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			<title><![CDATA[Korea Opportunities]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/korea-opportunities</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All images by cyclingiq.comyclingiq.com &amp;nbsp;~

After eight hard days of racing, Mike Cuming took the biggest win of his career last week, claiming the overall title at the Tour of Korea. Supported by RCJ teammates Elliott Porter, Richard Han...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:17:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nomadic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nomadic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/ in Lisbon...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:11:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cali is not California with John Prolly]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cali-is-not-california-with-john-prolly</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Jeremy Dunn - Photos: John Watson~

In May we headed out with photographer John 'Prolly' Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/ to see what we could of the Amgen Tour of California. Certainly, we would be looking for some of the high stakes bike rac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:28:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising 2013 - La Centième]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-2013---la-centieme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 100th edition of the Tour, and the mountains that have made it legendary, Rapha and Strava are proud to announce Rapha Rising: La Centième.

In the week which starts on Bastille Day (14th-21st July), Rapha is challenging participa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tokyo-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan's capital city will host a pop-up Rapha Cycle Club for one-month in celebration of the 100th edition of the Tour de France.

The latest Rapha collections and Team Sky apparel will be available to buy, alongside professional barista served spe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:49:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Odyssey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-odyssey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:48:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leave it on the road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leave-it-on-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Come Monday morning, people will be having their coffee. Some will be planning out the week ahead, perhaps thinking of the time they spent on the bike the previous days. This Monday morning, June 17th, Michael Tabtabai and Andrew Hudon will be undert...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:10:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's 100: Timber Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/timber-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008 I rode 70 miles with a group of very fast men. I did not consider myself much of a cyclist and I had never ridden that far before. We climbed a long hill called Timber Road. By the time we hit mile 60 the wheels had come off my proverbial wag...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:57:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blue Monday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/blue-monday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:22:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hidden Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hidden-europe</link>
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Last summer saw t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:46:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ruby-tuesday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:18:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 12]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-12</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:12:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Das Kapital]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/das-kapital</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Tim Johnson (in Boston) on his way to Washington, D.C.~
photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:42:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Brisbane Gentlemen's Race 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-brisbane-gents-race-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Nicholas O'Donnell  Words by Nathan White~

I wouldn’t have classified this as a race. The ride separates itself from other more mainstream events by reducing the elitist culture that often permeates competitive road racing. It provide...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:27:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wasteland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wasteland</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:54:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Road To Paris part 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-road-to-paris-part-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The route is divided into seven sectors. The first and last sectors will be ridden by your complete team, whilst the remaining five sectors can be ridden as a relay; the choice of formation is completely at your discretion, as long as at least two me...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:43:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides in Copenhagen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-in-copenhagen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 12th June 2013, Rapha will be in cycling capital Copenhagen to host an evening ride together with our good friends at Soigneuroigneur.dk. All are welcome to join us on a relaxed tour through the northern parts of Seeland, traversing fore...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:37:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental exhibition and ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-exhibition-and-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join Rapha and the riders of the Rapha Continental, along with their collection of handmade steel bicycles, for a special one-night exhibition in conjunction with Portland, Oregon's renowned First Thursday Art Walkww.firstthursdayportland.com/.

T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 17:27:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha at Berlin Velothon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-beim-berlinger-velothon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From 7th June 9th June, the German capital celebrates a weekend of riding as part of the Berlin Velothonww.garmin-velothon-berlin.de. And Rapha will be there, too. On Friday evening, we will be hosting a relaxed ride and all are welcome. We will recc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 11:46:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Call to Arms]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-call-to-arms</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~by Klaus (cyclinginquisition.comww.cyclinginquisition.com) &amp;nbsp;~

You’ve probably read the term, or heard it at some point. It’s an unusual but now popular bit of shorthand used among the cycling press: “the Colombians.” More often t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 11:23:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnées 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonnees-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Brad Sauber~

Rapha Travelapha.cc/travel launched earlier this year and recently returned from a few days in the South of France where we had a dozen or so guests attend our very first Rapha Retreatapha.cc/rapha-retreats of 2013. Here ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:23:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sailor's Delight]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sailors-delight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 11:38:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-11</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 23:00:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Ride in Rapperswil-Jona]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ride-in-rapperswil-jona</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday, 31st May, Rapha is travelling to Rapperswil-Jona on the shores of Lake Zurich in Switzerland. We will be hosting a relaxed group ride on Friday evening at 17.30 hrs. Everyone is welcome to join us on our tour through the spectacular hinter...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 17:30:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rambouillet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rambouillet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 17:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 1965 Crazy Bet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-1965-crazy-bet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 1965, the Bordeaux-Paris race witnessed an extraordinary feat of cycling endurance by enigmatic cycling legend Jacques Anquetil. Stung by what he perceived to be the greater popularity of his arch-rival, Raymond Poulidor, Anquetil responded to a c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:04:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fundraising Deadline – 5th July]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fundraising-deadline--5th-july</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first fundraising deadline is now fast approaching. To take part in the ride we ask that each team member raises 80 (£2000) of their total sponsorship by Friday 5th July.

If you have not done so already now is a great time to set up your onli...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 16:23:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Prestige 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-prestige-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Women's Prestige has quickly and easily become one of the most popular and exciting events that we do each year. To see all the teams gathered outside the SF Cycle Club in the bright early morning sunshine that is only available this time o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:39:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's Prestige 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-prestige-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Film: Werehaushewerehaus.com   Photography:~ Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html  ~Words: Julie Krasniak~

After her piece Professional Advicettps://www.rapha.cc/womens-100-professional-advice instructing riders ahead of the Rapha Women’s 100, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:55:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oslo Rides]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oslo-rides</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ride 1:
We took the ferry from Aker Brygge to Nessodtangen (peninsula) and rode back to Oslo. The afternoon ride ended with coffee at Tim Wendelboe's (barista world champ). The evening ride concluded with drinks at Mathallen.

 Strava »pp.strava....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:49:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hero for the Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hero-for-the-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For all Nibali’s class and the confirmation of Cav’s greatness, the first remit of any Giro d’Italia is to reacquaint us with the magic of the Giro d’Italia. For that we waited till stage 7 to Pescara. There a self-effacing Australian, a man ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Etape Evening 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-etape-evening-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2013 Etape du Tour promises to be an unforgettable journey through some of the most beautiful terrain in all of France. In the departments of the Savoie and the Haute Savoie, home to idyllic Alpine pastures and picturesque mountain passes, the ro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Churchill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/churchill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Stevie Churchill, Barcelona~
photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:41:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-10</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arboretum]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/arboretum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women’s 100 Training Ride: The Peaks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-100-training-ride-the-peaks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday saw a Rapha Women's 100 training ride in the UK's hilly Peak District, a tough 65km in preparation for the forthcoming ride in Julyww.rapha.cc/womens100. Nonnas Italian restaurant in Chesterfield acted as a suitably Giro-inspired rider HQ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Media, New Myths]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-media-new-myths</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Bill Strickland  Photos by Jeremy Dunn~

The Tour of California was born the same year as Twitter, a coincidence that happens to be significant because it illustrates how thoroughly and pervasively we have been able to follow the race. It...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:23:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yellow Pages]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yellow-pages</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Javier Fuertes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rás]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ras</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The An Post Rás Tailteann, or simply ‘The Rás’, as it is known, is a race to be enjoyed many years after it has been completed, when the pain and suffering of the event has been turned by time into a happy memory of the toughest of times. 

T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:52:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sports-illustrated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo and interview by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/

Name – Joost Stokhof

Occupation – Illustrator 

You've made illustrations for the upcoming Rapha city guide on Amsterdam, what is your connection with the city? I was born ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:32:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 09]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-09</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:20:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Californian Nuggets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/californian-nuggets</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Julie Krasniak~

In temperatures that should simply be described as hot, the 2013 Amgen Tour of California rolled out of Escondido, California. The first start for the quaint Californian town, but the seventh year for America's cycling f...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:42:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides in Munich]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-in-munich</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Giro von München

If you are in the Munich area or think you can make the journey, join Rapha for an evening ride in the countryside surrounding Munich. A three hour spin of approximately 75km will be followed by Italian-style drinks and snacks se...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:33:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thrashed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thrashed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:16:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Made in England]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-england</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For a British company focused on quality and innovation, finding the right designers, developers and manufacturers is key. Since the start of the 1980s, UK manufacturing has dropped from 30 to 10 per cent of GDP while much of the expertise has fallen...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:55:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache 2013 - The season so far]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-2013--the-season-so-far</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is year four of Rapha’s panache review, celebrating those rare acts of audacity, risk and flamboyance that get us jumping out of our seats and shouting at the screen. Almost halfway through the season and it’s time for a progress report. But...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:16:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Brake]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-brake</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:05:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Prestige: Chain of Events]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chainofevents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by - Jason Perryasonperryphotography.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

In the days leading up to a big ride such as the Rapha Women's Prestige you try to make sure that everything has been accounted for: the bicycle has been properly tuned; new tires have ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 23:48:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 08]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-08</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:37:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On-bike strength training]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-bike-strength-training</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To supplement the strength exercises you are doing in the gym or at home, you also need to do more specific on-bike strength sessions. This develops the amount of force you can apply to the pedals. Below is a great 12-week programme to do just that. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:40:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Giro: In The Chief Commissaire's Car]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-giro-chief-commissaire-car</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography by Daniel Sharp~

Mauro Mondonico has served as the driver for the Chief Commissaire of the Giro d'Italia since 2001. His family hails from Concorezzo, a small town on the outskirts of Milan, and it is a family passionate about bicycle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha &amp; Raeburn Wind Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-plus-raeburn-wind-jacket-teaser</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/64877589?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="405" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Coming very soon...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:28:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK Gentlemen's Race: Call for entries]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/uk-gents-race-call-for-entry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join us on the  22nd of June for the Rapha Gentlemen's Race, an unmarshalled and unsanctioned point-to-point team challenge taking place around the Summer Solstice.

Each group of six riders will set off from the ancient walled city of York, leav...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:45:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cymru]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bryan-chapman-memorial</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We didn’t mean for it to be this epic. The UK Continental's first ride of 2013, to Wales (in Welsh, Cymru), had in fact been postponed from January, when a deep freeze made many roads in the Brecon Beacons, and in many other parts of the country, c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:21:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 07]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-07</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:33:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colour Pallets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/colour-pallets</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshall
Subject: Robert Loeber – art director for The Albionhealbion.cc

What, if any, parallels could you draw between design and bike/ BMX riding?
They're both major creative outlets. Any sport not governed by a coach/mentor ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:03:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riviera Cowboy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riviera-cowboy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ian Boswellww.teamsky.com/profile/0,27291,175438328444,00.html is hoping for the unanswered attack; that he can simply roll away from the bunch without concern from those on guard duty at the front.

Team Sky’s American neo-pro is, perhaps, alrea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:31:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sir Bradley on the Giro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sir-bradley-on-the-giro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the 2013 Giro d’Italia, Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins talks candidly about his relationship with the sport that made him a household name. In this exclusive film, he discusses childhood inspirations such as Chris Boardman and Miguel Indurai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:27:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's 100: Fix that Flat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fix-that-flat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Tori Bortman  Photos by Daniel Sharp~

Guest author Tori Bortman AKA Gracie's Wrenchww.gracieswrench.com/ gives us the ultimate guide on fixing 'you know whats'. Read it, but don't talk about it…

Above all things dreaded by most cycl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:02:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asymmetry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/asymmetry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Javier Fuertes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:07:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gerben &amp; Willem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gerben-and-willem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremiah Dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:09:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Making a difference in the lives of young people]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/making-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-young-people</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Will, a pupil at TreeHouse School, is taking steps towards his independence so he can fulfil his potential. Please take a few minutes to watch this short film featuring Will.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:25:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Melbourne Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/melbourne-gentlemens-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Christopher Stack  Photos: Steven Caddy and Jim Hsu~

A musette, a route card and the best of luck. The rest is up to you; the training, the day’s food and water, and finding your way back if you happen to stray off course. Welcome to the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:40:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In the Frame: Il Dolore]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-frame-il-dolore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Olycom~

Words by Simon Lamb

bq. The photograph is a guillotine blade that seizes one dazzling instant in eternity.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

On my desk at home I have a box of photographs labelled Cycling Photographs to Frame. There a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:44:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jailbreak]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jailbreak</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:11:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[La Doyenne 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/la-doyenne-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words &amp; photos by Gem Atkinson~

This past weekend saw the final act of the 2013 Spring Classics. Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest of cycling's Monuments, pitches riders against a brutal 260km parcours with some stinging climbs making for on...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:35:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 06]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-06</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:18:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Waltzer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/waltzer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo and words by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa

When Walton Brush overtakes you on a bike, the first thing you'll notice are the glasses, the second is the lack of perspiration. It is almost unnatural the calm he exudes on the road, cho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:51:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dawes &amp; Windows]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dawes-and-windows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:13:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Prestige 2013 Results]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-prestige</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Images - Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html &amp;nbsp;~

Official Results
1 Thirsty Fusion in 8 hours, 33 minutes 
2 Studio Velo 8:50
3 DFL 8:52 (winner of all the champagne)
4 OneSeven 8:55
5 Upper Echelon 8:57
6 Red Racing 8:58
7 Kitord...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's 100: Register a Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-100-register-a-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 7th July 2013 join thousands of women around the world to ride 100km, wherever you are. Across the globe rides will be taking place, including several organised by Rapha. 

From 3rd May we will list rides created as Facebook Events (exam...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:49:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women’s 100 Training Ride: The Peak District]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-100-training-ride-the-peak-district</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join us in Chesterfield on 12th May for the first training ride in the UK in preparation for this summer’s Women’s 100 – Rapha's challenge to women around the world to cycle 100km on 7th July. 

 Distance: 60km
 Speed: Group 1 approx. 26km/h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:35:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hills the Shape of Time]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hills-the-shape-of-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Liège-Bastogne-Liège – the Climber’s Classic

~Words by Tom Southam  Illustration by Rohan Daniel Eason~

On the morning of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, as our team bus passed through the unforgiving grey industrial outskirts into the city centr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:09:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Richard Sachs Interview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/richard-sachs-interview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The name Richard Sachs has always had a familiar ring for me. I can’t explain the whys and wherefores, it’s a name written in stone in my mind, the name of a cycling legend.

Imagine building frames, year after year, for 40 years. I know compan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:10:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 05]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-05</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:33:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour de France 1962]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-de-france-1962</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~by Graeme Fife~

The French national team, to whom unity of purpose and harmony of spirit were generally alien concepts, had dominated the Tour of 1961. Victory for Jacques Anquetil, his second Tour win, was far from popular. On the queen stage ov...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:49:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Machine Operator]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/machinist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Name – Chris Scuglia [Skool-e-yuh]
Occupation – Frame Builder/Fabricator at Cielo Cycles.

How did you come to the cycling lifestyle? – I grew up in Albuquerque, had done some mountain biking and enjoyed riding along the Rio Grande but when ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:56:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Junior Roubaix 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/junior-roubaix-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photo: Rhys Howells~

Last week we featured Tao Geoghegan Hart's pieceww.rapha.cc/merci-roubaix on crashing out of contention at Junior Roubaix 2012 and his ambitions for this year's edition. On Sunday he made it to the velodrome on time and finis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:21:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Parle Anglais]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/parles-anglais</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photo: Kramonww.flickr.com/photos/kristoframon/sets/72157632979604876/ &amp;nbsp;~

Rapha-Condor-JLT are currently competing at the Tour du Loir-et-Cher in the rolling countryside of central France. Comprising five stages and 861 kilometres and ra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:21:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Ride in Mannheim]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ride-in-mannheim</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, April 20, you don’t need to travel to Belgium to take part in a Spring Classic: Rapha visits Mannheim in Germany to celebrate Liège-Bastogne-Liège with our new retail partner, engelhorn sportsports.engelhorn.de. There will be a group...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:53:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grease Lightning]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/grease-lightning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:33:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dove Vivi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dove-vivi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunn

Name – Robin Cornuelle

Occupation – Media Strategist at Wieden+Kennedy

Does cycling tie all your interests together? – Cycling is sport, transportation, and social time, all in one – so, yes.

Describe your bi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:48:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Road To Paris]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-road-to-paris</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am just back from carrying out a recce of the entire Bordeaux–Paris route. Unlike the pros who stuck to the main roads and enjoyed rolling road closures, our route takes a more interesting course taking us away from traffic, on a journey through ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North No.4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-no4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All photos Jonathan Hinesww.jonathanhines.co.uk &amp;nbsp;~

The fourth edition of Rapha's homage to Paris-Roubaix, the UK's very own Hell of the North, yet again proved a gloriously bumpy, muddy and leg shattering day out. This year's parcours in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 04]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-04</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:55:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Footprints]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/footprints</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Filmed &amp; Directed by Kristian Ansand &amp; Martin Gilluck   Music by A Dancing Beggar  Produced by ERTZUI FILM ertzui.deww.ertzui.de &amp;nbsp;~

See the Builders and Partners archive »builders

The Rapha Continental was established in 2007...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:08:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind of Blue]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kind-of-blue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:58:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Core Strength Training]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/core-strength-training</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Download a pdf with instructions »content/uploads/Core-strength-routine.pdf

Strength is one of the key components of fitness for cycling, particularly important for an event like the Rapha Bordeaux–Paris. The stronger a muscle or group of muscl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:00:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides in Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-in-europe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Spring Classics are in full swing and Rapha is again heading into the heart of the windswept battlegrounds of the North. On our journey, however, we will be exploring not the roads of the Classics, but rather those off the beaten track.

