Rapha continue to tease us with sneak peaks only of their upcoming autumn and winter ranges. So far we have had a drip-feed of snippets, but the picture is becoming clearer.
It looks more and more like the clues lead to a rain jacket or wind jacket in red, long sleeve classic jerseys in new colourways, a new performance long sleeve jersey, new colours for the classic soft-shell jacket, a new winter jersey and a city rain jacket for the serious commuters amongst us.
Oh, and as an aside, I see Rapha have brought us their own brand of shaving cream, designed for both use on face and legs.
Rapha really do think of everything...
I love Rapha. There, I said it. I don't buy into everything Rapha, but I do like a lot of their kit and I do like the stuff they put up on their website. A triumph of marketing.
The most recent video, a shop-window for the Rapha autumn and winter range, is titled The Hidden Alps and takes their riders "on to the steep, scarred and historic slopes of the Colle delle Finestre".
It's well worth a watch if you get the time. And I do like the look of the new colour-ways for the long-sleeved jersey. I can already hear the groans of apprehension from my wallet...
The Hidden Alps from Rapha on Vimeo.
You have to love eBay. Having upgraded the pedals on my two bikes to Look Keos on my Bianchi and Outland Keos on my Tifosi, I no longer had need for my lovely, but slightly battered old school Look Deltas.
I was going to toss them in the back of my bike bits cupboard, but hey we all like to recycle and get a bit of cash in the process. Most things sell on eBay, and especially cycling kit. Even so, with these pedals I would surely be pushing my luck?
Not so; there was plenty of interest all week, and OK they only made me £10, but seeing as I'd paid £19 for my new Outland pedals I was pretty delighted with that.
I still struggle to get my head around eBay mind - I always seem able to pick up a bargain whilst at the same time selling my unwanted kit for much more than I ever expect. Sometime I even sell kit for more than I paid for it in the first place?!
I'm off to raid the cupboard for more old bits. I have to fund my winter wardrobe somehow - that Rapha stuff don't come cheap...
Rapha continue to tease us with sneak peaks only of their upcoming autumn and winter ranges. So far we have had a drip-feed of snippets, but the picture is becoming clearer.
Oh, and as an aside, I see Rapha have brought us their own brand of shaving cream, designed for both use on face and legs.