I must admit that I suffer
I must admit that I suffer from Rapha addiction too.
On the road bike I will wear their shorts, 3/4, or tights.
Their winter training jersey is fantastic. Softshell jackets and gillets too. As are all the jerseys. The classic black and white and white black modernist jerseys are spot on. In France and Italy in July and August the summer jerseys are fantastic too.
For the ride into the office in winter its the fixed jersey and jeans in winter, or fixed shorts with tights. Not to mention the Tweed softshell!!! In summer fixed T shirts and touring shorts.The gloves are superb too.
Afraid I come from the Bradley Wiggins school of Mod.
My only problems with Rapha used to be the socks in XL were too small for my size 12s. That’s now been sorted. The hats are great but again on the small side for my 64cm loaf!! Makes helmets a problem too. I have a Giro Ionos.
When I’m feeling like a change and want to raise a few eyebrows I don my retro Brooklyn ‘captain america’ jersey and hat. Not Rapha but they certainly see you coming. I also like defeet and prendas socks for daily commuting.
Like my fellow Rapha addict above I buy direct and also pick off bargains on eBay. Interestingly some out of stock new stuff on eBay goes for more than the original listed price.
I have a running dispute with a colleague at work who swears by Assos. But then she won’t buy Rapha as they don’t do a girls line….