On 13t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:56:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merci Roubaix]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/merci-roubaix</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words: Tao Geoghegan Hart  Images: © matschneider.de

Seventeen year-old Tao Geoghegan Hart was born and raised in east London. Part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme, the precociously talented teenager was a competitor at last ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:29:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 03]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-03</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:49:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vertigo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vertigo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:45:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leave It On The Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leaveitontheroad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On June 17th, Michael Tabtabai and Andrew Hudon will head out from Seaside, Oregon, pointed towards the eastern seaboard of the United States. Their 24-day trip will take them along some of the best country roads the Unites States has to offer and la...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:17:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[V&amp;A no.3 – The Garden]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/victoria-albert-garden</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Name: 
Corinna Gardner

Role at V&amp;A:
Curator of Contemporary Product Design

I'm standing in the John Madejski Garden in front of what was once the main entrance to the V&amp;A Museum. Opened to the public in 1865, the doors, just seen in t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:58:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flanders Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/flanders-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photography by Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

The Tour of Flanders is a funny race. Not funny in the way that makes you chuckle as your ride partner senselessly attacks in the same spot every time. A dip in the road, followed by a short rise...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[V&amp;A no.2 – Papier Porteur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/papier-porteur-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

London's Victoria and Albert Museum is hosting an event tomorrow (Friday 29th) called Eat, Ride, Sleep, Repeatww.rapha.cc/vanda-friday-late-eat-ride-sleep-repeat. A celebration of the design cultu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 02]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-02</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's 100: Professional Advice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-100-professional-advice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Julie Krasniak  Photos by J. Dunn~

Julie Krasniak, from the French city of Metz, began riding at 12 years old and by the age of 14 was racing mountain bikes. Between her brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather, the Krasniaks h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[May 26 1963]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/may-26-1963</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tommy Simpson has been canonised in the sport since his tragic death in 1967. His fate on the slopes of Mt. Ventoux during his quest to win the Tour de France perhaps symbolised a dangerous desire to win, but at the same time immortalised him as one ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amaro Bikes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/amaro-bikes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Bilbao, Spain~

Skip to the bike »kipbike

Not far from the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum, Aimar Fraga Angoitia has built steel frames with his own hands since 2009. Aimar not only executes every step of the design and building process himsel...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CremaCycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cremacycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Füssen/Allgäu, Germany~

Skip to the bike »kipbike

CremaCycles is the fusion of two passions: coffee and bikes. Ken Bloomer probably knows as much about tasty beans as he does about bicycles. The active racer, ex-pro and coffee expert choose...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edelbikes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/edelbikes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Quaix/Chartreuse Mountains, France~

Skip to the bike »kipbike

In the Chartreuse Mountains, close to Grenoble, monks produce a tasty liqueur with colouring inspired some highly visible Rapha pieces. Francois Cau lives in the very same area and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[EtoE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/etoe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Hohenstein-Ernstthal/Sachsenring, Germany~

It’s not known if Martin Jahnecke has ever covered a complete train from one end to the other end with Graffiti. But his company EtoE - ‘End to End’ - shares certainly a common passion with the str...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[St Joris Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/st-joris-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Eindhoven, the Netherlands~

Skip to the bike »kipbike

Alex de Kraker lives in Eindhoven in a small, typically Dutch house with red brick walls and a large curtainless window facing a busy avenue called St Joris Laan. St Joris is Dutch for Sai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VANDEYK Contemporary Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vandeyk-contemporary-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Stuttgart, Germany~

Skip to the bike »kipbike

VANDEYK Contemporary Cycles is an exciting new addition to the framebuilders’ world in the way they approach bicycle building. Instead of a one-man show, the founder Arendt van Deyk curates expe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vogel Fahrradrahmenbau]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vogel-fahrradrahmenbau</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Bamberg, Germany~

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Bamberg in Upper Franconia is known for its breweries and the dark-coloured ‘smoked beer’ they produce. Handmade bicycle aficionados probably associate Bamberg with Ulrich Vogel. The former arch...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zullo Tiziano]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/zullo-tiziano</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Castelnuovo del Garda/Verona, Italy~

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On the shores of Lake Garda, close to Verona, Tiziano Zullo has been building road bikes since forty years. Zullo frames have been ridden in the Tour der France, the Giro, World C...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[V&amp;A no.1 – Breton Staircase]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vanda-no1--breton-staircase</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

London's Victoria and Albert Museum is hosting an event this Friday called Eat, Ride, Sleep, Repeatww.rapha.cc/vanda-friday-late-eat-ride-sleep-repeat. A celebration of the design culture inspired...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[V&amp;A Friday Late: eat, ride, sleep, repeat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vanda-friday-late-eat-ride-sleep-repeat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Victoria and Albert Museum are curating an evening celebrating the diverse design culture inspired by the bicycle. Ruth Lie, Friday Late Programme Coordinator, told us a little bit about the event:

“I'd always wanted to do something about bi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Satchel Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental--satchel-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Daniel Strauss  Photos: Jeremy Shaw &amp; Wade Wallace~

So much about our beautiful sport is about respect. Respect for the road, for the mountains, for our fellow riders. As important as any of these, however, is a respect for history. Ju...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Normandy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/normandy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha-Condor-JLT are in the middle of a tough week in north-western France, where six of the team’s riders are taking part in the Tour of Normandy. 

The first bike race I ever saw in France completely threw me. During a summer holiday in Brittan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky at the Classics]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-at-the-classics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ahead of Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem, Rapha caught up with members of Team Sky to learn what it takes to win a Classic. In an exclusive film, the riders talk about their ambitions for the season and we also have in-depth interviews with former Paris-Rou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sidewalk Savannah]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sidewalk-savannah</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[100 Days to La Centième]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/100-days-to-la-centieme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, 21st of March 2013, marks 100 days until the start of the 100th edition of the Tour de France, the world's greatest sporting event. It serves as the apex of the racing season, the grandest stage and one of the toughest tests any professional c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wellington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wellington</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com in South Africa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Weather]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-weather</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Rigo Zimmerman~
~Landscapes by Ben Ingham~

Your brain can’t remember pain. Of that I am glad. I don’t miss the pain. I’ll tell you what I miss though, I miss the weather. 

Did I ever tell you about when I used to train in Italy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Climbs of Le Tour de Langkawi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-climbs-of-le-tour-de-langkawi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Alan Grant  Images by Christopher Chen~

Hills and mountains were put on this earth to be climbed. So when an adventure beckons that involves the classic climbs of an iconic bike race, it’s pretty hard to resist the call. Throw in some ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doppio: Issue 01]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doppio-01</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Doppio is Rapha's weekly double-shot of road racing reportage. A two-faced publication of the week's action and what's up the road, every Wednesday we review and preview the week's biggest races and fill you in on the details in between. Availabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time to be Ambitious about your fundraising]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/time-to-be-ambitious-about-your-fundraising</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You may be an experienced fundraiser and not find the £2,500 individual target at all daunting. However for any novices out there the best starting point is to look at your existing networks and consider who you can approach for support.

If you c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Angel of the Mountain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/angel-of-the-mountain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Inaugural Bordeaux – Paris]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-inaugural-bordeaux--paris</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The classic Bordeaux – Paris race was conceived as Europe was enjoying a rare period of peace and prosperity. The French were experiencing the Belle Epoque and Britain revelled in the Victorian period of technological advances and engineering marve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Women's 100]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-womens-100</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Women's 100ww.rapha.cc/womens100 is off and rolling. It may seem like a long road leading to the July 7th date, but it will be here before you know it. There have been some questions coming in about the Rapha Women's 100 — What is it? Where do ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Riding Spring Summer 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-riding-spring-summer-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha City Riding Collection for Spring Summer 2013. Featuring new designs for women and updates to existing favourites.  Whether you are spinning through traffic on a Monday morning or heading out on a Saturday afternoon, each piece is designed ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In the Frame: La Primavera 1951]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-frame-la-primavera-1951</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Louison Bobet stares doggedly ahead, hands clenched in the drops, his thousand-yard stare willing the bike forward. His Bottechia teammate and compatriot, Pierrot Barbotin follows dutifully on his wheel. With no time to glance at the breathtaking coa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-iv-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Sunday April 7th 2013 – 9:00am~

Rapha's homage to Paris-Roubaix in hellish Hertfordshire is back once again. What with all the beautiful weather we've been having in the UK, the parcours for this year's edition of Hell of the North is looking s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lelliott's Lights]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lelliotts-lights</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by J. Dunn and Michael Lelliott

Chances are, you have seen the stylings of Mike Lelliot around your hometown. Those little rubber lights that adorn nearly every bicycle riding through the city. Knogww.knog.com.au/ has been around for a numb...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Das Gift]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/das-gift</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vintage Porte]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vintage-porte</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Graham Watson photography~

Twenty-eight year-old Richie Porte only started racing in 2006, having begun his sporting life as a triathlete. Porte first competed on the road for pro continental team Praties in his native Tasmania, then switching...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moots &amp; Culture]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/moots-and-culture</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illustration Competition – The Winner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/illustration-competition--the-winner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Riccardo Guasco~

Back in December we launched an illustration competition with publisher Thames &amp; Hudson. The aim of the competition was to find an illustrator for the eighth book in a series of city cycling guides, which will be published la...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's 100]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens100</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 7th July 2013 join thousands of women around the world to ride 100km. The aim is to create a global event, with thousands of women taking to the road to complete a 100km journey. The 7th July is the date of the Etape du Tour, the amateur cy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Women's 100]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-womens-100</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If I cast my mind back to around seven years ago, I recall making my first London commute, hauling a heavy mountain bike across rush hour traffic to my workplace a mere three miles away. Upon arrival, red-faced and panting, I dashed to the toilet whe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donhou]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/donhou</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

UK Continental rider and constructor Tom Donhou recently relocated his workshop to Hackney Wick (near the Olympic Park) in east London. We paid him a quick visit.

How did you become a bike bui...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Berliner Fahrrad Schau]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/berliner-fahrrad-schau</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This coming weekend sees Rapha in Berlin for the launch of the 2013 Hidden Europe Continental programme. The highlight is the unveiling of the new Continental fleet itself and many of our partner framebuilders and riders will be present throughout th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentlemen's Race 2013 | Call for entry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-race-2013--call-for-entry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Undeniably, the racing season is here. Not just in the world of professional cycling, where the likes of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico are sweeping across their respective nations, but also the less official races cropping up around the world. Tak...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Target]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-target</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Painted on the wings and panels of aircraft to identify them, the Royal Air Force roundel has been in existence since 1915. At the start of WWI anti-aircraft gunners would fire on anything they encountered, enemy or ally, which quickly meant identifi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peace Kills]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/peace-kills</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hart of Hackney]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hart-of-hackney</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Neil Bedford~

Seventeen year-old Tao Geoghegan Hart, born and raised in east London, is part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme and races for CC Hackney. A precocious talent and fast talker, I met Tao at the Rapha Cycle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supremacy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/supremacy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Javier Fuertes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Sunday in Hell IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-sunday-in-hell-iv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Jonathan Hinesww.jonathanhines.co.uk/

This weekend will be Rapha’s fourth annual pilgrimage into Hertfordshire for the Hell of the North IV. Like last year it features an additional 1,500m sector of gravé, the Trouée de Woodside, a h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Retreat 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-retreats</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Foreword
For me every bike ride is a form of therapy, a precious sanctuary from the stresses and strains of normal life. Even as little as an hour on the bike can leave me calmer, clearer headed and more positive, as well as fitter and stronger for ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Satchel Ride Teaser]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/satchel-ride-teaser</link>
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“By the time we had delivered the satchel to Sydney, we had retraced a unique r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Ventoux Special Retreat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ventoux-special-retreat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This July we are hosting a very special Rapha Retreat. The 100th edition of the Tour takes on the legendary Mont Ventoux on Bastille Day and this will form part of the Retreat's programme. Based in a private hamlet in the Luberon, this exclusive Raph...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-iv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's homage to Paris-Roubaix in hellish Hertfordshire is back once again. What with all the beautiful weather we've been having in the UK, the parcours for this year's edition of Hell of the North is looking suitably shambolic. Potholes, mud and s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Twin Towns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/twin-towns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

Name – Monique Kawecki

Occupation – Editor of Ala Champfest Magazineww.alachampfest.com, a biannual print publication from London and Melbourne which focusses on investigations and insight ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[G.P. Mills (1867-1945)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gp-mills-1867-1945</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~by Tim Dawson vintagebicycle.wordpress.comintagebicycle.wordpress.com &amp;nbsp;~

Bordeaux-Paris is one of cycling’s lost classics. Once regarded as the toughest one-day race in France, the ‘Derby of the Road’ saw the peloton roll out durin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gravel Top]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gravel-top</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Silver &amp; Gold]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/silver-and-gold-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Javier Fuertes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bordeaux–Paris Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bordeauxparis-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Based on the Brevet Jerseybrevet-jersey rigorously tested by Rapha riders at Paris-Brest-Paris, the Bordeaux–Paris Jersey has been created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Tom Simpson’s victory at the 1963 edition of the long-distance race ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bordeaux – Paris Gilet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bordeaux--paris-gilet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bordeaux–Paris Gilet has been designed alongside the Bordeaux-Paris Jersey commemorating the 50th anniversary of Tom Simpson’s victory at the 1963 edition of the long-distance race. A lost classic, the race was last run in 1988 and is iconic ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Guide: Classics Opening Weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-guide-classics-opening-weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words and images: Inner Ring~

The Spring Classics start this weekend with the double-header of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, followed by Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday. No more Arabian nights in five-star hotels or photo-ops with kanga...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's Prestige 2013 | Call for entry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-prestige-2013--call-for-entry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photo by Jake Stangel~

The Rapha Women’s Prestige 2013 will, like last year’s event, take place in the sunny hills surrounding San Francisco. The Prestige will set off on April 13th and the Rapha Cycle Club SFww.rapha.cc/san-francisco staff h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brooks Brother]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/brooks-brother</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's Range SS13]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-range-ss13</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha is proud to introduce its new range for Spring Summer 2013. Featuring exciting and innovative new products alongside some reworked classics, the new range includes an expanded collection for women riders. Highlights are featured in the new SS13...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Summer 2013 Prelude]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-summer-2013-prelude</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/59728872" width="540" height="405" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

A first glance at what's up the road in the coming weeks for Rapha’s new Spring...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top Ranking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/top-ranking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Summer 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-summer-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha are pleased to introduce the Spring Summer range for 2013. Presented in a lookbook of photography and films capturing rides in both Corsica and south Australia, new products and reworked editions have been created for all the performance and st...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Louisville Slugger]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/louisville-slugger</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the UCI Cyclocross World Championships took place in Louisville earlier this month, it marked the first time this prestigious event had taken place outside Europe. To help commemorate the occasion, one of America’s most iconic sporting goods m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London Calling]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-calling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Javier Fuertes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madrid]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/madrid</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The third largest city in Europe after Berlin and London, Spain's capital is made up of 21 districts, all best navigated between by bicycle. Whether visiting the regal Museo del Prado, braving a bullfight, enjoying live music at the many cafes or sam...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paper Friends at the Cycle Club SF]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paper-friends-at-the-san-francisco-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a little bit of everything going into Steven Nereo's show at the San Francisco Cycle Club this weekend. The focus of the show, Paper Friends, is on illustrations Steven has continued to develop over the years. However, his drawings will not ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Louisville 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-louisville-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All photos by J. Dunn~

I can honestly say, I've never raced anything like that before. The sound and amount of people cheering for me was what kept me going."
~– Gabby Day, Rapha-FOCUS~

The thing most foreign racers and spectators commented...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Barn Animal]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/barn-animal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taj Mihelich]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/taj-mihelich</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo and interview by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

Taj Mihelich is an ex-professional BMX rider and is regarded by many as one of the most creative and influential riders BMX has ever seen. In recent years he has turned his talents t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Classics for Men]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-classics-for-men</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since its launch in 2004, the Rapha Classic Jerseyclassic-jersey has helped redefine standards of performance, comfort and style. Among discerning riders, if they had to buy one Rapha jersey, this would be it. Rapha is proud to announce that the Clas...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Origins of a Classic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/origins-of-a-classic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As we introduce two new colours of the Classic Jerseyclassic-jersey for the Spring Summer season, we wanted to find out a little more about the origins of the product that started it all. Who better to ask than Rapha founder (and one of the original ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Revolution 40]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/revolution-40</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: James 'Jimmy Mac' McCallum  Photos:  © Crankphoto.co.uk~

It was a different setting but a very familiar atmosphere on Saturday 2nd February in Glasgow. Having competed in several of the track Revolution Series meetings, I’m a bit of a v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beam &amp; Anchor]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beam-and-anchor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding Home]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-home</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words and photos: Collyn Ahart~

Big cars and big portions, the indiscriminate kindness of strangers. Loud talkers and bellowing laughter, long gaits, relaxed jawlines and baggy denim. Whilst you can find all these stereotypes, the real DNA of Ame...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rat Rod]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rat-rod</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continentalrapha-continental/ began in the US in 2007 as an antidote to the clinical aspects of road racing. It was conceived as a more creative expression of road riding, with the belief that you don’t need to pin a race number on to exp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wall Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wall-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky T-shirt]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-t-shirt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With a side-panel construction, this crew-neck T-Shirt is a stylish way to show your support for the world’s leading cycling team. With team logos printed in white, this black cotton T-Shirt also features the famous Sky blue central stripe down the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky Merino Hoody]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-merino-hoody</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An innovative, mid-weight outer layer that uses an ingenious mix of fabrics to create a top that offers high performance with contemporary, urban styling. 

