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TECH NEWS
Rapha Personsalised kitRapha offer personalised Team Sky replica jerseys
If you’re a Team Sky fan then here is your chance to show your support with a personalised Rapha Team Sky replica jersey. You can have your surname printed along the side panels, as team members like Wiggins and Froome do.
The jerseys go on sale for a limited period only from this Friday, 26 April until 10 May. They will be delivered by 28 June, just before the start of the Tour de France. They will cost £95 which is £20 more than a regular replica jersey which has no writing along the side panels. There's just 1,000 jerseys in this limited run, with 100 allocated for women, so you'll have to be quick if you want to get your hands on one.
Team Sky weren't the first to put riders' names on the jersey - that honour belongs to Highroad Columbia - but they've made it a defining feature of their jerseys, and it has become an easy way to identify riders in the peloton when they’re zooming along the road.
The replica jersey is made from performance fabrics but not the super high-tech stuff used in the pro jersey (Rapha are producing team jerseys at various different price levels). A lightweight, breathable Lycra is used in the main panels with mesh side panels for increased ventilation. The fabric is treated with an antibacterial finish.
The side panels have been designed to hold the jersey in shape and to stop the pockets sagging when heavily loaded. Talking of which, there are three pockets plus a zipped pocket for your keys or other valuable items. The jersey is available in six sizes (XS to XXL).
You might as well go the whole hog and buy a pair of replica bib shorts to complete the look as well. This jersey can’t really be worn with regular shorts now can it?
The jersey will only be available from www.rapha.cc or by calling them on 0207 485 5000.
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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£52 of sale price is so impressive, when you see some companies giving small %age of profits from sales to similar initiatives. Well done Galibier!
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That there was intent?
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I wear europcar shorts because Tommy Voeckler kicked ass the first time i ever watched any pro cycling and got me hooked (before i had a bike), Omega-Pharma gloves...i like Cav and they were £2, and a team sky jersey as i support them. I dont wear them all at once. I just dont get the not wearing team kit. Sorry
Three classic topics in one, here we go...
1) To the people who say you shouldn't ride in team kit, boo to you. Cycling teams SELL them for EXACTLY the same reasons as football, rugby, cricket teams et al do it; to raise revenue and encourage a fan base. If you want to be above such behaviour then fine, just don't buy it yourself, but don't be surprised when you see some chubby Sky boys out on sunday, just as you will see some middle aged Chelsea/ManU players down the local five-a-side (not Ryan Giggs.) I go to work to EARN money to buy stuff and if some of this is bike jerseys so be it, that is how I earn the right to wear it. If the commercial imperative is too disgusting then stop watching procycling, if you hadn't noticed all the teams are sponsored as there is no such thing as a home town for a bike team.
2) Rapha kit costs what it costs. It seems too much to me so I haven't got any, so I can't really comment on its quality. Maybe one day soon I'll get to find out for myself but until then I would rather spend more money on my bike. It is what it is.
3) 'encouraging the wearing of dark clothing,' this should be entirely encouraged. I recently said to a friend that I overtake many 'clones' wearing fluro yellow jackets on the way to work. He accused me of justifying my fashion choice. It is true I do not want to have to wear the same as everyone else, or even the same thing everyday. It makes my skin crawl thinking just how dirty that jacket would become, or should I buy 5 matching fluro jackets? I have been riding happy for 15 years and always worn a variety of (team) colours, but until about 2 years ago no one ever said anything about what I *should* be wearing. It is good that more people are now cycling but the recent idea that you need to be wearing one colour to be safe is fallacious. So wear black and get some lights if it is dark, if a motorist isn't looking he won't see you whatever you are wearing.
I'm always hearing this nonsense Actually the honour goes to Mercatone Uno in 1998 who had all the team members names (not just Pantani) across the shoulders on the back like football players... see pic below for evidence.
That's only £1.25 per letter for me, BARGAIN!
It's like name stickers on your bike. Fine if you have a team of mechanics with 20 bikes to sort out but if it's just you then it's personal vanity which - like hair dye and capped teeth - aint fooling anybody.
Named kit is like a national champs jersey. In my club only the actual national champs wear them....
(Seething with rage)...Unless it's made from the same material as the pro jersey, it is NOT a replica. A replica is an exact copy.
No, the definition of a replica is a copy closely resembling the original concerning its shape and appearance. A replica does not necessarily have to be functionally identical. A gun replica for example would look identical to a real gun but not have the actual mechanics required to fire bullets.
The Rapha Sky Pro jerseys are not replicas, they're the real thing, while the Rapha Sky Replica jerseys are exactly that; a replica that is visually but not functionally identical.
No, the definition of replica is an exact copy (OED). How can these be visually identical if they are made of a different material? These are imitation team jerseys (i.e. not team jerseys at all), and should be sold as such. (Not that they'd get many buyers).
"I'm telling you, my name IS Wiggins and that roundall thing was my trademark long before he started riding for Sky!"
Let me see, that is one Dr. plus christian name, middle name, spare name and surname, means I would need atleast an XXL just for the name.
My Rapha Illusion died on a Sportive last Sunday when I was surrounded by "Cuddly" Men decked out in an array of R products. I was horrified as I had fooled myself into thinking I was more akin to the beardy gurn whippets as portrayed on the site. This was until a cruel reflective object caught me within the rotund flock. I was found belonging & unremarkable, a pained pout couldn't save me. Liposuction might. Sob.
Still gonna buy a pair of shorts just not the pro line.
Apparently Rapha are doing a bulk run with 'Fred' on the side and these will be available ex-stock from the shop.
I'm pretty sure i dropped Phil Gil the other day, he was in full WC kit, in Richmond Park. I should, like, so be a pro.
Super Domestique is a tad long for a side panel and for that reason I'm out
Team jerseys are, in my humble opinion, for team riders. Same with National/World champs jerseys. So I fall on the 'it is wrong' side of the fence I'm afraid.
Cant see the problem really. Its not yet a nanny state where we all say and do and wear the same thing so let people wear a top with their name on.
My only problem with it is, sky kit is encouraging people to wear dark clothing on the bike.
Martin
Problem? Why can't cyclists wear dark clothing?
Shouldn't be any more of a problem than people driving round in black cars...
Apart from when you get hit by a car, because driver didn't see you, the risk as a cyclist is so much greater than as an occupant of a car.
But to the question itself, wear what you want. If you can afford rapha at al then good luck to you
I’ll get the ball trolling.
I love Rapha but this is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
I can see that they are trying to shift these like football shirts but this is not football this is cycling and IMHO unless you are part of the team you don’t get a team jersey, let alone your name on a team jersey. Oh my goodness!!
I’m off to sulk in a corner. Hmpf.
Aside from the "Rapha issue", I couldn't care less what someone wears on the bike. If it makes them feel good then go for it, I say. Wear what you like, yellow, pink, rainbow stripes, whatever. Let people feel included and stop being a snob about it.
If having their name printed on their shirt helps people enjoy themselves, gets them riding and more enthusiastic about the sport how is it a bad thing?
But not rainbow stripes. Cycling has historically given a jersey for achievement, rather than a trophy. If you win the world champs, you earn the right to wear that jersey for a year in that discipline. Same with a national champs jersey. Only one rider, per gender, per discipline should wear that at any one time.
Team jerseys are different, and if you like them then wear them. Personally I don't think it's right, but that is just me.
+1
I wonder how many they've sent to journalists to get a free plug…
Pulls up chair, settles down with popcorn, awaits the commencement of battle..............
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