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TECH NEWS
Rapha Pro Team Thermal Aerosuit - 1.jpgRapha releases Pro Team Thermal Aerosuit
Rapha is launching an all-in-one Pro Team Thermal Aerosuit that’s designed for training and racing in cold weather.
Rapha says that the top half is based on the existing Pro Team Jacket. It has a three-layer windproof and water-resistant softshell fabric covering the arms and the front, and a brush backed fabric at the rear. The idea, of course, is to provide extra protection in the most exposed areas while offering more breathability around the back.
Read our review of the Pro Team Jacket here.
The lower half of the suit is based on Rapha’s Pro Team Winter Tights.
Read our review of the Pro Team Winter Tights here.
The legs are lined with what Rapha calls a ‘waffle print’ fabric. This has a greater surface area than a flat-faced fabric, the idea being to trap warm air next to the body and wick sweat efficiently away from skin.
The chamois is the same as in the Rapha Bib Shorts and Pro Team Bib Shorts.
The Pro Team Thermal Aerosuit is designed to keep bulk to a minimum by reducing the need to wear a gilet or jacket, or to carry one just in case the weather takes a turn for the worse.
It’s available in sizes XS to XXL and is priced at £320.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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Who actually buys these things? Who finds winter layering with seperates that much of a chore? I mean, even the most easy going club is going to mercilessly mock you for turning up to a club run in this. Racers generally wear club/team kit don't they? The internet would have me believe that Cyclocross riders that aren't in team kit favour eye-melting designs. Is the target market "epic" riding loner Mamils?
Aha!
It turns out that this is who I thought it might be (and one of 2 likely places, the other possible location was on Anglesey, which looks very similar) :
http://pages.rapha.cc/stories/pro-team-winter-training
I spent far more time trying to guess the location of the top image than the remainder of the article. It makes me think "yeah, gotta get out somewhere like that" (though not so sure about the "high-intensity winter riding" bit!).
Much as I like plain black, IMHO it's not a good choice if you want to be visible.
but does it come in Rapha pink?
Why wear all-black kit on an overcast winter day?
Why not?
I got one for my boy
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I'd wear one if I had the figure for it..
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Well Rapha already copied the San Remo summer suit so it was only a matter of time until they copied the Thermo suit.
And the Castelli suit was on sale a couple months back for £180 cheaper. Which is a combined Gabba 2 top with Sorpasso due tight versus that fugly Rapha ninja pyjamas...
So, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? However I think the Castelli Thermosuit is about £100 cheaper, but can't see much more difference between the two.
settles down...
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