Windproof front panels keep out chills when riding, while the merino body and arms keep you...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photography with Emily Maye]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photography-with-emily-maye</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photography by Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

Take a look through Emily Maye'smilymaye.com/ ever growing collection of cycling photography and you'll find wildly different photos on the subject. A background in cinema is easily recognizable ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Camber Angle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/camber-angle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Redchurch Enamel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/redchurch-enamel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Festive 500 - The Winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festive-500---the-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Festive 500 has now become an annual celebration, a festive cycling phenomenon that brings the year to a close with a warm glow and tired legs. Conditions do, of course, vary depending where you are riding but whether in Scandinavia or South Amer...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: JPow looks to Worlds]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-jpow-looks-to-worlds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Powers represented the 2012 US National Champion jersey well. So well, in fact, that he was thought by many experts and non-experts to be an even bet for a repeat performance in 2013. However, nothing is ever certain in cross racing and result...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thomas on Top Down Under]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thomas-on-top-down-under</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos courtesy of Cycling Tipsww.cyclingtips.com.au &amp;nbsp;~

Welsh wizard Geraint Thomas took victory on stage two of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday to move into the leader's jersey and then held on to the top spot in a tough stage around S...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soho Story]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/soho-story</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky Women’s Bib Shorts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-womens-bib-shorts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Made from a comfortable, compressive stretch fabric that is breathable and durable, these shorts are designed for maximum comfort and durability on long rides. The shorts use a chamois pad designed specifically for women riders and have a panelled co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Classic Softshell Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-softshell-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Test ride any of Rapha’s Classic products to destruction and if you are not 100 satisfied within 30-days you can return them for a full refund.~

Rapha’s Classic Softshell Jacket is designed for tough winter cycling. A synthetic membrane means...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Long Sleeve Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-long-sleeve-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This versatile cycling jersey works as an outer- or mid-layer. Cut from a merino-rich material the jersey wicks moisture away from the skin quickly yet also maintains body heat. The jersey has a slim fit and is cut long in the back and arms for a bet...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Best of Survey 2012: Part Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-best-of-survey-2012-part-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The idea of style is a hugely subjective thing. From this point of view (my own), the idea is wearing whatever you feel like with confidence, expressing personality, perception, mood and the demands of the environment you inhabit. This of course appl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Korsa 09]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/korsa-09</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cross ¾ Bib Shorts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cross--bib-shorts-1-2-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the hardy cyclocross racers of Europe and North America, Rapha’s Cross ¾ Bib Shorts have been designed to meet the demands this unique cycle sport places on both riders and equipment. Providing the same unrivalled fit as Rapha’s regu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beginning Down Under]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beginning-down-under</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Jarrod Partridge~

After packing their suitcases whilst still digesting their Christmas dinner, the new generation of Rapha Condor JLT riders caught the 24-hour flight to Australia for an eight-week training camp. 

There are many idea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[After Dark]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/after-dark</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnheathletic.tumblr.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour Down Under Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-down-under-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s remarkable to think that Team Sky, currently top of the UCI team rankings with a Tour de France winner, British and Norwegian national champions, and some of the finest riders in the world, rode its first race three years to this day. The 17th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Nationals 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-nationals-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Slate Olson~

With six riders representing five different countries spanning the globe, Team Rapha-FOCUS had their work cut out for them last weekend. From the United States to Switzerland, Germany and France, it should be noted that this...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sample Sale in Berlin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sample-sale-in-berlin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The weekend beginning the 25th January sees not only the culmination of the Berlin Six Daysww.sechstagerennen-berlin.de but also Rapha's first sample sale in Berlin. For only two days we will open our doors to offer big discounts on samples and disco...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bell Bottom Blue]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bell-bottom-blue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bienvenidos to the Festive 500]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bienvenidos-to-the-festive-500</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words and photos by Nate King~

The sun rises and oats simmer slowly on the stove in a concoction of raisins, cinnamon, and unrefrigerated milk - the norm here in Manizales. Coffee, likely grown no more than a 30-minute ride from here, percolates ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sniffing Glue]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sniffing-glue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Best of Festive 500 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-best-of-festive-500-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We’ve been overwhelmed with the latest edition of the Festive 500. At the last count it was estimated that almost 17,000 people took part and over 4,500 riders completed the challenge. This amounts to a collective kilometre count somewhere in the r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Rapha with Love]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/from-rapha-with-love</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Team Sky is made up of a squad of 27 riders, 16 performance staff, 4 doctors, 5 physios, 9 carers/ soigneurs, 9 mechanics, 2 drivers, 1 chef, and 13 others including a photographer, press officer and service course manager. That’s quite an entourag...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Not Just Another Sport]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/not-just-another-sport</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As they gear up for the 2013 season, members of Team Sky talk candidly about their experiences in the world's greatest sport. In an exclusive short film celebrating the launch of the Team Sky and Rapha kit, riders including Rigoberto Uran, Bernie Eis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yachtsman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yachtsman</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/

Rapha Belt »ww.rapha.cc/rapha-belt...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Barista Bonna]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/barista-bonna</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

Rapha Jeans »ww.rapha.cc/rapha-jeans...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blue Jeans: Centraal Museum]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/blue-jeans-centraal-museum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Centraal Museum in Utrecht in the Netherlands is currently hosting a comprehensive exhibition of denim and its impact on the world. Displaying examples of blue jeans as fashion, art, craftsmanship, technology and more, it looks at more than 350 y...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease: week six]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oneoftheseplease-week-six</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The holidays are over. You can pat yourself on the back for making it through yet another episode. Now you can go out and get what you really wanted for yourself. Return all the scarves and socks and get some new tyres and brake pads. The winter ridi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Motta Rosso]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/motta-rosso</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: UCI World Cup Rome]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-uci-world-cup-rome</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Jeremy Dunn~

Speaking to Marco Aurelio Fontana the day before this latest installment of World Cup cross, he told me: 

bq. "Cyclocross is so much fun, but it needs more of this. To get out of Belgium. Hopefully, World Cups like this ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photos from Rapha (Franklin’s) Point]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photos-from-rapha-franklins-point</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The pictures below are from Andy Pike, who has been following Rapha Condor JLT at the Sun Tour, Down Under. The team, in their freshly designed kit bearing the name of new sponsor JLT, are having a serious early-season test in the cycling-mad state o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;h2 class="heading" data-title="Official Partner"&gt;Official Partner&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
  &lt;img src="/content/uploads/teamsky-landinglogo.png" width="220" /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Rapha’s partnership...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Not Just Another Sport – teaser]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/not-just-another-sport-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/55901721?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="380" height="214" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

"See the NEW Raph...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chow Downtown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chow-downtown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steeler's Wheels]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/steelers-wheels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Pétange, Luxembourg]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-ptange-luxembourg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by J. Dunn~

You can count on a few things in the New Year and one of those would have to be the GP Hotel Threeland in Pétange, Luxembourg. Current world champion Marianne Vos has taken part in this race for going on nine years and this ye...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Old Reliable]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/old-reliable</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Best of Survey 2012: Part Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-best-of-survey-2012-part-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of my early mentors in the bicycle business impressed the following maxim on me, "ride to where you ride". I use it quite often when talking to the press, government officials, and new riders. For those not immersed in the way of the bicycle ther...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gumwall 3000]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gumwall-3000</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Namur and Zolder with Emily Maye]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-namur-and-zolder-with-emily-maye</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photography by Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

If you have been following photographer Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ for the last couple of weeks you may have noticed that she is in Belgium. The 'Christmas Cross' week of races provide more than eno...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[13 for 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/13-for-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It has been a momentous year for Rapha and the world of road racing. The exploitsthe-year-in-panache and developments of 2012 are all the more reason to get excited about the coming year. So we present a prelude to our most anticipated races, events,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Best of Survey 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/survey-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cycling as a cultural attitude

Cycling as a cultural attitude. Not just style or ‘Streetstyle’, a phrase first expressed by anthropologist Ted Polhemus and one that is omnipresent across many sartorial blogs. This is what I think of when I thi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time Machine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/time-machine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Festive 500 2012 Update]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festive-500-2012-update</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Stefan Rohner: Day 1~

At the time of writing the Festive 500 global bunch has collectively amassed over 1 million kms. On Stravaww.strava.com/challenges/2012-rapha-festive-500 alone almost 30 people have already broken the 500 mark with a good...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/greenery</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/
Documented in Shanghai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Year in Panache]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-year-in-panache</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Despite the controversies that have engulfed the sport over the last couple of months, we should not lose sight of the incredible performances and undoubtedly historic victories we’ve seen out on the road in 2012. Here is my review of the season’...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guitar Hero]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/guitar-hero</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mannequin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mannequin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bordeaux—Paris 2013 Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bordeauxparis-2013-registration</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Race history
Last staged in 1988, Bordeaux-Paris is one of cycling’s ‘lost classics’. Its status as the toughest one-day race in France was something of a misnomer, given a significant part of the race dubbed the ‘Derby of the Road’ took p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease: week five]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oneoftheseplease-week-five</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wool is highly respected around Rapha headquarters. From the inspirational jerseys of yore to the thick socks that provide so much needed warmth on our winter rides. The versatility of Merino Wool is one that has been chronicledww.rapha.cc/the-merino...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race – Koshin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race--koshin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Masashi Ichifuru (rider)  Film: Ryota Kenmochi  Words: Vincent Flanagan~

The first Rapha Gentlemen’s Race in Japan took place on a steaming-hot day. The typical Japanese weather at this time of year is uncomfortably humid and heavy, the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Broncks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/broncks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/

Bowerylanebicycles.comowerylanebicycles.com/broncks.html...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Festive 500 Group Rides]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festive-500-group-rides</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What's the quickest route to completing the Festive 500? Ride it with your friends of course. There is one other option, but that involves riding day and night through potentially frozen conditions, and we do not necessarily recommend that. Christmas...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ivy League]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ivy-league</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Heroes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-heroes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Heroics aren’t just for race day. There are a number of riders, past and present, who transcend the notion of bad weather and embrace challenging conditions. Training and riding in extremities not only provides you with the physical conditioning ot...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Cycling Illustration Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-cycling-illustration-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Publisher Thames &amp; Hudson have teamed up with Rapha to produce a collection of City Cycling Guides for 2013. The pocket size guides offer a cyclist’s view of Europe's major cities accompanied by drawings from seven different illustrators, creat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen’s Race – Sydney]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race--sydney</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~FILM: Kintaro Studiosintarostudios.com~

Southern Highlands, NSW
20 teams started and all 20 finished the second Australian Rapha Gentlemen’s Race. A testament to the preparation, commitment and teamwork of each group of riders, it was another ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Jasmin Achermann]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-jasmin-achermann</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Slate Olson from Tabor World Cup~
~Interview by Chris DiStefano~

It may seem like the cyclocross season is coming to a close for some. For those based in Europe and those Americans headed that way for the Christmas cross week, it has o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease: week four]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oneoftheseplease-week-four</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Freshening up your city riding is a great way to make commuting for you and yours a bit more pleasant, comfortable and stylish. The often overlooked city bike is a daily ride for many cyclists and surprisingly one of the spots that people tend to neg...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Skid Row]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/skid-row</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wasabi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wasabi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Higher Ground]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/higher-ground</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/

abovebike.comww.abovebike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baristas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/baristas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A time-honoured means of bringing people together, interest in coffee has increased greatly in the last decade or so thanks to burgeoning café cultures in global cities like Portland, San Francisco, Melbourne, London, and Oslo. This latest wave of c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Winter Cross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-winter-cross</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Kati Jagger  PHOTOS: Andy Waterman~

In the early morning light, the trees are frozen and silent. Wrapped in layers of wool and Lycra, winter hat pulled down over your ears, you swing slowly on to the road. Flexing fingers and toes as the c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deschutes Brewery Cup – LIVE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/deschutes-brewery-cup</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="new.livestream.com/accounts/2043205/events/1715430/player?width=540&amp;height=360&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false" width="540" height="360" frameborder="0" seamless="seamless"&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;

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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All Black]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/all-black</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease: week three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oneoftheseplease-week-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's a hot fact that cyclists love coffee. Caffeine fuels many a ride (according to one source it's also the most popular drug in sport) and cafés provide ideal way-markers for any two-wheeled journey. Here at Rapha we certainly enjoy a coffee or tw...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Israeli Lightweight]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/israeli-lightweight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Festive 500 Returns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-festive-500-returns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Give your legs the greatest gift this Christmas and ride 500km between December 24th and December 31st.

Once more Rapha challenge riders around the world to avoid the festive flab and clock those kilometres. Ride 500km between Christmas Eve and Ne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Coffee Mug]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-coffee-mug</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Produced for Rapha by design studio notNeutral, this elegant coffee mug features an award-winning design developed in conjunction with the renowned baristas of Intelligentsia Coffee in Los Angeles. Offering the perfect blend of function and form, the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Club SF Parklet Opening]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club-sf-parklet-opening</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday November 16th, Rapha hosted a party to mark the launch of its new ‘parklet’, the first of its kind in San Francisco’s Marina District. Designed in collaboration with Rebar, the San Francisco design firm credited with the creating the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Rider]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-rider</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/
Documented in Shanghai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sunset Blvd.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sunset-blvd</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Icknield Way]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/icknield-way</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Max Leonard  PHOTOS: Wig Worland  FILM: Mark Jenkinson~

bq. “… I could not find a beginning or an end of the Icknield Way. It is thus a symbol of mortal things with their beginnings and ends always in immortal darkness.”
– Edward ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease: week two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oneoftheseplease-week-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[OneofThesePlease is back this week, with a selection of printed matter that sets our pulses racing. We also reveal our winners from the past week. Check the end of today's post  to see if your oneoftheseplease ended up on the podium. 

Reasons for ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Recruit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-recruit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Training]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-training-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Winter training is a major part of honing your abilities as a rider and the more time you spend perfecting your regime, the better the results will be. Once again, we present a guide to winter training, drawing on the opinions of some seasoned riders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha-FOCUS x Oakley]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/raphafocus-x-oakley</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been a growing buzz over the Rapha-FOCUS Oakley sunglasses that the team have been wearing this season. What are they? Where can we get them? Well, now we have those answers. 

To aid the team in their quest for success on the global cycl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spokey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spokey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#oneoftheseplease]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/one-of-these-please</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The best gifts are always the ones you want for yourself. So this season, to combat the usual deluge of gift-buying guides full of things you don’t need, we thought we would ask you. What we'd like you to share with us - and the world - are those i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oxford Brooks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oxford-brooks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oakley Auction 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oakley-auction-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Starting on Tuesday 27th November and running until Tuesday 11th December, Rapha will be auctioning a limited number of custom Rapha-FOCUS team edition Oakley sunglasses. Two styles of glasses will be available, Oakley Radarlock and Oakley Frogskins,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Green Edge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/green-edge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All Chips on the Table - The Show!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/all-chips-on-the-table--the-show-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All Chips on the Tableww.rapha.cc/garrett-chow-sneak-peek- - Garrett Chow's art show is alive and well at the Rapha Cycle Club San Franciscoww.rapha.cc/san-francisco. Since its opening a few weeks ago it has become one of the most talked about art/bi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quack Platz]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/quack-platz</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Directeur sportif]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/directeur-sportif</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Per Francesca]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/per-francesca</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Written by: Tom Southam~

~“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”~
– ~Ernest Hemingway~

Sometimes you just walk into a bar and fall in love with a girl. It happens all the time to m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Road Sweeper]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/road-sweeper</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK Super Cross 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/uk-super-cross-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/52934108?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;badge=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; &lt...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnées 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonnes-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Historic routes, breathtaking scenery and classic riding.

Inspired by the classic ‘brevets’ of Europe, Rapha Randonnées are exclusive point-to-point journeys that combine the same kind of exploratory riding but without the hassles of more tra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Parklet SF]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-parklet-sf</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For the Cycle Club San Francisco, Rapha and design studio Rebar have deconstructed an iconic Rapha Citroën H-Van in order to create a ‘bookended’ public space. Known as a ‘parklet’, our design blends the cultural history of road racing’s s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Easy Tiger]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/easy-tiger</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Retailer Ride with Sigma Sport]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-retailer-ride-with-sigma-sport</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the arrival of the latest Rapha Autumn/Winter range at Sigma Sport, Rapha would like to invite customers to join us on an autumn ride on 17th November.
 
Date: Saturday 17th November
Time: be ready to depart at 9.30am
Start location:...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USGP 2012 Live]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usgplive</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe width="540" height="335" src="www.ustream.tv/embed/12520238?v=3&amp;amp;wmode=direct" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px none transparent;&gt;    &lt;/iframe&gt;
"~Live Video streaming by Ustream~ww.ustream.tv/

Tune in r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nevada with Greg LeMond]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-with-greg-lemond</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jeremy Dunn  PHOTOS: Jake Stangelww.jakestangel.com  VIDEO: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com &amp;nbsp;~

We are waiting outside Greg LeMond’s home in Nevada. This is where he grew up, where he trained as a youngster, where he first ra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USGP Live]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usgp-live</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tune in right hereusgplive on the blog this weekend to watch the US Gran Prix of Cyclocrossww.usgpcyclocross.com/site/ live. We have partnered with the USGP and Velonewselonews.competitor.com/ to provide live racing coverage and insights at the Derby...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tricks &amp; Treats]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tricks-and-treats-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Autumn has already thrown some interesting weather our way. As temperatures plummet and the chance of rain keeps rising, it seems the ideal time to browse the latest Rapha collection for women and put together our favourite outfits for keeping dry, s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baywatch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/baywatch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dijon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dijon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Road to Everywhere]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/road-to-everywhere</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dark Days]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dark-days</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is probably my least favorite week of the year. The shorter, darker days that accompany the clocks 'falling back' always puts me off a bit. Suddenly it's dark both coming and going, and it takes me a full week to adjust. 

This year, the first...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnée Alps]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonne-alps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The ultimate road riding adventure.

The Rapha Randonnée Alps follows the classic Route des Grandes Alpes, taking in historic climbs of the Tour de France including some of the most majestic mountain passes in the world. Starting at Lake Geneva, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rogue Riders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rogue-riders</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/city-rain-jacket/

City Riding is more than just cycling in the metropolis. The bicycle gives the rider in the city freedom and exhilaration through the teeming infrastructure of streets, places and people. The gentlemen appearing in th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Half-Inch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/halfinch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnée Dolomites]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonne-dolomites</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ride in the hallowed battlegrounds of the Giro d'Italia.

bq. "For dramatic scenery, smooth roads and incredible food and drink, the Dolomites are hard to beat. The Sud Tirol region combines a splendid culture with immaculate towns and glorious mou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belgique]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/belgique</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Garrett Chow sneak peek]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/garrett-chow-sneak-peek-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Friday evening All Chips on the Table, Garrett Chow’s collection of bicycle related artwork, promises to be one of the best shows to hit SF since last year's Brian Vernor exhibit. Kudos to the Cycle Club for keeping us entertained with creativity o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: And the winners are…]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-and-the-winners-are</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last summer we launched a new and now fabled challenge in conjunction with Strava called "Rapha Rising: Circle of Death":www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-the-circle-of-death. The task was to climb the combined elevation of the 'Circle of Death' during the p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnée Pyrenees]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonne-pyrenees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Beautiful roads, legendary cols and magical diversions.

