pajamas or similar.
  • 4 1
 Where on the scale of Bramble Resistant to Chainsaw Proof do these panties lie?
  • 3 0
 Ha ha ha ha ha! No really!? $200 trail maintenance pants! Haha ha ha ha! And you even make them look funny! Ha ha ha!
  • 3 0
 195 dollars for trousers that are long enough, jeez, if you make them so short, choose a model with tiny legs
  • 3 0
 Also, what's with the half-mast trail pants - did his cat die or something?
  • 4 0
 The asics shoes really tie the ensemble together
  • 2 0
 What are thoooooooose!?
  • 3 0
 someone please show up to the trails wearing this stuff.............heckle beach will be open for you
  • 3 0
 How sad when you finally become a male model and this is one of your gigs modeling this stuff…
  • 3 0
 This isn't mountain biking. My personal initiative of not giving this company money has been reinforced.
  • 3 3
 It sounds like Mike Kazimer wasn't too keen on running this, however here it is.
Some of the other places that it appears online www.highsnobiety.com/p/rapha-brain-dead-collab and hypebeast.com/2023/2/rapha-brain-dead-mountain-bike-collab-release-info

You won't find this announcement on Vital, NSMB, MTBR, enduro-mtb, radavist.

Food for thought.
  • 22 0
 I'm not sure what you're implying. I thought it was a funny collab, so I wrote an article. There's no rule that says we have to run the same content as all the other mountain bike sites.
  • 4 0
 "You won't find this announcement on Vital, NSMB, MTBR, enduro-mtb, radavist."

Yeah bud, they got some unique stuff on here, that's largely why I come here ha.
  • 1 0
 @mikekazimer: It's a funny collab for sure
  • 6 0
 @mikekazimer: regardless of sponsorship deals I think both Mikes should be required to rock these bombastic pants for the entirety of the next pinkbike review summary interviews! Preferably not hidden behind a desk
  • 2 0
 Despite the no sense of this "collection" but somebody at rapha surely had made a customer search target

No one could say that Rapha design is bad

Until now
  • 3 0
 I imagine the venn diagram of those that buy $60 t shirts and those that do trail maintenance to be two separate circles
  • 1 0
 You know its not good when even the model looks embarrassed - and come on that first pic of him swaggering in the $260 t-shirt and cargo pants combo has got to be low point even for a model.
  • 2 2
 Im ready for the downvotes ... but the comments are proof that people should have more interests in their life.
Listen, there's a whole world out there (outside of the woods) where people care about sneakers, other colors than Fox/TLD camo, japanese trends, niche brands that push contemporary art (like Brain Dead does), underground music influences and so on... so don't be a sheep and stop buying the same old Mx gear.
To me it sounds like your world of mtb taste is Nickelback and this is Nirvana. Disruptive now but let's talk in a few years when you'll get it Smile .
  • 4 0
 Acccccciiiiid!
  • 3 0
 And wearing your pants backwards will make you" Jump, Jump...!"
  • 2 0
 Chris Ball will make you.... Jump jump..
  • 2 0
 As a brand they aren't remotely in their lane, but then again no one should be in this lane haha
  • 4 0
 Nice Asics, bro.
  • 1 0
 This!!
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 I even feel sorry for the model.
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 Trail maintenance pans and running shoes? - yeah bro
Trail pants looks kids pants on 6 + tall model - literally, they could wait 2 month till April 1
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 Finally, someone has reinvented the khaki cargo pant and thank goodness, they added parachute pants function! These people CLEARLY build trails. Wow
  • 2 0
 Just wait until you see the Ye x Rapha collab. I'm guessing it'll involve boots, really big boots.
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 PLUR Pinkbike Lashes Ugly Rapha
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 The Rapha / Brain Dead Collection.
Coming to a 70% off Rapha Sale very soon.
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 So, I assume those trail building pants are designed to hold the dirt in them so you don't need a wheel barrow.
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 Fuck Rapha
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 And while you're at it, think about picking up some pit vipers, for that ultimate secondary school dropout pot smoking look. I love Rapha, but this is a mistake.
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 I will not be wearing the trail maintenance pants at the next Maintenance Monday event here in town, or any thereafter... worn blue jeans and a tshirt for me thanks!
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 Do you wish your carpenter pants with reinforced knees and weird bulgy pockets were also wildly expensive and hideous? Well Rapha has the trousers for you!
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 As someone who organises and attends lot's of raves, I wouldn't be seen dead wearing this sh1te.
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 They forgot to mention that any piece in this "collection" comes with a dangly cross earring and a free "How to Tik-Tok in your 40s to feel young again" guide book.
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 One of those pinkbike reader hated moments-sells out in hours.
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 Does anyone want any cargo pants at all, let alone very expensive ones?
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 That’s what I thought about 29’ers
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 I am amused and confused.
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 Nice Asics...
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 Sick as...
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 Brain Dead..... yeah...definitely a name you want associated with a sport with high head injury potential...
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 ngl those trail pants are actually good looking
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 But those mall walker Saucony’s really sell the swagger vibe of the guy in zombie pants.
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 They did a road collab with Palace that was a cool as brake purple trousers - yes stupid money no one really in there right mind would be buy
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 Their designers were clearly braindead also.
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 Fuck yeah finally some baggy pants to ride in
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 Pretty sick they got Van Der Poel in that last image (adjusting visor/tightening helmet) lol
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 Definitely the shoes I wear when I go trail building
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 Instant bloody landfill.
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 better than $350 nalini-made bibs with french branding in helvetica font i guess
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 You'd have to be Brain Dead to spend $200 on those pants
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 I always needed a trail maintenance pant for 200$
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 I dont know, I kinda like these...yes the prices are high, but what did you expect from Rapha?
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 Does anyone else get Zak Tempest vibes from these?

