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Isn’t that how Carhart started out before skaters started buying their stuff and then it got fashionable?
Carhartt in the USA is a workwear company, Carhartt in Europe imported them for a while but now just licence the name and make streetwear.
Cheers spoon. Must’ve got railroad and manual labour mixed up with forced labour 😀 I remember buying their workwear (and Dickies) fir skateboarding duties in the 90’s. Hard wearing stuff, wonder if the Rapha mechanic range compared favourably. The mag should do a test!
capsule collection
Little bit of sick in my mouth.
What's a capsule collection?
It’s a small collection, one or two items.
Simple no?
I love watching you lot froth over anything Rapha do.
It’ll be a long thread, no?
🤷♂️
Looks good to me, I’ve ordered a complete set to wear in the man cave
I have the bib shorts with the side pocket and technical t shirts. Very good actually. Bib shorts especially.
There’s actually some really good Rapha videos on YouTube about the gravel rides cannondale have been doing this year. Well worth a watch. Quite respectful towards the gravel community imo.
Quite respectful towards the gravel community imo.
I didn't realise they were a pariah sub genre....
Quite respectful towards the gravel community imo.
It's not a f***ing religion, disability or sexual orientation. Its riding a cross bike for more than an hour.
Respecting the gravel community sounds like the kind of marketing dross Rapha would come up with.
Another page of people talking about daft Rapha kit.
I think they've achieved their marketing objective yet again...
A member of the gravel community seen earlier today.....
I think the Rapha “mechanics” range looks rather nice, actually.
So do I. I like the chairman Mao/prison look to it. It is also well priced - £80 is pretty average for a shirt and less than average for trousers.
Just ordered a shirt in fact.
£80 for some cotton twill work trousers?
I would want them hand made by Hebden Bridge artisans for that money.
Carhartt in the USA is a workwear company,
Not anymore. has been a fashion brand for a few years over there as well.
Just ordered a shirt in fact.
Little bit of sick in my mouth.
Why thank you. I chose the term carefully for maximum impact. Of course I could have done the whole hackneyed 'Why this capsule collection? Why yes, yes it is' trope, but hey, there's only so much hackneyed tropeism any one forum can stand 😉
I would want them hand made by Hebden Bridge artisans for that money.
I thought Rapha was way cheaper than PoshCoTrousers Inc or whatever they're called...
I like the shirt, but I'm far too tight to buy clothes at full price. I'll wait for the sale.
I still wear Carhartt stuff all the time. It lasts for ages.
£80 is pretty average for a shirt and less than average for trousers.
Is it really?
🤣 @BWD!
Is it really?
Yes, compared to comparable branded shirts. Walk around somewhere like John Lewis that only sells middling brands and the shirts are typically around £80 (Barbour, Lauren, Fred Perry etc,.)
I wear one of these aprons when working on the bike, although mines a bit dirty now with oil, etc :
no glove though...
Wibble.
Does it come with a bottle of bucky or do you need to get your own?
I hope those jogger come in light grey and have enough stretch to be able to slip a hand down the front whilst walking along the local high street. Will there be a matching Rapha over the shoulder bum bag type affair?
The Limited Edition Transfer Long Sleeve T-Shirt (£190)
they certainly know their market: ****s.
Whereas I like the mechanics range and find the pricing about right, the transfer stuff is awful and very overpriced. Guess there is a bigger market for sweatpants than utilitarian shirts.
Whereas I like the mechanics range and find the pricing about right, the transfer stuff is awful and very overpriced.
Heretic!
The matching Limited Edition Transfer Hoodie is a whopping £400. It is reversible and features hood padding that's designed to make for more comfortable sleeping on the move.
400 notes for travel pajamas. Sounds like a bargain to me!
A day late, but I remembered that website.. you know the one where Rapha cyclists buy their daywear
https://www.ssense.com/en-gb/men/
I actually quite like the mechanics stuff, although the 'transfer' sweatpants are awful. Usually, even if it's way over what I'd pay, I can see the quality/purpose of Rapha stuff but the sweatpants are...
Okay, that Pro Transfer stuff is another level of expensive w nk.
Still like the look of the mechanics range.
The Mechanics range is actually really nice, I tried on the jacket at the Harrogate pop-up and the other stuff looked smart, well-made etc. Not saying I'd use it for "mechanic-ing" though.
Tranfer - my (very old) Transfer Jacket which they sadly no longer make is one of the best general purpose jackets I've ever had. And a while ago in the sale, I bought the Transfer Sweatpants - mostly for a long touring trip as they were lighter and folded down much smaller than trousers and they were warmer. More "trouser-like" than normal tracksuit trousers, much better fitting.
Again, fantastic bit of kit. Certainly not worth £300 though!
I’ve got the original transfer sweat pants and gillet.
Bought in 2009, 10 yrs old and still blooming good to this day.. although the sweat pants are now just round the house stuff.
Rapha do collaborations, obvz, and the latest is with some designer who seems to be quite good at knitting 🤷♂️
Not for me that.