Using the classic Pyrenean raid as a basis and taking insights from Graeme Fife's Great Road Climbs of the Pyreneesww.rapha.cc/the-rapha-guide-to-the-great-road-climbs-of-the-pyrenees, Rapha ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Berlin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/berlin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nowhere is Berlin's unofficial "poor but sexy" slogan better showcased than on its seemingly endless cycle lanes. A laid-back array of Berliners glide along the vast boulevards and through the dreamy cobbled streets, riding bikes of every style and h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2012: Round Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2012-round-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Wig Worland~

Hope and Hargroves go to the wire in Ally Pally Finale.

An enthralling encounter in the final round of the Rapha Super Cross Series resulted in defending champions Hope Factory Racing taking the spoils again, but only ju...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2012: Round Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2012-round-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Wig Worland~

It was neck-and-neck all the way in the second round of Rapha Super Crosssuper-cross as the leading elite teams of Hope Factory Racing and Hargroves-Specialized slugged it out in the wonderful surroundings of Misterton Hall...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:45:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Red Lanterns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/red-lanterns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:15:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: An Interview with Chris Jones]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-an-interview-with-chris-jones</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos from Trek US Gran Prix of Cyclocross - Interview by Chris DiStefano~

Chris Jones placed 2nd on the final day of the USGP in Fort Collins, Colorado. A stunning result any way that you slice it. However, coming off of his most successful roa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:01:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[cityscopes winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cityscopes-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[CITYSCOPES: The Winners

It took a while but the votes have finally been counted and we can now reveal the winner of the Rapha Cityscopes competition. Suffice to say it was tough to overlook so many of the superb entries but the people have clicked...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:04:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[True Blue]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/true-blue-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Kristin's bike was also featured on the Daily Bikeww.adventure-journal.com/2012/09/the-daily-bike-september-4-2012/ from Adventure Journal~

You got a new bike from Tony Pereiraww.pereiracycles.com/ earlier this summer. What is it and how did the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:41:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legwear Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legwear-guide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Shanks, pegs, stumps, stilts, twigs, hams – whatever kind of legs you have, they need taking care of. Using the best accoutrements to incubate and armour the legs is a must for any road-worthy rider. Your lower extremities are, quite simply, your m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:23:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London Winter Rides 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-winter-rides-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Winter rides from the Rapha Cycle Club Londonlondon-1-2 are now in full swing, happening every Saturday morning. The rides alternate between going north/east (Essex) and south/west (Surrey) and leave Brewer Street at 9.00am sharp. Photos (from Mr Rhy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:00:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Travel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/travel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[h3{margin-bottom:13px;font-size:1.5em;border-top: 1px solid 666;border-bottom: 1px solid 666;padding: 0.5em 0 0.5em 0; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;}. Rapha Retreats

Rapha Retreats are cycling breaks, hosted by Rapha in some of the most...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:24:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Purple Pose]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/purple-pose</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:03:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All Chips on the Table]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/all-chips-on-the-table</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Coming Friday, November 2nd, 2012 the San Francisco Cycle Club gallery will open a new show featuring the work of Garrett Chow called All Chips on the Table… 

From the co-creation of MASHSFashsf.com/ to bicycle paint schemes for cyclocross star ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:39:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2012: Round One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2012-round-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Wig Worland~

Defending champions and local boys Hope, based in nearby Barnoldswick, carried on where they left off last year with a convincing win in the opening round of Rapha Super Cross held in the majestic surroundings of Broughton Ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:39:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Life Shavings]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/life-shavings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Illustration by Jack Saunders~

As a road cyclist you either shave your legs or your friends assume you do. I have a running joke with my more conservative fraternity brothers from college about it, often reminding them: I don't shave my legs beca...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:31:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rustoleum]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rustoleum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:57:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sapa, Vietnam]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sapa-vietnam</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Adam Horler  photos © Andrew J Loiterton  film by Jon Mooreww.thedeck.tv &amp;nbsp;~

To the outside world, Vietnam is associated with many things; years of war, endless rice fields, exceptional cuisine. What it is most certainly not ass...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:32:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rose Tinted]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rose-tinted</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:16:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Urban Commando]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/urban-commando</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Felix Otto Andersalon.io/felixotto-anders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:34:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Road Racing Footprint]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-road-racing-footprint</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is claimed that the first bicycle was conceived by an apprentice of Leonardo Da Vinci. The sketch of a two-wheeled vehicle rumoured to be in Da Vinci’s twelve-volume Codex Atlanticus is now under lock and key in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Mila...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:38:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Old Dutchie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/old-dutchie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:15:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[British Columbian]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/british-columbian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:26:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CD/DC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cdordc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha NA Comms Director, Chris DiStefano, recently took a trip to the White House.

You're looking good out there. What is this new bike that you're riding? Is this your first carbon road bike? 
Thank you. My new bike is an Ibis Silk SL, but no,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:48:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Zach McDonald]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-zach-mcdonald-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos from Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester - Interview by Chris DiStefano~

The Cyclocross season has only just begun for Zach McDonald. As the weather takes a turn for the worse, his top-notch skills in the mud and slop have come to the fo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:48:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Riding Rogues]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-riding-rogues</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha styles three gentlemen in a three part series, with new products from the latest autumn and winter City Ridingshop/city-riding collection. Perfect gents both on and off the bike, we can vouch for the fact they cut a fast path through London's c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:20:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2012: Precious Time]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2012-precious-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Cheryl King~

There are times to shut up and listen. Times when, no matter how much you think you know in a given field of expertise, it is advisable to keep schtum and take in the proffered advice.

Standing in the rather lovely grounds...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:17:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Certified Steel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/certified-steel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:42:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Rain Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-rain-jacket-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~NEXT »~long-sleeve-shirt-1

~Products shown:~

 City Rain Jacketcity-rain-jacket - in Orange
 Track Toptrack-top-1 - in Grey
 City Trouserscity-trousers - in Navy
 Grand Tour Shoesgrand-tour-shoes - in Black...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:39:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Made in Italy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-italy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Joe Hall  PHOTOS: Gavin Campbell~

The words ‘Made in Italy’ are often associated with expertise, craftsmanship and quality. Obvious examples could be sports car manufacturers such as Maserati, coffee machine marques like Marzocco or sh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black Mirrors]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/black-mirrors</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hi-vis Evening Ride - London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hivis-evening-ride--london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Training through the winter is essential for most but on the cold, dark evenings that are creeping in, the thought of going out alone on narrow lanes in the dark isn’t so appealing. So every Thursday evening the London Cycle Club is holding rides a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MUD. SWEAT. FRITES. COWBELLS. FOAM.
Quite possibly the most entertaining three days of racing the UK has ever seen.



The groundbreaking Rapha Super Cross Series returns, bringing three days of super-charged cyclocross racing to venues around th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:55:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fused]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fused</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:34:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: An Interview with Julie Krasniak]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-an-interview-with-julie-krasniak-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos from the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester~

With a podium place at the USGP opener in Madison, Wisconsin – Julie Krasniak has come out with a decidedly different approach to the new cyclocross season. Whereas last year was used mainl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:25:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Northwest Gentlemen's Race 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-northwest-gentlemens-race-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Race Photos - Jon Humphriesww.jonhumphries.com  Team Photos - Dave Rothww.dmroth.com/cycling.html  Film: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com  Words: Simon Robins~

The starting point for this year’s NW Rapha Gentlemen’s Race was the small ski ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:52:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Momoiro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/momoiro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:55:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NW Gent's Race preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nw-gents-race-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

Once all the teams riding the 2012 Rapha NW Gentlemen's Race had been launched into the early morning fog of Mt. Hood, our job was made very clear to us. Head Commis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:28:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Catching up with Jeremy Powers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-catching-up-with-jeremy-powers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Jeff Curteseffcurtes.com/  INTERVIEW: Chris DiStefano &amp;nbsp;~ 

Jeremy Powers has started the 2012 Cyclocross season with his best foot forward. In addition to his decisive win at Cross Vegas a few weeks ago, Jeremy has taken the victo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:07:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The CrosstoberFest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-crosstoberfest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Cross Fondo in Füssen/Allgäu

The final appearance on the Continent this year sees the Mobile Cycle Club travelling to the picturesque Allgäu in Germany for the Crosstoberfest, for what will be another weekend full of cross fun.

On Satu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:56:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Autumn Winter Jacket Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/autumn-winter-jacket-guide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whoever said ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ obviously never eyed-up someone in a Classic Softshell. With that in mind, judging the correct piece of outerwear to cover yourself in before a ride can be even more important than deciding which w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:37:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclotherapy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclotherapy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:36:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Backyard]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/backyard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:07:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Singapore Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/singapore-gentlemens-race-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of Saturday 29th September, 76 cyclists competed in the first Asian edition of the Rapha Gentlemen's Race. A 165km team time-trial, the ride included border crossings into Malaysia (and back), a 5km hill climb with gradients in exc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:51:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Emily Maye Photography]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/emily-maye-photography</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All photography © Emily Maye~

Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ only began shooting cycling a little over a year ago but it’s easy to see that not only does she have a great eye for photography but also for the sport itself. On September 19th, she shot ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:12:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Il Diavolo Rosso]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/il-diavolo-rosso</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Italy was, after France, the second nation to truly embrace cycle racing and in doing so, help define the sport throughout the 20th century. In fact, according to some, the sport’s first true professional was a racer from the northern Italian town ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:13:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[French Dressing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/french-dressing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:49:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Knock Knock]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/knock-knock</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:45:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Handmade Tales]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/handmade-tales</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~By Max Leonard~

Made in England is a forthcoming book co-written by two British frame builders about British handmade frames. Ricky Feather of Feather Cycles and Matthew Sowter of Saffron Frameworks have been travelling around the UK to interview...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:34:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mellow Drama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mellow-drama</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:47:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Super Cross Melbourne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-super-cross-melbourne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Andrew Pike  Photos: Wade Wallace~

A Sunday afternoon in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The place: Brunswick East Velodrome, one of the oldest outdoor cycling tracks in the southern hemisphere. In years past many champion cyclists star...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:36:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Meet Gabby Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-meet-gabby-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photography by Emily Mayemilymaye.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

In her first season on Team Rapha-FOCUS Gabby Day has come out swinging. Her fourth place finish at Cross Vegas stunned the gathered masses of the bike industry during the 40-minute race on the f...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eastern Smoke]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/eastern-smoke</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:20:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Falling Leaves]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-falling-leaves</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Max Leonard~

When the professional peloton take to the roads between Milan and Como for the Race of the Falling Leaves this coming Saturday, there’s a good chance the foglie morte will still be clinging to their branches. The UCI last ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:30:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Truck Stop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/truck-stop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:24:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Falling Leaves Ride – Basel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/falling-leaves-ride--basel-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Dirk Kaufmann~

Only a week after the pro peloton rides the last ’Monument’ on this year’s race calendar - the Giro di Lombardia - the Mobile Cycle Club travels to Basel to join up with Obst &amp; Gemüse for a Swiss interpretation ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:25:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[V-Neck Base Layer 3-pack]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/v-neck-base-layer-3-pack</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest edition to the Rapha base layer range is made from an even lighter, finer merino than Rapha’s regular base layers. Ideal for spring and summer riding, the yarn of the V-neck is beautiful to the touch and transfers moisture away from the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:34:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tohoku]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tohoku</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Kazuhiro Watanabe  Film: Daisuke Kitayama  Words: Daisuke Yano~



In the spring of 2011, Rapha Japan set up a charity ride and asked for your help. We all rode for Tohoku. Everybody in Japan would like to take this opportunity to thank t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:26:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Cross Vegas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-cross-vegas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

Jeremy Powers has fired the first shot. On Wednesday night in Las Vegas, the open season sign for cyclocross – Cross Vegas – was hammered into the desert. Just a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:27:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sgt. Intrepid]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sgt-intrepid</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:37:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Collection]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-collection</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha’s collection of apparel and accessories for women has been expanded for Autumn Winter 2012 and now includes new products for high-tempo training and city riding. The products feature in our most recent photoshoot, which took place in the Friu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:49:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tunnel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/everything-and-nothing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha’s new collection for autumn/ winter includes some seriously stylish hi-vis outerwear, a selection of which features in The Tunnel, a new short film by Ben Ingham. And to mark the launch of the new Long Sleeve Brevet Jersey, James Fairbank loo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:47:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Waterloo Briefcase]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/waterloo-briefcase</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:44:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Hi-Vis Gilet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-hivis-gilet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Hi-Vis Gilet has been created for riding in low winter light and at night. A more robust version of a product originally designed to complement the Brevet Jersey, the Hi-Vis Gilet is made from a fabric that is durable enough to withstand the dema...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:21:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Outrigger]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/outrigger</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:33:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[House Brings it Home]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/house-brings-it-home</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photo by Steve Marsh~

bq. “For me this ranks up there with the best things I’ve done on a bike.”

Kristian House rode into Guildford in the south-east of England yesterday afternoon as the King of the Mountains of the Tour of Britian 2012...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:21:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Helmet Hair]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/helmet-hair</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Shot in Boulder, Colorado by Jeremy Dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:18:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Best of British]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/best-of-british</link>
			<description><![CDATA[World champions, Tour winners, crashes, lots of sheep and Ivan Basso eating cheddar cheese; just a few things you may have seen at the Tour of Britain this week. Rapha have also been there, following each stage in the world famous Rapha H-Van. The cl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:46:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fireflies West]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fireflies-west-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning Friday, September 14th the Fireflies Westww.fireflieswest.com/ will start their 5th annual ride from San Francisco, along the coast of California, to Los Angeles. Over the course of five days and 550 miles, the Fireflies West will cy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:52:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Class Acts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/class-acts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“To look good is already to go fast”
– Paul Fournel.

Among road riders, the definition of class is a greatly contested subject. For many, the riders who possess it demonstrate not only amazing racing form but also a certain aesthetic superi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:29:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Curator]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-curator</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

Alice Marsh, event curator for the Design Museum’s upcoming exhibition – Bike v Designesignmuseum.org/ – gave us a quick glimpse into the project and her thoughts on being a cyclist in Londo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:48:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Hour with Mellow Johnny's]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/happy-hour-with-mellow-johnnys-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTO: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

Join us in Austin, Texas on Friday evening for a happy hour with Mellow Johnny's Bike Shopww.mellowjohnnys.com/ to celebrate the new section of their store dedicated ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:53:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reynolds Tubing Factory]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/reynolds-tubing-factory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words and Photography: Gavin Campbell~

Think of Reynolds and most will instantly think of 531, the iconic cold-forged steel tubing used not only for Tour de France winning race bikes but also fighter planes and land-speed motor-crafts. Since the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekend Wizard]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/weekend-wizard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:00:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supporting Rapha Condor Sharp at the Tour of Britain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/supporting-rapha-condor-sharp-at-the-tour-of-britain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Joe Hall~

The Tour of Britain kicks off in Ipswich this Sunday and the Rapha Condor team will once again be racing. For five of our U23s this is the biggest race of the year and they’ll be led by the experienced Kristian House racing a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:12:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flamme Rouge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/flamme-rouge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:43:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Ride – München]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ride--mnchen-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Dirk Kaufmann~

Just one week before the infamous Oktoberfest opens its doors, the Mobile Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club is visiting Munich. Together with our friends from bikedress, Rapha is pleased to invite you to a weekend fi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:19:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Imagine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/imagine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:34:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Notes: Cross Season Kick Off]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-notes-cross-season-kick-off</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photograph by Dan Sharp~

To say that cyclocross has kicked off" already might be a bit of a stretch. "Cross Vegasww.crossvegas.com/site/index.php, the bike industry show pony turned international cross race, is usually the holder of that esteemed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:36:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Santa Rosa, California with Andy Hampsten]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/santa-rosa-with-andy-hampsten</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html  Film: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com  Words: Joe Staples~

How you ride is who you are.