(may not mean anything unless you read MBUK in the 90s)
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 They should make a collab with Michael Schumacher
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 Is that Rapha's own marketing shot showing their pants aren't long enough? I abandon all hope (of ankle coverage).
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 If my brain would be dead i would also design something like that.
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 Is this where the sick saying and fist bumping every 2 mins comes from
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 "Brain Dead . . . sits is the space between people."
Hmm, as long as there isn't a cockroach between them.
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 I mean everything but the pants looks good to me. The price is dumb though.
  • 2 1
 Yeah...if Rapha could fuck off back to the road side of things that'd be great.
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 Finally, riding pants that are drum 'n' bass compatible!
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 I hate to say it, I like the Hip Pack from the collection and tbh it isn't unreasonably priced for a hip pack.
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 Next Pinkbike thought experiment: what riding clothes can I find at Goodwill?
  • 1 0
 The only post that could get more comment hate would be if Virtika were to do a mtb line.
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 Money can't buy you taste......buy a more affordable attire, use the balance of the money to save humanity
  • 2 1
 Insert Grandpa Simpson meme about not know what "it" is anymore
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 Get your trail maintenance kit!
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 Are those the pants my grandma sewed me when I was 9?
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 The kit actually looks sick, but those prices? Nah I’ll pass and see if it hits clearance later.
  • 2 1
 The 80's want there ugly clothes back.
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 since when did Zubies sellout!?
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 I am a RCC member and I am struggling to buy in to this.
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 This is dope. Props to Kyle!
  • 1 0
 Strong paint splash blanket vibes.
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 Kaz out here stealing comment gold before we have a chance to comment.
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 Is this a April fools post? Good one!
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 these clothes are like marmite- love it or hate it
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 Look long and hard at the second photo: he is dope.
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 Billie Eilish mtbs?
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 I can wear my gear riding . Walk into a pub and feel normal . Not with these garments. They are loud and ugly .
  • 1 0
 I hope JNCO comes back strong with some trail pants.
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 Never knew Rapha was marketing to a conservative crowd.
  • 2 0
 we never asked for this
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 $290cad for 100% cotton pants, ok
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 wait... no love for tortilla pants? ay caramba!
  • 1 0
 Is this an opinion piece?
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 So this is not April Fool's? So confused.
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 LOL!
  • 2 1
 Definitely gotta be brain dead to wear this shit.
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 LA brand, nuff said
  • 1 0
 Hey you on the motorcycle, sell me one of your melons!
  • 1 0
 Looking forward to the Pit Viper x Braindead Collab....
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 unfortunately kyle hasn't answered my dm's over the years. some day
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 'These are my trail maintenance pants.'
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 Hypebeast silliness that's Walmart-adjacent?! Sign me up!
  • 3 1
 Is it April 1st?
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 The title is offensive to ravers
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 And let's not forget that ring.....
  • 1 1
 I deem that stuff a violation of the Geneva Convention and sure as hell a violation of the Hague Convention on Land Warfare!
  • 1 1
 You lose a bet and are forced to wear either these pants or POC overalls. Which is worse?
  • 1 1
 where I am from, if you show up to a bike ride wearing this, you gonna get beaten up Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Cant wait to watch Isaac Wallen rip in the fire fighter pants
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 Quality gear that, happy garments for happy trails
  • 2 1
 Bruh, huh?
  • 1 1
 when you're planning a raid on area 51 and expecting black light floods
  • 1 1
 I hate this. No, not too strong of a word.
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 brain dead designers
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 They didn’t have pants to fit the model?
  • 1 1
 Needed some new pj's and guaranteed no one will see me out in them.
  • 2 1
 Puked in my throat
  • 1 1
 February just started, too soon for April 1st jokes.
  • 1 1
 Shredding in old basketball shorts = instant cred.

Shredding in these...
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 Nope
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 LOL. Douchewear. Doublecrown addict type shit. The ASICS too Hahaha!
  • 2 0
 Great reference btw...haven't seen The King of the Douches (DCaddict) comments much lately though. Maybe he spun & done? That dude could drop a turd on the site faster than anyone and at rapid fire. Not missed...
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 @Mtn-Goat-13: Ha, he's around unfortunately.
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 @Bushmaster123: ohhhhhhh nooooooooo! Guess I've missed the diarrea bath of verbiage but - that's a good thing. I'm not a downvoter at all - seems like all ya need is an upvote to make comments rise, but almost everything DC says is garbage and worth a good Comrade Xi editing via downvote.
  • 1 1
 Fugly fugly fugly. Oh yeah, fugly!
  • 1 0
 I CANNOT STOP RAVING!!!
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 @spindeltron it will likely subside in your 30s
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 @therealnobody: i'm 38....what to do, what to do do do do do do...?
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 Looks like something a roadie would wear.
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 simply brain dead.
  • 1 1
 fugly woke good for some community but not here
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 Overpriced shite
  • 1 0
 $60 for a t-shirt? WTF
  • 1 1
 I feel insulted by this products existence.
  • 1 1
 AWWWWW HELLLLLLLL NAWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
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 Tell me you're a douchbag without telling me you're a douchbag.
  • 1 0
 Ugly A.F.!
  • 1 1
 $250 all day!
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