With Rapha’s explore collection launching back in March following ‘the world’s first gravel-specific shorts’ courtesy of Pedal ED, it appears gravel clothing is truly a thing… and now the French cycling apparel brand Café du Cycliste have embraced the niche too with a gravel range.
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The Solenne is a technical hooded jersey that “combines road cycling performance and an outdoor spirit”, according to Café du Cycliste, with a textured top fabric to improve moisture transfer to regulate your core temperature while you’re grinding over the gravel tracks. Café du Cycliste recommend it as a top layer in milder weather or combined with multiple layers for colder temperatures. The Solenne has a ‘classic fit’, with three cargo rear pockets and a red and green gravel badge (just so you know it’s definitely for gravel riding).
You can complete your gravel get-up and just ride away Renée with the new Renée shorts, that use cutting edge fabrics to provide exceptional comfort and performance, so say Café du Cycliste. They have a slim cut and the hems are bonded to avoid friction, while you get two roomy side pockets with poppers to open and close them. There is no padding at the rear, instead they’re designed either to be worn over padded shorts or on their own for shorter rides.
The Solenne is available now for £160 and the Renée shorts are £136, see the Café du Cycliste website for more info.
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10 thoughts on “Café du Cycliste launch new gravel clothing range”
So much gravel related stuff.
So much gravel related stuff…..so little gravel (that I’ve ever come across off road)
I must be missing something here as I’d just stick with the man and flats if the surfaces i chose to ride on were that bad.
$200 usd for shorts that I
$200 usd for shorts that I wear over padded shorts. I think Ill ride my cross bike on the smooth road instead.
What were they thinking going
What were they thinking going with white/light grey for clothing specific to riding around in the dirt?
billbiwer wrote:
They’ve French; are coated with a special shit repellent and are guaranteed to make you look suave.,.unless you get your beard caught in the zip.
Chris Hayes wrote:
Or, even worse, your beard caught in your mate’s zip….I didn’t see the one on the shorts before…
just checking the date, and
just checking the date, and nope, it’s not April 1
I am such a noob! I never
I am such a noob! I never realised the necessity for surface-specific clothing (face palm)
They could have at least had
They could have at least had them on gravel bikes in the pic. Maybe one of those awful looking pinerrello aero ones would work well with the hood
. What a joke. Are there realy people stupid enough to buy into this?
I can’t wait for gravel to go
I can’t wait for gravel to go the way of the fat bike.
With all this amazing gravel
With all this amazing gravel-specific gear being released to UK consumers, all we need now is some actual gravel roads to ride on in this country.