As we climbed, two-up on a 13mile climb somewhere outside of Santa Rosa, Scott Nicol, founder of Ibis Cyc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:56:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rosy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rosy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:54:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chromograph]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chromograph</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:20:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental – Andy Hampsten]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-andy-hampsten</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/48403556?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

August 2012 – ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:33:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smashing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/smashing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:10:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Double Tour à Eivissa]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/double-tour--eivissa-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Carlos Costa  Words &amp; translation by Javier Maya~

Ibiza, magical island. Unbridled destination. Unconditional permissiveness. Summer Carnival. Everyone, at some point, plays at being someone who she/he is not. Fallacy/content/upload...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:01:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Snowys]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-snowys</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Snowy Mountains, in the south-east corner of Australia, are as remote as they are stunningly rugged. The ‘Snowys’, as they are affectionately known, occupy a special place in Aussie folklore, largely for the depiction of one of their native-b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:16:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mr. Blick]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mr-blick</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com

Mr. Steve Blick,  cycle-sports marketing manager for Oakley, was in London for the Olympics, travelling across town on a special Beloved from Portland. Max Leonard rode alongside for an insight in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:27:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coffee &amp; Doughnuts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coffee-and-doughnuts-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA["You said there would be doughnuts and coffee."
~– Zach McDonald, Pier Park, Portland, Oregon, 2010~

There were no doughnuts and there was no coffee. It was the late summer of 2010 and Team Rapha-FOCUS camp consisted of riders Chris Jones &amp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:23:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Break Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/break-out</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:41:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giro Donne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/giro-donne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In June, five women rode six classic stages of the Giro Donne, two weeks ahead of the official 2012 race. Currently the only Grand Tour in women’s racing, this year Marianne Vos defended her 2011 title from Italy’s barren, dusty south up to the D...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:12:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Rapha-FOCUS 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-raphafocus-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For all of us, there's gonna be some moving and shaking this season."
- Jeremy Powers 

Team Rapha-FOCUS begin their third season with all riders returning plus the addition of two new racers, bringing the Men-to-Women and American-to-European rat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:42:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hercules and Poirot]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hercules-and-poirot</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:42:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tenspeed Hero Gallery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tenspeed-hero-gallery</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Saturday evening, August 25th, the Rapha Cycle Club San Francisco presents 21 Stages TDF Illustrations by Rebecca Gosling. All the style, color and drama from the 2012 Tour de France will come to life through Rebecca's illustrations displayed in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:44:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha AW12 Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-aw12-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Autumn Winter 2012 range from Rapha features some leading new outerwear pieces including garments using proprietary fabrics and greater visibility. There are rich new colourways, updated jerseys, shorts, base layers, an expanded number of accesso...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:53:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Tejay]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-pro-cycling-challenge--tejay-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The sound of the crowd is almost deafening as the BMC rider makes his way towards the finish line in the middle of the Crested Butte ski resort. The jumbo-tron above the crowds are depicting the attacks that are taking place on the mountain below. Co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:20:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dreadnought]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dreadnought</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Durango]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-pro-cycling-challenge--durango</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To say that Durango is crazy about bikes is a bit of an understatement. While waiting for the gun that would signal the start of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge to go off, a quick look around showed us that cycling fans were everywhere. Over to the lef...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:17:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-pro-cycling-challenge-2012-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photographs by Jake Stangel~

There were fireworks in Durango, Colorado last night. The forest fires and subsequent ban on fire and fireworks earlier this summer prevented the town from enjoying their 4th of July in this most traditional manner. H...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:44:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha-FOCUS sneak peek]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/raphafocus-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is just the middle of August, but already racers in the United States are gearing up for cyclocross season. Skills clinics and camps are rolling full swing as people dust off their handling and style of mounts/remounts and eagerly await the autumn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:00:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Klunkin' Donuts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/klunkin-donuts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chris King Gourmet Century]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-chris-king-gourmet-century-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We had been hearing of the 2012 Chris King Gourmet Centuryhrisking.com/company/eventsgcmmddyy for months before it happened. Jason French, one of the Chefs involved had hitched a ride with us down to this year's NAHBSww.rapha.cc/reflections-on-nahbs-...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:33:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sideburn Sunday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sideburn-sunday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mutton Chops, sideboards, cheek muffs, face furniture… We’ve all done it at some point (mostly men that is) to varying levels of success, thickness and texture. At the age of 16 – when I was getting to grips with the joys of facial hair – my ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:58:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horsepower]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/horsepower</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:53:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Powered by Panela]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/powered-by-panela</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words by: Klausww.cyclinginquisition.com/

Gossip travels quickly within the peloton, and at the 1985 Tour de France one story was being passed around by European riders. The Colombians, the rumor went, were doping. And they were doing so mid-race,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:22:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[No Parking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/no-parking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:58:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hidden Hamburg]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hidden-hamburg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo ©Robin Wood e.V.~

Discover a hidden side of Hamburg and join our Warm Up Ride the day before the 2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics.

Come and find us on the Jungfernstieg on Saturday 18.08.2012 at 9:00am at the Rapha/Pasculli/Veloskop booth. Yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:59:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quack Dealer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/quack-dealer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bohemia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bohemia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Filmed &amp; Directed by:
Kristian Ansand &amp; Martin Gilluck

Produced by:
e r t z u i ° filmargocollective.com/ertzuifilm

~Stills by Stefan Rohner and Femke Hoogland~

Mention Bohemia and many will no doubt think of metropolitan areas sy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:09:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Ride: Sram]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-ride-sram</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago has a sprawl that goes on, seemingly forever. Which is why, when faced with the prospect of a short lunch ride from SRAM’s headquarters, the talk instantly turns to the lakefront. Next to the bright blue Lake Michigan shore runs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:07:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shady Grove]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shady-grove</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Watsonrollyisnotprobably.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:05:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Doff to the Cap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-doff-to-the-cap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Choosing the right kit for a ride is a critical moment: too much and you might cook, too little and you could be shivering away any chance of enjoying yourself. With experience this process now takes me seconds rather than minutes, but always ends wi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:28:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moccasin City]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/moccasin-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:18:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental Bohemia Trailer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bohemia-trailer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/46874830?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

~Trailer for the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:30:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bridge Downtown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bridge-downtown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:14:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Time Lord]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-time-lord</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Tom Staniford~
~PHOTOS: Scott Mitchell, Bryn Lennon, Odd Andersen/AFP/GettyImages~

After an increasingly pressurised build-up, at last it arrived: Wiggo Wednesday. Tension had ratcheted as Team GB failed to secure their first gold after i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:02:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Twenty Four Hours Later]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/twenty-four-hours-later</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With Bradley Wiggins securing Olympic gold in the men's time trial  on the roads around Hampton Court, we look to a time trial of a slightly different kind. On Sunday 22nd July, Ultan Coyle rode 488.993 miles in the Mersey Roads 24 Hour National Time...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:31:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Folk Wagon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/folk-wagon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:24:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Etapiste]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/etapiste</link>
			<description><![CDATA[First timer



I've never ridden in a big bunch before, so the initial 16km was rather exciting and equally as nerve racking. A motorbike, complete with cameraman, whizzed up and down the peloton which lent an air of actually participating in a p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:37:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Real Purdy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/real-purdy-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:26:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising Winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-winner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[nstagram.com/p/NVL5p7iTx1/
~Photo by leavit2weaver~

10446 riders took part in "Rapha Rising: Circle of Death":/rapha-rising-the-circle-of-death. That’s over 98 times the amount of finishers of the 2012 Tour de France. 33,430,782 metres were ama...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:20:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2012 Rapha NE Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2012-rapha-ne-gentlemens-race-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Film: Ben Silberfarbttps://vimeo.com/user943919
Photos: Chris Millimanhrismilliman.com/
Written by: Joy Stark

Leading into the North-East Gentlemen’s Race, a debate sparked among friends. Is it a race? Is it a ride? What escaped the provocateu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:13:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Tour by James Straffon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-by-james-straffon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Le Tour - from Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge is an exhibition by artist James Straffon. Featuring collage, paintings and stories celebrating the greatest race in the world, the exhibition is now in its last week. Straffon's work depicts some of the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shutter Speed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shutter-speed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London Cycle Club Opening Night]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-cycle-club-opening-night</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All photos © James Purssell~

The hotly anticipated Rapha Cycle Club London opened its doors to a big group of friends on Friday night. Over 350 people squeezed into the new place for some fine wine, beer, and a host of gourmet treats. The place ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:43:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leopard Trekking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leopard-trekking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:48:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CRÈME ANGLAISE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/crme-anglaise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Wade Wallace~

“I'm almost the last person to soak it up and know what it feels like.”

Whilst Monsieur Wiggins will undoubtedly hold onto his down-to-earth professionalism, it must have been a surreal experience for the man from La...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:50:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1985 Flyer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1985-flyer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:06:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alberta, Canada with Alex Stieda]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/alberta-canada-with-alex-stieda</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Film: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com/ &amp;nbsp;~  ~Photos: Daniel Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/ &amp;nbsp;~



Alex Stieda should have been a tour guide. Sure, he was the first North American bicycle racer to don the yellow jersey at the To...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:13:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental NA: Behind the Scenes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-na-behind-the-scenes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos &amp; words by J. Dunn~

In the United States we typically associate the month of June with what we like to call Summer. So, no matter how much warning we received from Alex Stieda before our first Rapha Continental North America rides in A...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Club London: Road Race Weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club-london-road-race-weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There’s excitement brewing amongst cycling fans throughout the land. The reason? The flagship Rapha Cycle Club in London opens this Saturday July 21st.

Not only is this the best place to watch Bradley Wiggins and his trusty sideburns ride to an ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:40:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cartoonist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cartoonist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:13:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Forecast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-forecast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alfred Wainwright, the man who coined the adage about there not being such a thing as crap weather and only bad equipment, was obviously more impervious to the rain and grey skies of England than his wax jacket. Summer 2012 in the UK has been emphati...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:26:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kaffe Racer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kaffe-racer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/

Grand Tour Shoes »ww.rapha.cc/grand-tour-shoes/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:38:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From the Archive: The 1910 Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/from-the-archive-the-1910-film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/13386163?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:15:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Step On]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/step-on</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:47:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yang Tae Tae Illustration]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yang-tae-tae-illustration</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some rather delightful Rapha-inspired illustrations by way of South Korea, courtesy of yangtaetae. If you are in the UK right now you'll understand the need for visual distraction from the blanket of melancholy that is the British 'summertime'. Still...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:13:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Life's a Beach]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lifes-a-beach</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:35:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Introducing Rapha Racing NW]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/introducing-rapha-racing-nw</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Otis Rubottom~

At this point, the majority of us are racing in a class called Masters. What exactly we are masters of is not clear, but it has a nice ring to it. There are several other things however, that have become clear: We’ve been ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:09:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: The Circle of Death]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-the-circle-of-death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Challenge now ended
10426 Participants – 33,441,037 Total Metres Climbed

On 15th July 2012, the Tour de France enters the Pyrenees. The scene of countless historic moments in the race’s history, on the 18th the peloton will tackle the infamo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:33:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Cycle Club London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-cycle-club-london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Cycle Club Londonww.rapha.cc/london-1-2 opens on Saturday 21st July in the heart of Soho with a weekend-long celebration and screening of the final stages of the Tour. The flagship Cycle Club will be a meeting place for all cyclists and fan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:30:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deus Ex Machina]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/deus-ex-machina</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:56:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Interview with Joel Harmsworth]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-interview-with-joel-harmsworth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Continental director Joel Harmsworth is a relative newcomer to road riding. Which makes his intuitive feel for the speed and flowing lines of the sport all the more impressive. “I guess it’s a bit like dancing,” Harmsworth explains. “Yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:10:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Grande Boucle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-grande-boucle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Colour photos © Graham Watson~

~Words by Kati Jagger~

The 1984 Tour de France covered nearly 2,500 miles and was comprised of twenty-three stages. Standing on the finishing podium at its conclusion were Laurent Fignon, Bernard Hinault and Gre...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:15:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Reflection]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-reflection</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/city-wind-jacket/
photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn

City Wind Jacket »city-wind-jacket...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:09:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[85 Brewer Street, London W1F 9ZN [ mapoo.gl/maps/oU9FI ]



020 7494 9831



londoncycleclub@rapha.ccailto:londoncycleclub@rapha.cc



Mon to Fri – 7.30am to 9pm
Sat – 8.30am to 7pm
Sunday and Bank Holidays – 10am to 6pm

&lt;hr /&...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:49:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grand Designs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/grand-designs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Max Leonard~

On the Outer Circle’s northerly drag towards Camden, the eighth time today – the 15th time this month – visions of mountain roads run through the mind. Yet so does another thought: without John Nash, cycling in central L...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:40:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flamenco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/flamenco-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:25:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour de Force: the Queen Stage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-de-force-the-queen-stage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Today we enter the Circle of Death”

Sixty bikes, lovingly cleaned and pampered, stand poised in the garage of the Hotel Parc Beaumont in Pau. This morning they will be taken boldly into the 'Circle of Death' by a group of very determined amat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:05:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rest Day Style]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rest-day-style</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All riders want to look their best at the Tour. Yet, however stylish a rider may look on the bike with his speed and supplesse, the fact he is forced to wear exactly the same clobber as his colleagues just isn't cool. The true, individual style of a ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:23:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Glow in the Dark]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/glow-in-the-dark</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:12:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Art of Climbing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-art-of-climbing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Ben Ingham~

To climb the mountain cols is to earn one’s stripes as a ‘proper’ cyclist. It’s also the best school to learn the art of climbing.

I’m not a racer. I like riding hard but I tend to ride quite a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:58:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mountain Man]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mountain-man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[shot in Denver CO by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Group Ride: the MCC &amp; University Bicycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/group-ride-the-mcc-and-university-bicycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mobile Cycle Club spent a good amount of time in Colorado earlier this summer. The Iron Horse Classicronhorsebicycleclassic.com/ in Durango was initially the centerpiece for their stay and the good people of that small town did wonders at welcomi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:20:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Snowys Trailer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-snowys-trailer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/45241873?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Next week sees th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:24:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Juiced]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/juiced</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:32:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leverage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leverage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:25:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jeremy Powers and the J.A.M. Grand Fundo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jeremy-powers-and-the-jam-grand-fundo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Chris Millimanhrismilliman.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

On July 14th, 2012 the JAM Grand Fundo will kick off in Southampton, Massachusetts. Rapha-FOCUS (Cyclocross) and Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team (Road) racer — Jeremy Powers — pulled together ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:11:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LE TOUR: From Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-from-maillot-jaune-to-lanterne-rouge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[James Straffon’s artwork explores the visually-rich narrative of cycling heritage - dating back over a century of road racing. Using collage, resin and other mixed-media, Straffon documents an iconic panorama of the world's greatest sporting event....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:32:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Like every season, I have been looking out for the kind of road racing that gets me out of my seat, cheering at the TV screen. The reason for this levitating action has a name. It is called panache. For the last three years I’ve been making it my d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:15:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Park Life]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/park-life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:10:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celestial]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/celestial</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:16:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MCC Europe: A Date with Dario]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mcc-europe-a-date-with-dario</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~words: Aimar Fraga Angoitia  photos: Muriel Bouhet~ 

On our way to the French Alps, ahead of the Tour de France craziness, the MCC Europeww.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club spent some of the most valuable minutes any pure bicycle lover might/should eve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:11:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First/Last Exhibition with Emily Maye]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/firstorlast-with-emily-maye-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join us on Saturday June 30th at the Rapha Cycle Club San Franciscosan-francisco for the opening of First/Last", a new photography exhibition by veteran race photographer "Emily Mayeww.emilymaye.com/. Emily will be on hand on Saturday evening to open...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 01:02:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rigoberto Urán Cycling Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rigoberto-uran-cycling-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~by Klaus of CyclingInquisition.comww.cyclinginquisition.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

When Team Sky’s Rigoberto Urán was only 14 years old, his father was senselessly gunned down in the streets of Urrao, Colombia. In that moment, Urán became the head of h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:17:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Precious Cargo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/precious-cargo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:48:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Escarabajos Rise Again]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/escarabajos-rise-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Klaus cyclinginquisition.comww.cyclinginquisition.com/  Photos: ©Horacio Gil Ochoa~

A presidential matter
The phone rang in a nondescript hotel room in Vals-les-Bains, France. Martín Ramírez had just won the 1984 Dauphiné Libéré and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:19:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha MCC in NYC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-mcc-in-nyc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Mobile Cycle Clubmobile-cycle-club-north-america has been travelling across the country and the next stop is New York City. Like the legendary Rapha Cycle Club on the Bowery, the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club is a great meeting place for road rid...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:29:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Group Ride: the MCC &amp; Bike Effect]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/group-ride-the-mcc-and-bike-effect</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Please check the schedule for the Rapha Mobile Cycle Clubmobile-cycle-club-north-america to see if they will be in your area soon. After a recent stop in New Hampshire for the NE Rapha Gentlemen's Race, they are now heading directly to New York City ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:41:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prolly]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/prolly</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:54:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mike Cuming U23 National Champ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mike-cuming-u23-national-champ</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Craig Zag~

Only weeks after breaking his elbow at the Lincoln GP, Rapha Condor Sharpww.raphacondor.cc/home rider, Mike Cuming, took a memorable victory for his team in the Under-23 category at the British Road Race Championships on Sunda...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:39:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Five Golden Fleeces]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/five-golden-fleeces</link>
			<description><![CDATA[by Graeme Fife

27 September 1953, Lugano. Anquetil, a neo-professional, is on the start line of the Grand Prix des Nations, the end-of-season time-trial now superseded by the Worlds. Fausto Coppi leans over and tells him he’s riding too big a ge...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:10:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giuseppe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/giuseppe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:36:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Portland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/portland</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Portland is the nucleus of bicycle culture in the USA. Whether road racer or cabinet maker, in this city you're incomplete without two wheels....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:32:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentlemen's Race 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-race-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Course photo by Chris Milliman~

Tomorrow morning the NE Rapha Gentlemen's Race 2012 will kick off  in lovely New Hampshire. This year's course was devised by our photographer friend and frequent contributor, Chris Millimanhrismilliman.com/. Over ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:47:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Queen of the Pyrenees]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/queen-of-the-pyrenees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Rapha presents an invaluable description of the first climb on this year's Etape Acte II, the Col d'Aubisque, taken from The Great Road Climbs of the Pyreneesthe-rapha-guide-to-the-great-road-climbs-of-the-pyrenees by Graeme Fife.~
"~Download a PDF...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:03:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Freeview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/freeview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:54:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paint Stop: Keith Anderson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paint-stop-keith-anderson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The window for  ordering a Tony Pereira / Ira Ryan Continentalthe-continental-from-ira-ryan-and-tony-pereira, part of the Rapha Bicycle Collectionbicycle/, will close at the end of June. This is the second run of these bikes and it's a great collabor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:52:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Ride: VeloNews]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-ride-velonews</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To say that the VeloNewselonews.competitor.com/ Lunch Ride is pretty fast is a bit of an understatement, as illustrated above. The speeding tickets that were issued after the descent down Lee Hill were expensive, but they go far in showing what is ca...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:34:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ridin' high]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ridin-high</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lug-work]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lugwork-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:49:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Made in Taiwan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-taiwan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Fraser Young~

When I was little, every cheap toy of mine had the words Made in Taiwan stamped on the bottom. As I grew older and began to work on my bike, I learned to avoid any tool that had the word Taiwan stamped on it as it was guarant...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:20:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sitting on the Fence]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sitting-on-the-fence</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A colleague of mine often refers to opinions as being like sphincters – everyone has one. Get road riding fans on to the subject of Lance Armstrong and the same is true (about the opinions, obviously, not so much the sphincters). It’s a debate th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:04:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race Australia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-australia-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Wade Wallace  PHOTOS: Veeral Patel~

Sixteen teams began the inaugural Australian Rapha Gentlemen’s Race and, we’re pleased to report, all 16 teams finished. Teams set off in a staggered start from the country town of Lang Lang, in Sout...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:33:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chunk Xing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chunk-xing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:10:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides in Singapore]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-in-singapore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Jody Chapman~

It was 5:29am on a Saturday morning. It hadn't dropped much below 30 degrees the previous night and the air was so thick with humidity you could chew it. People on the tail end of their Friday night out stared in bewilderment...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:15:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Nocturne 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-nocturne-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Jack Saunders~

Unusually the rain held off at the 6th Smithfield Nocturne and over 10,000 people flocked to the ancient market for a festival of bike racing. Earlier in the day 40 people joined us for a ride through London with members of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:31:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Field Ops.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/field-ops</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:16:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rás]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Felix English Photos: David Stewart~

~Felix English, Rapha Condor Sharp and Ireland rider, was one of the five boys in black racing at this year's AN Post Rás, one of the toughest stage races north of France.~

The AN Post Rás. It was ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:34:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tram-lines]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tramlines-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/tramlines-1
photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:13:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Java]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/java</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Adam Horler~

Java is an intense place. From the minute you step off the plane onto the tarmac in Yogyakarta you are assaulted by the chaos of the people, voices and heat.

