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TECH NEWS
Vulpine launches luxury winter clothing range
Vulpine has launched a Luxury Winter urban cycling range that includes a men’s mac and a women’s trench coat, both made in Britain, along with a cashmere sweater. It looks like the lineup is well-named in that it’s made from high-end fabrics with neat details.
The cycle-specific aspects of the designs are subtle. When you’re walking around town the clothing certainly won’t shout, “I’ve just got off my bike”.
Here are the range highlights.
Men’s British Cycling Mac £395
The Men’s British Cycling Mac is available in dark navy and stone. It is made from a British Millerain fabric that’s designed to be breathable and showerproof, and it comes with a reflective tail split.
Women’s British Cycling Trenchcoat £395
The Women’s British Cycling Trenchcoat is available in the same colours and is also made from a British Millerain fabric, but this time it’s a double-breasted design with a belt. Like the men’s mac, it comes in a cycling fit with pleated shoulders to allow the movement you need to reach the handlebar.
Men’s Half Zip Merino Cashmere Sweater £150
The Sweater is made from Italian cashmere and merino wool and features suede shoulder patches that are designed to prevent abrasion from the straps of a bag.
The Men’s British Silk Scarf and Pocket Square (£80) and the Women’s British Silk Scarf (£60) are “woven by British artisans” – how very Rapha-esque! – while the Merino Winter Collar (£25) is available in four different colours.
Check out the full range at www.vulpine.cc.
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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I used to cycle to school in the suburbs with those. They were useless....
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It sounds like a question from Ian Walker's motornormativity paper. Is it OK to dismember a (car|bike) when it is left in an inconvenient location?
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There is an increasing 'disconnect' between comments in this topic and reality. Cords are either all cotton or mostly cotton and are going to last...
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There are people out there who will make you the belt out of your old tyre.
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Furry dice and an air freshener for your helmet.
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Just get them to walk a treadmill - or better, ride exercise bikes to power path lighting.
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I love vupline i have been following and buying from them since they started. I have managed to pick up bits and pieces over the years by getting bargains in sales or as birthday present treats. It's all been brilliant quality. However, £400 for a jacket is just too much, British made or not.
Where did it all go wrong.
395 quid jackets. Seriously, how did cycling come to this?
Almost as much as Corbyn's extravagant "dream bike". But, truth be told, cycling got there a while ago.
I think it's more £350 city jacket for cycling than cycling jacket for the city. Pretty much the same price as brands like HugoBoss and I imagine that's the same customer. Interestingly good technical jackets for climbing are similar prices but seem more palatable. I guess it depends where you sit on the functional-style spectrum.
Well if somebody wants somebody wants to spent whole bicycleS money on a coat that is fine by me.
Anything Rapha can do, we can do better...
Ahaha
Really does look like something wrong is happening down below 
Curious, Rapha put out a city collection email just now. Much less Burberry looking that this stuff above. Really nice crewnecks and colours. Some of the prices though.. I mean honestly. £350 for a top.
http://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/reflective-crew-neck/product/RCR01XX
Ah, but it's limited edition which means it's eBay value will rocket after it's sold out! Speculate to accumlate and all that jazz. Still just a jumper at the end of the day though.
I think you'll find that, my friends, is Blue Steel! Or is it Magnum - I forget now...
I would think the road bike, trench coat and brogues end of the market is quite small before you charge £400 for the coat.
Looking like a constipated Michael Fassbender also seems to fit with the clothing.
Reynolds had some lovely ones on display at Eroica - nearly 300 quid so definitely high end!
http://reynolds-england.com/
Does anyone know where I can get a nice SPD compatible pair of hand stitched brogues?
http://reynolds-england.com/t/leather-spd-cycling-brogues
O_o
I'm speechless, who'da thought it. The world is going mad.
I've bought lots of Vulpine and Hoy stuff over the years and it is really great. However the prices are going up, up and up. My budget will not stretch to anything new now. Looks like they're catering for the London scene and high end exclusivity.