[Closed] These old clothes I wear in the workshop? Why yes, yes they are.

Ha ha, I can't think of a single bike mechanic that would drop that sort of money on gear to wear in the workshop.

£40 for a T-shirt? I know a lot of roadies don't do their own maintenance, but that's a lot of cost to pass on to customers who need a well dressed mechanic...;-)

I, for one, will only be having my bikes serviced by mechanics dressed from head to toe in Rapha Apparel.

£40 for a T-shirt? I know a lot of roadies don’t do their own maintenance, but that’s a lot of cost to pass on to customers who need a well dressed mechanic…;-)

Good style is priceless 😉

Who’d wear a white t shirt in a workdshop??

😂

Still - smart jacket.

utter toss.

Need to get a job in the workshop at the Rapha shop.

(They're not really for bike mechanics, obvs)

LOL words.. i have none here !

I've got an ace apron my mum ran up for mechanicing. It's even got an embroidered bike on it. That's a proper work outfit.

I feel you're all missing the point, a Rapha mechanic in a Rapha workshop would have the main duty of drinking espresso with the 'riders' whilst staring at spotlessly clean Pinarellos.

The actual task of maintaining the bikes would be delegated to the under-study, who would be dressed in rags and not allowed to speak to customers.

You all obviously need to spend more time in your local Rapha club house....

Blimey - You could get a Festool Tshirt for that.

*checks date*

*It's not April 1st*

*Speechless*

Shamelessly stolen from Bearbones...

That Tee shirt has a Ribbed collar... cut for comfort and a contrast collar for a stable fit.

I'm in! Been struggling with collar instability for ages, its been a real toil working on the bike in these conditions. This is the ANSWER to all my hopes!

@scotroutes

Whats that about a fool and his money?

They’re not really for bike mechanics, obvs

Although would be useful when popping into a shop. If the mechanics are wearing that stuff then go somewhere else.

Is the Mechanics shirt on loan from Chairman Mao?

Jesus ****ing wept, reminds me of reading about 'this season's gardening clothes' in a Saturday supplement 🤣🤣🤣 A fool and their money indeed.

I'll buy that jacket to put on when opening wine with my Campagnolo corkscrew

And the slacks will look great covered in spaff from a failed attempt to inflate a tubeless tyre

I think you'd have to quite stupid to genuinely believe this stuff is aimed at bike mechanics as workwear. It's just a hook to hang some casual clothing on. It's a bit like pretending that Land Rover Evoques are genuinely going to be driven around farms and over remote mountain passes on unmade roads.

I'm enjoying the outrage though 🙂

I think you’d have to quite stupid to genuinely believe this stuff is aimed at bike mechanics as workwear. It’s just a hook to hang some casual clothing on. It’s a bit like pretending that Land Rover Evoques are genuinely going to be driven around farms and over remote mountain passes on unmade roads.

I’m enjoying the outrage though 🙂

Well, yeah, obviously, but why call them 'workwear'? Just say they're casual stuff with our logo on it that have some useful features if you fancy a quick spanner. I dunno. Roadies are weird.

The reviewer, he know style

Thank god. I don't know how I've got this far in life without some mechanics trousers.

Nice one Rapha!

I’m enjoying the outrage though 🙂

Me too.

Paupers 🤣🤧🥳

I think you need to differentiate between outrage and ripping the piss.. 😊

I can see a lot of posters getting a lifetime ban from the RCC for this thread....

@BadlyWiredDog 👍 got it in one. The inverse snobbery makes me wince.
I picked up one of the Rapha mechanic aprons years back for £20. Still going strong and a nicely useful piece of kit irrespective of the label attached.

inverse snobbery

Bang to rights, guv

I picked up one of the Rapha mechanic aprons years back for £20.

What was the RRP, though?

TBH, if these were similarly reduced, I'd buy them for everyday wear, as there's not a lot that screams grease monkey about them. But not for fettling bikes. That would be ridiculous.

Paupers

[TJ]How dare anyone be rich![/TJ]
😉
Luckily, I can afford those sorts of prices. Doesn't mean I would buy any of it, however.

I think you need to differentiate between outrage and ripping the piss..

Quite.

Lovely pictures of Rob Quirk though 😉
Le Labourer, Vetra or even Universal Works has more relevance?

I've got a few Rapha bits, probably worth the sale prices, but definitely over priced at RRP for the quality etc.

Don’t most folk follow a rigid clothing hierarchy like me? Wear for best, wear for work, wear for playing out, wear for gardening, wear for fettling and finally used to clean things / mop up whilst fettling.

Buying clothes when the hierarchy of clothing life cycle exists....Madness!

Wear for best, wear for work, wear for playing out, wear for gardening, wear for fettling and finally used to clean things / mop up whilst fettling.

Nope, I wear the same T shirt, shorts and trainers for work, leisure, gardening and DIY.

I do however have cycling specific clothes for that...

Have Rapha done specific clothing for Zwift or e-gravel yet? I'm getting outraged at the mere thought of the possibility

The inverse snobbery makes me wince.

I quite like it. It's a bit like one of those slightly odd artisan beers with a back-taste that's not easily identifiable and should be jarring, but strangely isn't.

Have Rapha done specific clothing for Zwift or e-gravel yet? I’m getting outraged at the mere thought of the possibility

Funny you should mention that, they've produced a capsule collection of hipster travel gear promoted with an artful little video of Lachlan Morton, I think, looking hairy and hippy in Vietnam. It made me so angry.

Trigger Warning: do not click on this link if you are easily outraged / like to 'take the piss':

I think the Rapha “mechanics” range looks rather nice, actually.

The clothes made me think of that gardener bloke Monty Don, he of the calculated retro-scruff re-imagined Victorian gor-blimey dustman's trousers and coats hand made by Paul Smith or somebody on Savile Row. For 600 guineas a garment.

My lovely Auchentoshan apron, heavy canvas and leather straps (£18 from the distillery shop) is going strong and, like the whisky, maturing nicely with age.

The mechanics shirt looks like something you’d get for free if you committed a serious crime and got sentenced to hard labour.

The mechanics shirt looks like something you’d get for free if you committed a serious crime and got sentenced to hard labour.

Like riding a bike without the regulation length socks?

if you committed a serious crime and got sentenced to hard labour.

Explains why prisons are so expensive to run.

If Rapha did prison outfits.....

Isn’t that how Carhart started out before skaters started buying their stuff and then it got fashionable?

I really like the t-shirt.

Funny you should mention that, they’ve produced a capsule collection of hipster travel

Bib shorts with a hip flask holder, genius!