Java is a land formed by geological activity but dressed by human...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:04:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Racing NYC: the Berkshire Cycling Classic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-racing-nyc-the-berkshire-cycling-classic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Text and Photos by Dylan Nord - Rapha Racing NYC~ 

bq. Dame Nature did her best when she fashioned Berkshire. Elsewhere she has wrought effects more grand, more imposing perhaps, but nowhere scenery more exquisite in variety or more marvellous in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:13:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Ride: Patagonia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-ride-patagonia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Mark Shimahara - Espresso-Shots.comspresso-shots.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

There have been a great number of Lunch Rides going on around the country and lucky for us the Rapha Mobile Cycle Clubttps://twitter.com/www.rapha.cc/content/uploads/lunc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:01:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RIH: Tot Ziens]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rih-tot-ziens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PICTURES: Frank van der Sman~

Opening the door on your way in you think about all the Dutch champions that had walked through here. Suddenly this train of thought gets interrupted by the loud clanging of the cowbell hanging above the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:46:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Captain Cobbles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/captain-cobbles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:56:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Welsh Wizard]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/welsh-wizard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:14:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mallorca Cycle Club 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mallorca-cycle-club-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's been almost a month since the Rapha Cycle Club on Mallorca closed its doors, and I for one am missing it. I'm missing the sun, the sea, the riding, the food and I'm missing meeting hoards of interesting new people who came through the doors each...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:00:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post Tour of California Playlist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/post-tour-of-california-playlist-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Arranged by Simon Robins 

Having been fortunate enough to follow this year’s Amgen Tour of California, it’s easy to see why this cycling Mecca has earned the nickname ‘The Golden State’. Seemingly endless sun, sparkling blue waters and of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:17:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lowrider]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lowrider</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:13:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental Asia: Java]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-continental-asia-java</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental Asia debut ride took them on an unprecedented journey by road bike. Java is the first in a series of rides dubbed the ‘Ring of Fire’, tackling the arc of volcanic hotspots that run through the eastern side of Asia. The islan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:22:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha &amp; Condor Nocturne Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-and-condor-nocturne-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and Condor are celebrating the 6th annual London Nocturne on Saturday 9th June with a morning ride. Join the Rapha Condor Sharp team including recent Tour Series winners Kristian House and Ed Clancy for a spin through the city to The Regent’s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:10:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brandenburger To(u)r]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/brandenburger-tour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After several weeks in Belgium and Holland, the MCC continues its European travels this time to Berlin, just in time for the Velothon Berlinww.skoda-velothon-berlin.de, where it will be present with coffee and much more all weekend.

Warming up for...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:26:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nocturnal Animals]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nocturnal-animals</link>
			<description><![CDATA[London is famous for many iconic sites and one of its most enduring is Smithfield Market. A butcher’s paradise housed within a Victorian structure of iron, stone and glass, it has been a market destination for approximately one thousand years. It i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:32:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Back in Black]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/back-in-black</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:00:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Ride: The Lawyers Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-ride-the-lawyers-ride-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~SUBMISSION: Matt Karre of River City Bicyclesivercitybicycles.com/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

A lunch ride that's been meeting for two decades, the Lawyers' Ride was started by a group of attorneys as a way to get in some miles during the work day. It has beco...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:35:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Savile Servants]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/savile-servants</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:24:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cityscopes 2012: Gallery Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cityscopes-2012-gallery-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It doesn’t get any easier. There have been so many great photos submitted to Cityscopes that it really has been tough picking just a handful of images from cities around the world. But after a bit of head scratching, here is the second gallery for ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:13:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steel of Westerstraat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/steel-of-westerstraat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 16:49:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giro d'up North]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/giro-dup-north</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Laura 'Lady' Bower and Jack 'Vino' Saunders~

Rapha’s tour of the north began on Friday in the boutique district of Manchester and ended on Sunday beside the crooked spire of Chesterfield Church. And whilst some might suggest Rapha had...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 16:27:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC Post-Race Interview with Ted King]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atoc-postrace-interview-with-ted-king</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTO: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/2012-atoc/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

The Amgen Tour of California has been wrapped up for a few weeks now, the Giro ended the other day and the USA Pro Road Championships took place yesterday i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 08:06:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[House on Fire in Aberystwyth]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/house-on-fire-in-aberystwyth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Image courtesy of Halfords Tour Series~

Kristian House once again ended a tough week at the Halfords Tour Series in style, with a stunning individual win in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.

The fifth round of the series, run for the first time e...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 13:56:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[531]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/531</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 11:32:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Assynt]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/assynt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. Well, the only way I see this happening is in an extended ride north. When I say that I mean a long, terrible, trying trip…
~- The Idea of North, by Glenn Gould, 1967~

The first Rapha Continental UK ride had its fair mix of weather – rain...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:53:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SRAM at the ATOC 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sram-at-the-atoc-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/2012-atoc/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

The involvement of SRAMww.sram.com/ throughout the Amgen Tour of California was fantastic. It is one thing to see the racers ready to go in the early morni...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:13:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cityscopes 2012: Gallery One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cityscopes-2012-gallery-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We’ve seen an excellent response to the cityscopes photography competition. It’s been a tall task editing through some fine examples of what you might term ‘street photography’. We’ve seen images ranging from firemen dousing flames, giant T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:10:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lite Lunch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lite-lunch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:06:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch Ride: Oakley]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-ride-oakley</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At first glance, an 11-mile road loop may not seem that challenging. When you roll out and start the loop, however, do not be fooled by the shopping centers and huge intersections. Hidden within these hills is the 1984 Olympic Road Race course, one t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:57:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Italia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/italia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Caricature by Jon Knight~

What is it about Italy? 

I’ve heard that in terms of style or ‘fashion’ – whatever you define that to mean – Italy is at least 10 years ahead of the curve… Tell that to Filippo Pozzato. In fact, have a wor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:03:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Golden Brunch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/golden-brunch</link>
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A quick insight into how the "Mobile Cycle Club North Americaww.rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:09:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Beast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-beast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:18:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha at the Amgen Tour of California]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-at-the-amgen-tour-of-california</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/2012/05/amgen-tour-of-california-atoc-stage-05-bakersfield/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

Rapha has been involved with the Tour of California before. Last year, we provided the AEG staff with some...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:22:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kristian House solos to victory in Durham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kristian-house-solos-to-victory-in-durham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photos by Jordan Crosbyww.jcphotos.co.uk/ &amp;nbsp;~

Defending series champions Rapha Condor Sharpww.raphacondorsharp.cc/ may have had a rocky start to the 2012 Halford Tour Seriesww.tourseries.co.uk/ at Kircaldy on Tuesday, but Kristian House b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:43:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bottle Rockets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bottle-rockets</link>
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bq. "Thirst is stronger than the rules."
- Stars &amp; Watercarriers

Water, the elixir of life an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:36:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moko]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/moko</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:13:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding Through a Painting]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-through-a-painting-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Fiona Adler~

Cycling in France is such a cliché but, as it turns out, for good reason. We’re a few days into our trip and I’m still pinching myself because it truly feels like we’re riding through a painting. The landscape of the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:02:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dumbo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dumbo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC 2012 Day 3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atoc-2012-day-3-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/2012/05/amgen-tour-of-california-atoc-stage-03-san-jose/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

Chris Jones is at the start of Stage 3, but unlike the stone cold gaze that some of the others wear, he is al...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:52:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bay of Cadence]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bay-of-cadence</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:36:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cityscopes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cityscopes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cityscopes - Photography Competition

The city can make for fascinating viewing. At times beautiful, ugly, seedy, sublime and ridiculous. Every street, building and person has a story. And this story is best discovered by bicycle.

The city rider...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:53:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racing Pink]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/racing-pink</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC 2012 Day 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atoc-2012-day-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probablyrollyisnotprobably.com/2012/05/amgen-tour-of-california-atoc-stage-02-sf/ &amp;nbsp;~ 

The start area of a stage race can be an interesting place.

There are many things happening all at once and the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:19:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC 2012 Day 1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atoc-2012-day-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And they're off/content/uploads/ToC12-day1-d.jpg/content/uploads/ToC12-day1-e.jpg/content/uploads/ToC12-day1-a.jpg/raphanamerica and the Mobile Cycle Club @RaphaMCCNAttps://twitter.com/!/RaphaMCCNA for the rest of the week as we chase, keep pace and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Treasure Island]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/treasure-island</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:06:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women - Cindy Lewellen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-women--cindy-lewellen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Jake Stangel

This woman should need little to no introduction from us. She has been with us for a while now, from photo shoots in Italy and California to riding with the Rapha Continental during the summer. And that is before we even men...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:38:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mothers-day-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every time a holiday rolls around our inboxes are full to the brim with gift buying guides. We delivered ours on Wednesday (you can use the code MOTHER12 at checkout this weekend for 20 off women's productsshop/womens). We reached out to a few of our...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:56:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standing Ovation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/standing-ovation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:39:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental UK Assynt]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/theraphacontinentalukassynt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Max Leonard~

bq. "Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath: north-east seven to severe gale nine; backing north; six or seven later…
~– The Shipping Forecast~

The first Rapha Continental UK ride explored Assynt, a remote area of northwest ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:47:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Journey before the Journey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-journey-before-the-journey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Fiona Adler~

In just three more sleeps, we'll be on our way. Sian, Nickola, Michelle, Lysiane, Lisa and I - each taking a chunk of time out of our lives, to travel and ride together in France and Italy. After convening in Paris, we'll he...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:06:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RAPHA SAMPLE SALE: MANCHESTER]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-sample-sale-manchester</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first ever Rapha Sample Sale in the North of England will take place in the beautiful city of Manchester on Saturday 26th May 2012.

Aside from burly sprinters and wiry grasshoppers wrestling over base layers there will also be some ludicrous d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CycloFemme - May 13th]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclofemme--may-13th</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In some parts of the world this weekend will be a full on celebration of all things related to those wonderful ladies that brought us into the world — our mothers. However, there is also something else happening here in the world of cycling that on...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:29:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plaid Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/plaid-out</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:40:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mercury Rising]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mercury-rising</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two men who've ridden under the hottest of midday suns, Wade Wallace and Ben Lieberson reflect on the challenges of cycling in the heat.

~Wade Wallace, Rapha Australia, Melbourne~

In the depths of their winter, riders in the northern hemisphere...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:46:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Lunch Ride: Otto Miller]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-lunch-ride-otto-miller</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Next Wednesday, May 16th, we will once again head up and over Otto Miller, a gravel climb we have come to know and love. Over the course of the last few years it has become a staple of our riding routine. It’s also a ride that falls under an increa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:30:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour de Feminin Krásná Lípa]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-de-feminin-krsn-lpa</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Ian Cleverly  Photos: Gerard Brown~

Rouleur's Ian Cleverly accompanied the For Viored-Brookvex team to the Tour de Feminin Krásná Lípa in this extract from issue 30, on sale now.

Following the opening day’s presentations to the pub...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:16:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Image Maker]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/image-maker</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:06:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cornish Pastel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cornish-pastel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:15:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Group Ride: Cinco de Mayo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/group-ride-cinco-de-mayo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Dana Point Grand Prix,ww.danapointgrandprix.com/, part of USA Cycling's National Criterium Calendar, is one of the premier criteriums in the country. This weekend, in honor of the race, Rapha has teamed up with Oakleyww.oakley.com/ to check out t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:53:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women's Prestige 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-womens-prestige-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Abby Watson  PHOTO: Jake Stangelakestangel.com/  FILM: What We Dohatwedofilms.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

I don’t have any harrowing tales from the recent inaugural Rapha Women’s Prestige. Run along the same lines as the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:20:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Day In The City Round 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-day-in-the-city-round-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that we have learned here in our first year at the Rapha Cycle Club San Francisco, it’s that this great city has a lot to offer in the way of cycling. It’s so understated and so rideable that I’d go so far as to suggest th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:39:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the Road: Ride Reports No.1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-the-road-ride-reports-no1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words &amp; pictures by Ben Lieberson~

Studio Magic

We woke up at 5.30am and navigated our bus across the Golden Gate Bridge. We glided across, encountering no traffic or the obligatory fun run event that seems to be held twice a day. Once in ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:22:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2 Weeks 8 Days]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2-weeks-8-days</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Fiona Adler~

These days my cycling gets squeezed between raising two children, running a business, maintaining some semblance of a social life, and the daily grind of getting dinner on the table each night. Which means I ride mainly in t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:27:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grey Area]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/grey-area</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:59:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Neil Manning]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/neil-manning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Condor Cycles~ww.condorcycles.com/ – ~London~

Established in 1948 by Montgomery Young, Condor Cycles is now a global brand. Building in excess of 2,000 bikes a year, about 250 of those are hand built to bespoke specifications. Neil Manning, Con...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:55:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robin Mather Interview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/robin-mather-interview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Wig Worland~

Based in Bristol, Robin Mather is one of six UK frame builders collaborating with Rapha for the UK Continental project. Robin's attention to detail, handcrafted lugs and distinctive touches have made his bikes increasingly co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:52:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dave Yates]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dave-yates</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Dave Yates Cycles~ww.daveyatescycles.co.uk/ ~– Lincoln~

Dave Yates has been building custom frames for more than 30 years. Self taught, he does it his way. Applying his engineering and metal work skills, he built his first frame and raced on it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:06:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robin Mather]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/robin-mather</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Robin Mather~practicalguide.wordpress.com/ ~– Bristol~

Read an interview with Robin on the Rapha Blog »robin-mather-interview &amp;nbsp;

Robin is a rising star among British custom builders. Famously combining vintage, English-built machine...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:03:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Scrap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-scrap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:05:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Water Wheels]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/water-wheels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:47:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Processo Alla Tappa]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/processo-alla-tappa</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe width="540" height="396" src="www.youtube.com/embed/1PoWtBERfw4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Here’s everything you need to know about the Giro d’Italia, in three easy minutes. 

In truth it’s a tribu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:20:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Classique]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/classique</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Andy Belfrage, Phil Deeker, Joe Hall~

A little after 7am, and after just five hours sleep, we straddled our bikes under dark grey skies and rode out from the centre of Liège. Over the ‘roof’ of Belgium and back again, we returned alm...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:42:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cronometro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cronometro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:08:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wyścig Pokoju]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wycig-pokoju</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What’s astonishing about bike racing is that you’re never going to get even remotely close to the bottom of it. 

When Stalin hermetically sealed off half of Europe in 1949, he simply turned the lights out. The Eastern lander of Germany, for de...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:03:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hoopla]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hoopla</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:16:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile Cycle Club at Sea Otter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-at-sea-otter-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hennie - the North American version of the Rapha Mobile Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-north-america-1 has been on the road for a few weeks now. Traversing the entire length of the West Coast with stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles and a fe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:09:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Defining Pro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/defining-pro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. “You have to know how to look good when you’re riding. To look good is already to go fast.” 
– Paul Fournel

We all want to be pro to some degree. From your socks to your sunglasses, the beauty of road riding comes in many forms. Surel...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:29:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sella]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sella</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Directed by Andrew Telling~

Brought to you by Rapha and Condor and named after the arduous climb in Spain, Sella is a highly atmospheric and visually arresting insight into life at a pro team training camp. Shot during Rapha Condor Sharp’s rece...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:23:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Pro-est Pro I Know]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-proest-pro-i-know</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In cycling circles, the word ‘pro’ has been used with increasing frequency in the last few years. In fact, one could say that it has nearly reached ‘epic’ proportions. Which is precisely why it deserves investigating once again. Over the next...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:11:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caped Crusaders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/caped-crusaders</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~BANNER PHOTO:~ Timm Köllnww.timmkoelln.com/

The rain started near the Aubisque, then a dense yellow fog settled over the mountains: visibility nil. The roads were awash with glacial rain and layered with gluey mud. The wind howled at gale force ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:44:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Golden Apples]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/golden-apples</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bicycle industry folks have Eddy Merckx stories in the way that revelers at the beach have shadows. In the United States there is a select generation of New Jersey citizens who (every single one it seems) had similar meetings with Bruce Springsteen. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:22:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aerosol]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aerosol</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:47:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tom Donhou]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tom-donhou</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Tom Donhou Bicycles~ww.donhoubicycles.com/ ~– Norwich~

The most important thing in building a bike is to be able to communicate its potential. You’re going to have amazing times when you ride this bike and that's the main underlying reason I ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:35:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sam Humpheson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sam-humpheson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Sam Humpheson~ww.lookmumnohands.com/ ~– London~



It was learning from older and more experienced guys that I did my first bits of wheel building. It takes someone to show you the basics of how to build a wheel, how to lace a wheel, how to put...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:31:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rourke Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rourke-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Brian Rourke~ww.brianrourke.co.uk/  ~– Stoke-on-Trent~

I've ridden three Tours of Britain and have been national champion on a 57cm frame, which is ridiculous for someone who is 5ft 6in. But when you are set up properly on a frame that fits, it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:21:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ricky Feather]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ricky-feather</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Ricky Feather~eathercycles.blogspot.co.uk/ ~– Leeds~


~Photo Credit: Ricky Adam. Thanks to Dig BMX Magazine~

I'd never brazed before, or silver-soldered. I had to completely teach myself. Dave Yates was doing a demonstration on frame buildi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:09:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ardennes Week]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ardennes-week</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The roads are now heading upwards in the Ardennes and with the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club still in the area following the Amstel Gold, Rapha is staging an additional event, a Rapha Ardennes Week, from 16th-22nd April. Starting with the Flèche-Wallonne ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:14:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Racing NYC: Battenkill Prep]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-racing-nyc-battenkill-prep</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Text - Dylan Nord 
Photo - James Nord 

Central Park is empty and dark. All of the other guys are probably eating pasta, or spending time with their wives but I've still got a few laps to go; just long enough to allow me to finish the stern talk I...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:14:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Golden Links]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/golden-links</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:06:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[La Chèvre et La Doyenne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/la-chvre-et-la-doyenne-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words by Phil ‘the Goat’ Deeker  Photos by Claire Deeker~

There is definitely a bit of goat in me – a road winding its way up a hillside holds an irresistible attraction. I used to keep goats, as did my dad. They are stubborn, free-spirited...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:15:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BikeSnob at the Rapha Cycle Club SF]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bikesnob-at-the-rapha-cycle-club-sf</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, April 14th the Crown Prince of Bicycles Mr. BikeSnobNYC will be appearing at the Rapha Cycle Club San Franciscoww.rapha.cc/san-francisco. The Snob will be on hand to discuss his new book The Enlightened Cyclistww.amazon.com/The-Enlight...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:37:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vitamin C]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vitamin-c</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsww.gagedesoto.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:23:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Corked]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/corked</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:39:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club Osaka]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cycle-club-osaka</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=www.rapha.cc/osaka"&gt;Rapha Cycle Club Osaka&lt;/a&gt; is now open.&lt;/strong&gt;

Last Saturday, 7th April, saw the opening party for Rapha Cycle Club Osaka, with approximately 60 guests. The following Sunday night, a gr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:32:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell Part Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-part-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Returning for its third (and thus far dampest) outing, Rapha’s Hell of the North saw a throng of riders convene at the Highgate village sign-on.

A tribute ride to Paris-Roubaix, the challenging 80km route combines roads, bridleways and farm trac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:35:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't Walk]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dont-walk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by John Reissww.flickr.com/photos/buffaloa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:26:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mersey Beat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mersey-beat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:11:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Classics Class Act]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-classics-classact</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Roger Hammond recently retired from professional racing but that hasn't kept the Englishman with Belgian blood from putting his wheels to the road around the world. Hammond, the seven-times British national cyclocross champion and two-time British ro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:58:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Knock for Knock]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/knock-for-knock</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. "We thought of this as a sequel to 30 Century Man [Crook and Bowthorpe’s last collaborative film] - a journey again… Knock For Knock looks inwards, into memory, into fear and fighting it."
- James Bowthorpe

Shot in Tokyo by Antony Crook, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:52:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Keizer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/keizer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:22:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Austin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/austin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Austin is not only the BMX capital of the world, it is also a city inextricably linked to US road racing. Mellow Johnny's, owned by a very famous Texan Tour winner, kits out a hardcore population of riders who take advantage of the surrounding hills....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:19:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro Team 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pro-team-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/39638412?color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

The latest film from Sierra Nevada by Ben Ingham. Our two riders test...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:37:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vizsla]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vizsla</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:16:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hors Course]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hors-course-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/21638450?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

~A film by Rapha and Ben Ingham, in association with A.S.O.~

"There is...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:13:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donuts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/donuts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:18:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trivial Pursuit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/trivial-pursuit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:33:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Mobile Cycle Club North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-mobile-cycle-club-north-america-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mobile Cycle Club North Americaww.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-north-america-1 put its wheels into motion early yesterday morning. You may have spotted its European counterpart last season, parked along the route of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Paris-Roub...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:08:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ronde van Vlaahanshin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ronde-van-vlaahanshin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In parallel with the Edinburgh Ronde rideww.rapha.cc/ronde-van-edinburgh/ we will also host a ride in the beautiful Hanshin area skimming the foot of the Mt. Rokko in celebration of the Tour of Flanders. The Ronde Van Vlaahanshin will be a 2-3 hour r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:02:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Joy and Lauren]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/joy-and-lauren</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the next few weeks we will introduce you to our Women Ambassadors. Located in different cities, states and regions around the world these wonderful ladies have been charged with investigating and reporting back on the different roles that women ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:32:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Van Diemen's Land]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/van-diemens-land</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our journey began with riding on a road only a few hundred kilometres away but a world apart. At one end of Beach Road, Melbourne’s most popular ride that thousands of people cycle every day, sits the Spirit of Tasmania. During a 10-hour sail acros...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:35:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Knock for Knock]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/knock-for-knock1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/39293151?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="303" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Visual artist An...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:04:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[There's Waldo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/theres-waldo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:02:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Bike Summit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/national-bike-summit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine often says, It's easier when the sun shines." As it turns out this is very true. There are no meetings held outdoors at the National Bike Summit yet temperatures in the mid-70's and the peak of cherry blossom season seemed to make th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:35:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chevalier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chevalier</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:39:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ronde Van Edinburgh]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ronde-van-edinburgh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Sunday, 1st April, Rapha and cycle store Ronde will be celebrating the Tour of Flanders and welcoming Rapha to Edinburgh. The Ronde Van Edinburgh will be a two hour-plus ride taking in the cobbled climbs of the city, followed by a screening of t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:08:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Puppy Powered]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/puppy-powered</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:32:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bespoked Bristol 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bespoked-bristol-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Steve Davidson~

The word bespoke is a distinctly British one. You might think of tailors, cabinet makers, silversmiths or cordwainers, making quality, handmade products to order. Bespoked Bristol, the UK’s premier hand-built bike show, i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:10:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roger Hammond on Roubaix]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/roger-hammond-on-roubaix</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My oldest memory of cycling is sitting at the kitchen table having watched the 1980 Paris-Roubaix and letting my parents know, with the authority only a six year-old can have, that one day I would win Paris-Roubaix. I’m not sure what captured my im...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:57:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bushido]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bushido</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:39:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bespoked Bristol: The UK Continental]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bespoked-bristol-the-uk-continental</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brunel's Old Station, a seemingly perfect venue for the UK's only handbuilt bike show. Now in its second year, the Bristol eventww.bespokedbristol.co.uk/BespokedBristolTheUKHandmadeBicycleShow2012.html is in the heart of a city with both a love of th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Shift]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-shift</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~FEATURED FILM: Rapha Continental The Movie~

The Rapha Continentalrapha-continental was established in the United States in 2007. A unique adventure, it was driven by a simple idea. In an age when road riding has become increasingly sanitised, the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[St. Leonard's]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/st-leonards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Uncle Ted]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/uncle-ted</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Being the youngest of four children, hand-me-downs were a fact of life – not that any of my siblings ever got a new bike either. Uncle Ted would scour the local tip for abandoned frames and wheels, take them back to his workshop and somehow fashion...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Archbishop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-archbishop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[La Moustache Ride in Pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/la-moustache-ride-in-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[La Moustache Ride in association with Pavéave.cc, Barcelona. 20 or so cyclists with beautiful moustaches (real ones) left Pavé to ride to a house in the country called La Comensalat in the village of L'Espugla Calba. They needed to ride the 150km i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mary Jane]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mary-jane</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-america-1-2-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Australia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/australia-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South East Asia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/south-east-asia-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/united-kingdom-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/europe-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/japan-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-america-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-america-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/europe-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South East Asia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/south-east-asia-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Australia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/australia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/japan-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/united-kingdom-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental in Japan is an unprecedented event, documenting a uniquely Japanese style of riding in one of the most inspiring landscapes in the world....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South East Asia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/south-east-asia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-america</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the five years the Rapha Continental has spent criss-­crossing  North America, its riders have discovered rides and tales that are  always diverse, often unusual and sometimes highly personal.  From punishing climbs on forgotten gravel roads to t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/europe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/united-kingdom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pédales Automatiques]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pdales-automatiques</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Picture if you will the 1986 edition of the Tour de Suisse. The young rider that would go on to win the race – and do so again the following year – was Andy Hampsten. As important as the win was for the young American rider, it was what he pedall...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Negronis in the Desert]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/negronis-in-the-desert</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Slate Olson~

The Rapha and Giro partnership was clinched by the third or possibly fourth round (I can't quite recall) of Negronis in a corner booth of King's Highway, a former Denny's Diner transformed to a classic dive bar. This bar is pa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tim Little Interview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tim-little-interview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tim Little flagship store on the Kings Road in Chelsea has the feel of a townhouse sitting room rather than a shop. A place where you can go in, sit by the fire in a leather armchair and try on some of the finest styles of handmade shoes in the w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Frankenstein]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/frankenstein</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Summer 2012: Sierra Nevada]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-summer-2012-sierra-nevada</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/38622457?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Directed by Ben I...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grand Tour Shoes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/grand-tour-shoes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~NB: Please only try the shoes on a carpeted surface without cleats, as we are unable to accept returns with scratched or scuffed soles, thank you.~
~NB: The Rapha Grand Tour Shoes may require you to order a size smaller than other brands. &amp;nbsp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gin &amp; Tonic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gin-and-tonic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rock of the Suir]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rock-of-the-suir</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Caricature by Jon Knight

Sean Kelly is from a place called Carrick-on-Suir, in County Tipperary. Suir is the name of the river passing through the town, while Carrick derives from a Gaelic word for rock. And 'Rock of the Suir' sounds so bloody per...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reflections on NAHBS 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/reflections-on-nahbs-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The tough thing about the North American Handmade Bicycle Show012.handmadebicycleshow.com/ is being able to sift through everything and distill it down to something that is manageable to process. For those who were there they understand the gravity o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Equestrian]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/equestrian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Duck Downtown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/duck-downtown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nice and Smooth]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nice-and-smooth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All colour © Jake Stangel~

bq. Cyril: Hey All the Italians do it.
Mike: Ah. Some country. The women don't shave theirs… 

bq. — Breaking Away (1979)

The knives are out, well the razors anyway. Spring arrives and with it riders head for...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Day in the City]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-day-in-the-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jeremy Dunn  PHOTOS: Steven Nereo~

If you’re planning your spring and summer travel this year, consider the fine city of San Francisco, California. The Rapha Cycle Club serves as a great base for the incredible road riding in this part o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Trousers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-trousers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Slim-cut trousers designed for all-day city riding. The trousers are made from a lightweight Schoeller 3xDry cotton, offering superb moisture management and plenty of flexibility.

The trousers are tailored for bike positions and a Cordura seat pan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Race Notes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/race-notes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A striking, luxury notebook bound in a fine-grained leather. Ideal for recording everything from training and racing goals to your latest nutritional strategy, this elegant journal has plenty of space to keep track of your riding. It is beautifully f...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Routemaster]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/routemaster</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mike Spriggs - NYC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mike-spriggs--nyc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Kimmy Eliot Fung~

Mike Spriggs is a sometime photographer and the owner of Gage + DeSotoagedesoto.com - a specialty shop for road cyclists. He is based in NYC and in 2010 managed the legendary Rapha Cycle Club in the city's Bowery district...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-2012-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We took a break from our usual duties at the North American Handmade Bicycle show this year to do something else that we love – ride our bikes. Happy to report that the weather in Sacramento, California this time of year is perfect for a two to thr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Tall Introduction]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-tall-introduction</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Frank van der Smanww.frankvandersman.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amsterdam]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/amsterdam</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the world's most bicycle-centric cities, Amsterdam's proclivity for transportation on two-wheels is one of the charms nestling amongst its vices. The Netherlands' capital sits upon the river Amstel and the Grachtengordel - Amsterdam's canal ne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUNDAY 8th APRIL 2012&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rapha's Hell of the North will be a great social ride with a gathering at the finish to watch Paris Roubaix 2012 and enjoy beer and frites.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our homage...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[La Maglia Nera]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/la-maglia-nera</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since its launch, the Rapha Classic Jerseyclassic-jersey has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘black sheep of the family’. Not only is it made from a fabric rich in merino wool (baah…) but it’s also a product we at Rapha couldn’t b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gone Fishing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gone-fishing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS 2012: #ShowMeYourBike]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-2012-showmeyourbike</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Show me your bike. What started as a relatively simple request has grown quite large (although, it still has room to grow) in its relatively short lifespan. Initially we meant it as a way to pay tribute to Ira Ryan and Ben Leonard's Show Me Your Bike...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Lanes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-lanes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos &amp; Words by Phil Gale

One step up from a dirt track, the country lane is the proving ground for many British cyclists. They are narrow, winding and often barely big enough for a car. As you pedal away from the grey of urban concrete, gre...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[His Bobness]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/his-bobness</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Show Me Your Bike: Part One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/show-me-your-bike-part-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The overwhelming response to the ShowMeYourBikettps://twitter.com//content/uploads/Blog540.jpg!...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Take Five]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/take-five</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha for Women Spring/ Summer 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festa-della-donna</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/36890867?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;autoplay=0" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Now expanded for Sp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Frank Schott Photography Exhibition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/frank-schott-photography-exhibition--1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the Rapha Cycle Club SFww.rapha.cc/cycle-club/ keeps its doors open late to host a reception for Frank Schott's 'Alpine Roads' exhibition. Mr. Schott's photos of the empty European roads of the most famous Grand Tour routes are an explo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Short Introduction: Emily Barnes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-short-introduction-emily-barnes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever been passed in a race by someone half your age (it happens to all of us), you’ve probably felt the pain and embarrassment when instead of just pummeling you as she rides off into the distance, she turns and cheers you on. This is t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Da Firenze]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/da-firenze</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pavé Moustache Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pav-moustache-ride-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 26th February at 7am, 20 or so cyclists with beautiful moustaches will leave Pavé in Barcelona to ride to a lovely country house called La Comensalat in the village of L'Espugla Calba. They would love you to join them, although you will ne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smith St.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/smith-st</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earl Grey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/earl-grey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our Favourites]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/our-favourites</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A collection of some of our favourite female riders and their favourite Rapha products. These are cyclists from many walks of life from all around the world. Women that have been riding in Rapha apparel for some time including doctors, writers, racer...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Show Me Yours]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/show-me-yours</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The handmade bicycle builders of Portland, Oregon have done it again. As a precursor to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show012.handmadebicycleshow.com/ in Sacramento, California the builders of this fair city have gotten together to show off wha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shooting Party]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shooting-party</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Spring Summer 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-spring-summer-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/36890868?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;autoplay=0" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

"View the new Rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Fabric]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/national-fabric</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sponsors logos and corporate colours have been the dominant influence on road racing livery since the early 20th century. The trade teams that wear them today consist of riders from all over the world. Yet between 1930 and 1961 the Tour de France was...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stove Tops]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stove-tops</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS12 Sneak Peek: Endless Summer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss12-sneak-peek-endless-summer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The time of unveiling is almost upon us. All the latest designs, new components and revitalised colourways for Spring Summer 2012 will shortly be revealed. So to whet your curiosity, here are some sneak shots of the products that will make spring and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Basket Case]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/basket-case</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merino We Love You]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/merino-we-love-you</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We’ve said it more than once, and we’ll say it again: Merino we love you. A breed of sheep with an incredibly soft, fine fleece, the wool they produce is a beautiful thing. But whilst it's easy to say it will keep you cool, warm, dry and fresh al...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coffee Talk with Emily Haddad]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coffee-talk-with-emily-haddad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Steven Nereo~

In the nine months since it became a permanent fixture in the Bay Area, the Rapha San Francisco Cycle Club has become the go-to destination for the city’s cycling (and coffee) aficionados. Rapha recently caught up with SFC...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hasta La Vista]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hasta-la-vista</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Rapha Condor Sharp have established themselves as a dominant force in UK racing over the last few years. In 2012, the emphasis is on developing young talent, with the introduction of a group of U23 riders. Among them is Felix English, the Irish trac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mirror Man]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mirror-man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coffee at the Rapha Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coffee-at-the-rapha-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you find yourself cruising around San Francisco make sure to add the Rapha Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/san-francisco to your list of stops. Not only does it house some of the finest cycling clothing in existence, but it also features some of the best co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Keep the Faith]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/keep-the-faith</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A big race looms on the horizon. Until a couple of months ago, I managed to all but put off everything but the most basic of training, favoring learning how to ride a mountain bike over actually putting in hard miles on the road. Work was taking over...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Corsa Extra]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/corsa-extra</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Playlist 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-playlist-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Winter Playlist 2012: 25 tracks chosen and inspired by folks here at Rapha for your listening pleasure (or displeasure depending on taste). Once more we'd like to stress that Rapha do not endorse plugging your earphones in whilst out riding, or e...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Midtown Monday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/midtown-monday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Harry Zernikearryzernike.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Training Revisited]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-training-revisited</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Joe Hall~

Like most riders, I struggle in the battle to become the cycling maestro I occasionally imagine I am. While there is evidence to suggest some success in my pursuit of effective winter training, it’s not because my legs are burn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peltry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/peltry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Underdog]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-underdog-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words — Andy Waterman
Photos — Jeremy Dunn from 2011 Fidea Cyclocross in Leuven, BE

If you had done a straw poll of the 61,000 spectators that swamped the dunes of Koksijde on Sunday, very few would have predicted that Rob Peeters would be th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Osaka]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/osaka</link>
			<description><![CDATA[General Infos1
 About the Clubs2
 Events Calendars3





1F. 2-6-21
Sonezakishinchi
Kita-ku
Osaka
530-0002



050.1550.3106



Monday,Wednesday-Sunday: 12pm to 8pm
Tuesday: closed
~Race Days: Open until the race finish~

During 10...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Neige-Bastogne-Neige]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/neigebastogneneige</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Liège-Bastogne-Liège, known also as La Doyenne, is the oldest one-day race still in existence. First run in 1892 by L'Express newspaper, the 270km Monument takes place in the rolling, forested Ardennes region of south-east Wallonia. The voluptuous ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bermuda Triangles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bermuda-triangles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belgian Beach Party]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/belgian-beach-party</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Phil Deeker~

Although I’d been travelling for a few hours already, the day really began for me when I slid open the door of the train in Brussels. Belgian flags hung down from the luggage racks, on to a group of fans dressed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiets en klompen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fiets-en-klompen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Cyclocross World Championships]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-cyclocross-world-championships</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The world championships kick off this weekend in Belgium, the one event that everyone looks forward to all year long. Sure, the mountain bike worlds is a big deal, as is the version that happens on the track. Even the road equivalent seems to get fan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Festive 500 2011 - The Winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festive-500-2011--the-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The voting is over and we can now reveal our winners of the 2011 Festive 500. It was a remarkable event, with the cumulative kilometres of all riders reaching somewhere close to 1.5m. Not only did we see a lot of distance covered but the volume and q...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cross Continents]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cross-continents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Joe Hall  Photos: Jeremy Dunn~

Last weekend saw the climax of the international cyclocross season when the legendary venue at Koksijde played host to the 2012 World Cyclocross Championships. Koksijde is renowned not just for its punishing ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha and London Women’s Race League]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-and-london-womens-race-league</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha will be headline sponsors of the London Women’s Cycle Racing League (LWCR) in 2012. Established in 2010, the league is a series of grass-roots races in London and the South East catering for the growing number of women taking up competitive c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photography with Tom Robertson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photography-with-tom-robertson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the world championships this weekend, we thought it the ideal opporunity to showcase the work of another great cyclocross photographer. Tom Robertsonww.tomrobertsonphoto.com/ helped out last year with a feature about US national cyclocross team ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mr. Portage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mr-portage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racing The Winter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/racing-the-winter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With due respect to my Australian colleagues, the cycling season doesn’t start, in my mind, until that race named after the newspaper that I cannot pronounce [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]. In Northern Europe, the start of the pro calendar is marked by cr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Play it as it Lies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/play-it-as-it-lies-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~INTERVIEW: Jeremy Dunn~
~PHOTOS: Tom Robertsonww.tomrobertsonphoto.com/ in Belgium~


Zach McDonald has had a pretty good year. He might still be getting beat up by the older kids at school (just take a look at Jonathan Page accidentally T-bonin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TDU: Stages 4 &amp; 5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tdu-stages-4-and-5-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As per usual, espressos, handshakes and stamped passports were exchanged before we started the fourth ride of the week. For a second time we climbed the Gorge before travelling through the Barossa Valley, where some of us slowed down to sample a few ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World Cup Zolder with Julie Krasniak]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/world-cup-zolder-with-julie-krasniak</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha-FOCUS racer Julie Krasniak checks in with a short, personal recap of her recent Cyclocross World Cup race in Zolder, her first in Belgium. Julie spent the majority of her first season of cross in the US, competing in USGP events, Cross Crusade ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All-Weather Commuting]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/allweather-commuting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week I got that sinking feeling. It was Thursday morning. I woke up with a sore throat and as I gargled mouthwash in an attempt to burn out the infection - maybe I should have used a single malt - I stared out the window to see only rain-slicked...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cavallino Meccanico]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cavallino-meccanico</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TDU: Stage Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tdu-stage-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a few days in the hills everyone was looking forward to an easier day along the coast. Following coffee at Red Berry Espresso – and stamping more than 60 Rapha passports – we headed out of the city toward the beach at Glenelg.

What a pic...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chris Jones: A Man for all Seasons]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chris-jones-the-lost-interview-with-tom-southam</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~INTERVIEW: Tom Southam~
~PHOTOS: Jeremy Dunn at Jingle Cross, Iowa City~

All my life I have been something of a road racing purist. In 17 years of racing, I have never taken part in any races that weren’t on the road. I considered mountain bik...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TDU: Stage Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tdu-stage-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Wade Wallace~

Plenty of familiar faces and some fresh ones for ride number two. One rider even joined us from Japan and plans to get his passport stamped on every stage this week. We began with a climb up Greenhill Road, one of Adelaide's...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TDU: Stage One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tdu-stage-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday saw a huge turn out for stage one of Rapha's Tour Down Underww.rapha.cc/tour-down-under-2012-passport Passport Rides. More than 60 riders of all ages, from across Australia and New Zealand, rolled out for a day's riding in temperatures fore...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haberdashery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/haberdashery</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photography with Geoff Waugh]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photography-with-geoff-waugh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With almost 30 years experience photographing cyclocross Geoff Waughww.waughphotos.com/index.php was an obvious choice for the latest in the Rapha series on cyclocross photographers. We first met Geoff a few short years ago, on that holy soccer compl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Friday the 13th]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/friday-the-13th</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cyclists are a superstitious breed; they do a lot of strange things a lot of the time. If you hang around enough start lines, bike shops or even just your fellow riding partners, inevitably you will catch a glimpse of their true quirky selves at some...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Twelve for 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/twelve-for-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1. Worldwide Road Rides

As road cycling continues to engulf the planet with more people discovering uncharted roads and terrain, Rapha will be leading the field with a global expansion of the Rapha Continental. Expect to see films and tales of exp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Sample Sale 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-sample-sale-2012</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The weekend beginning the 27th January sees Rapha's annual winter sample sale in London with big discounts on samples and discontinued/end-of-season stock. At the same location as last August, there will be some incredible deals so arrive as close to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stars &amp; Stripes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stars-and-stripes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Tom Hopper...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Correct Attire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-correct-attire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
~- Sir Ranulph Fiennes~

Judging what to garb oneself in for a ride takes practice. Nowhere is this more true than in the UK, where the weather forecast changes every minute...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magnesia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/magnesia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour Down Under 2012 Passport]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-down-under-2012-passport</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under, which begins on Sunday 15th January, Rapha have devised a group of rides around Adelaide. Led by experienced local riders, the five routes will explore some of the most spectacular riding in the world. It...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Champions]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/national-champions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Expectations can make your bicycle very, very heavy. 

The expectations for cyclocross’s US National Championships in Madison, Wisconsin were that the weather would be a wintry mess, that Katie Compton and Zach McDonald would stand apart from the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rough Morning]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rough-morning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy Rotation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/heavy-rotation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsww.gagedesoto.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Magazine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-magazine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Contained in a mammoth 260-page edition, the overwhelmingly Italian flavour of issue 38 contains both classic and contemporary features celebrating the Giro, it’s riders and it’s equipment.

The beautiful illustrations of Giro road books throug...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Best of the Festive 500 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/best-of-the-festive-500-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Please note: There will be a public vote to decide our final top three via Facebook on Friday 20th January.

The 2011 edition of the Festive 500 saw nearly 4000 people take to the roads. What started in 2009 as one man’s insane ambition to escape...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Cyclocross Nationals Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/us-cyclocross-nationals-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anything can happen when it comes to the National Championships. The form of the top racers in the US has gotten better as the weeks have progressed, which will make the battles for top ten spots in both the Women's and Men's Elite Races ones to watc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pagodas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pagodas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache in 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-in-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote an open letter to the sport of cycling, bemoaning the lack of panache in an increasingly professional, mechanised and clinical sport. It acted as a call to arms to see more character and swashbuckling spirit in the pro ranks.

bq....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bikedress]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bikedress-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you live near Munich and have been craving to get your hands on some new Rapha kit post-Christmas, then we've got just the place for you. Our good friends Bikedress(bikedress)ww.bikedress.de/ have opened their second store in the up and coming Au ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Path Racers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/path-racers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Keeping it Simple]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/keeping-it-simple</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Claire Deeker~

2012 may not be forecast as the best of years ahead of us from some points of view, but my three year-old grandson wouldn’t agree. He is weeks away from flying along on two wheels with the stabilisers ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Trois Vitesses]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-trois-vitesses</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp Film Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-film-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

Win the chance to shoot and direct a short film, following the Rapha Condor Sharp Team at their training camp in 2012.



Rapha and Condor are offering a young filmmaker the chance to shoot and direct the 2012 Rapha Condo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Countdown to Festive 500 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/countdown-to-festive-500-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Only a day left until the Festive 500 begins. This year it’s going to be bigger and crazier than ever. Let us know in the comments box or on Facebook how you’ll be attempting it. If you’re not sure exactly what the Festive 500 is, visit the lan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Festive Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-festive-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Gem Atkinson~

On Saturday, a group rode from Richmond Park to Windsor for a seasonal jaunt out of the city. Hosted by Rapha riders Collyn Ahart and Gem Atkinson, here’s an account from the front and the back.
--
Gem from the back: A...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Classico]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/classico</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ride to Redemption]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ride-to-redemption-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This year, the Rapha Cycle Club San Franciscoww.rapha.cc/san-francisco has put together seven straight days of riding to help you complete the Festive 500ww.rapha.cc/festive-500. Starting this Friday, December 23rd — barreling straight through Chri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saturday In The Park]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/saturday-in-the-park</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Searching for a new ride?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/searching-for-a-new-ride-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Searching for a new ride? During the coming weeks, if you find yourself looking for new routes or places to ride make sure to stop by one of our Retail Parters.ww.rapha.cc/retail-partners Within a select few, including River City Bicyclesivercitybicy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pastels]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pastels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Rapha-FOCUS Inspired Gift Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-raphafocus-inspired-gift-guide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was the final weekend of USGP racing in Bend, Oregon. The race moved from the venue in Portland where it lived for the last few years to the former National Championship course in Bend, Oregon. As far as Team Rapha-FOCUS is concerne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nobeyama Cyclocross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nobeyama-cyclocross-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo © Keitsuji1983~

The Nobeyama Farmyard Tourist Ranch, at the base of Yatsugatake mountain range, hosted the second Nobeyama Cyclocross Race. Rapha Japan’sww.rapha.cc/rapha-yonretto Daisuke Yano and local resident of Nobeyama (where he has...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Privateer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/privateer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mastery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mastery</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Dossards]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-dossards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This season Down Under, Rapha Australia is providing select events with bespoke race numbers. Being Rapha dossards they aren’t your average kind of race number, using a distinctive palette and printing riders names as well as the number. They aren'...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Festive 500 – Ride to Redemption]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/festive-500</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha are challenging riders across the globe to go the distance and escape the clutches of holiday indulgence by riding 500 kilometres between the 23rd and 31st of December. Clock your kilometres however you can and then post evidence on our Faceboo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dockside]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dockside</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Got Mud?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/got-mud-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Portraits by Mark Phillips~

When two cyclists move in together, there’s the inevitable joining of the things, trying to figure out how to store 14 bikes and three bike boxes, the class warfare of leaving muddy bikes in the kitchen, and that old...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Super Eight]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-super-eight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Usually the festive season marks a slowing down of cycling activities and the extension of time spent in semi-horizontal positions on the couch. If you’re going to adopt this lethargic state it’s best accompanied by a good movie or two. 2011 has ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CXLA Weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cxla-weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A last minute venue change and Los Angeles's downtown Historic Park became the site of Dorothy Wong's LACX race. The best way to describe Wong's effect on the racing scene would be to use what would become the weekend's announcer CoolAssMike's catch ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Roadster]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-roadster</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Market Research]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/market-research</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alpe d'Quiz]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/alpe-dquiz-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In honour of the 21 famous hairpins of Alpe d’Huez, Rapha is counting down to the holiday with a multiple-choice question every day for 21 days, beginning on midnight UTC/GMT, Sunday 4th December and ending on Saturday the 24th.

Every day a new ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jingle Cross in Iowa City]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jingle-cross-in-iowa-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Three days of racing started last weekend in Iowa City, Iowa with a race under the lights. The days of winter have become incredibly short and continue to grow shorter as we move into December. By the middle of the afternoon on the Friday after Thank...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[KTC China]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-china</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, a number of Rapha products are designed in London and made in China. This may seem like a contradictory statement, but it's not. The creative vitality of the UK and London’s network of talent means it is one of the world’s great design hub...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Oslo Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-oslo-film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Norway’s capital Oslo offers a different take on urban road riding. The city’s quiet roads, green spaces and buildings painted in muted colours are juxtaposed to the vibrant chaos of London or New York. But it’s also a city of fronts: where imp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Silver And Gold]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/silver-and-gold</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sleep No More]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sleep-no-more</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Jack Thurston  PHOTOS: Wig Worland
Extract from Rouleur Annual 5ouleur.cc/annual-volume-5, on sale now

By the third night, the roads are strewn with bodies. “It looks as though a serial killer has been on the loose, wantonly slaying cycl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Training]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-training</link>
			<description><![CDATA[By Joe Hall

The road to a successful winter of riding is paved with good intentions, but inevitably so is the road to idleness. The manual I have says, “to see yourself as the cycling maestro that you have always dreamed of becoming […] do the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/urban-planning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taking the Turkey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/taking-the-turkey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to say the Turkeyww.rapha.cc/turkey-takeoff has now well and truly flown (well, for some only until Christmas). To those who managed to take all 9,000 calories off, congratulations. To those who didn't, good try. If you took part ma...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Court]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-court</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mac Softshell]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mac-softshell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest in a fast-growing Rapha tradition of head-turning city outerwear blends the highest levels of performance with influences derived from icons of British tailoring. 

Inspired by the classic Mackintosh overcoat the Mac Softshell is made fr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Return of the Mac]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/return-of-the-mac</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Few pieces of apparel provide as compelling a chapter in the history of British tailoring as the story of the waterproof overcoat or ‘mac’. The back story for what long ago became a quintessential piece for autumn and winter brings together pione...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Parked]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/parked</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wooly Wonders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wooly-wonders-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Max Leonard  IMAGES: @cyclecotedazur

“Ping/content/uploads/mermax2.jpg/content/uploads/mermax4.jpg/content/uploads/mermax1.jpg!

We don't stay long on top. Time enough for photos and to wish I'd put shoe covers on for the 26-kilometre d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Optical]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/optical</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SSCXWC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sscxwc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photo by Steven Nereo 

What does it take to be a world champion? A nod from the UCI helps in most cases and with the growing popularity of the sport of cyclocross it seems a safe bet that nod is surely on the way. If the bids were based on enthusi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Friend In Tweed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-friend-in-tweed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Knot Traditional]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/knot-traditional</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-2013</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The toughest and most beautiful cycling challenge in the world.

Created by and run in association with Philip Deeker, the Cent Cols Challenge (centcolschallenge.comentcolschallenge.com) is the ultimate cycling challenge, with 10 days of endurance ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge Alps]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-alps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dates: 3rd to 13th June 2013
~THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT~
Please email travel@rapha.ccailto:travel@rapha.cc to be placed on the reserve list.

New for 2013: the Alps Backwards (Nice-Annecy-Nice) – many new climbs and ‘tweaked’ stages. This ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Turkey Takeoff]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/turkey-takeoff</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Thanksgiving holiday, don’t sit around and pile on the calories, ride them away with Rapha and Strava’s Turkey Takeoff. 

Thanksgiving usually means eating and drinking as much as you possibly can. But Rapha and Strava are challenging you ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge Dolomites]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-dolomites</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dates: 2nd to 12th September 2013

~THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT~
Please email travel@rapha.ccailto:travel@rapha.cc to be placed on the reserve list.

The CCC Dolomites was ridden for the first time in 2012 and confirmed itself as the hardest of t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[9W, EAST]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/9w-east</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsww.gagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge Pyrenees]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-pyrenees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dates: 16th to 26th September 2013.

~THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT~
Please email travel@rapha.ccailto:travel@rapha.cc to be placed on the reserve list.

The 2013 route features an entirely new stage 9 and ‘tweaked’ stages 7 and 10. Details bel...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Etape entries now open]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/etape-entries-now-open</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Registration is now open for the Etape du Tour 2012ww.letapedutour.com/. Brought to you in partnership with Tour organisers ASO, next year’s Etape has two routes to choose from and promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Last July saw the in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LA/CX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/laorcx</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Turkey Takeoff]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-turkey-takeoff</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving in the USA traditionally marks the end of the harvest season and a celebration of the safe passage of the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. While those in the UK and Europe don’t necessarily honour the occasion (although Thanksgiving i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oslo City Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oslo-city-guide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“There were angels dining at the Ritz… ”

A brass band was playing ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’ as we cycled up to the roof of the Oslo’s Operahuset. Rising like pack ice out of the mirror- still waters of the Oslofjord, the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Condor: Past Present Future]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/condor-past-present-future</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Past Present Future is a collection of essays and photo stories, celebrating Condor Cycles 65 year history. The book features anecdotes and interviews from riders, racers and staff, with a mix of portrait, studio and archive photography. And, of cour...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Street Theatre]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/street-theatre</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Milan, Italy

photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leatherman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leatherman</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabeww.mossgarden.info...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surveyed: Natas Kaupas, Words And Pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/surveyed-natas-kaupas-words-and-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photographs by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com

Our LA photographer Steven caught up with former pro skateboarder Natas Kaupas a few weeks ago. In addition to getting some great shots, we couldn't resist putting a few questions to this skate legend....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Euro Tripping]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/euro-tripping</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On any normal November day the fields and woodland on the Hotond in Belgium are deserted. Any of the little passing trade stops at the inn which butts up against the redundant stump of the whitewashed windmill here. This is the highest point in east ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belovely]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/belovely</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[British Columbia Essentials]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/british-columbia-essentials</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Ira Ryan  PHOTOS: Jake Stangelakestangel.com &amp;nbsp;~

Ira Ryan lists out everything you could possibly need for five days of riding in British Columbia. See the film, words and more photography of the rides here »ww.rapha.cc/the-triple...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Denim Days]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/denim-days</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Vancouver, B.C.

photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photography with Brian Vernor]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photography-with-brian-vernor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brian Vernorrianvernormaking.blogspot.com/ has been busy this year. Aside from using his photography skills to shoot for Easton, Giro and Peloton Magazine, Brian went to South America with Jason Sager and the Jamis Mountain Bike team to shoot the Tra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leather Town Gloves]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leather-town-gloves-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Handmade, these classically styled all-weather cycling gloves are cut from the finest African hair sheep leather. African hair sheep live on the arid savannah of Eastern Africa, to cope with the heat and dry conditions, the hair sheep have extremely ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Julie, Nicole, Meredith and Katie…]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/julie-nicole-meredith-and-katie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago in Boulder, Colorado the Women's categories were just as hotly contested as the men, especially since they have to work a little harder for their prize money (the second day's cash for the ladies was boosted by the days wine sales, but ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[French Lessons]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/french-lessons</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photos: Week Four]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photos-week-four</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photo by Tyler Hardie

Two winners to present this week. The first, shot by Tyler Hardie (above) was the winner of Week Twoww.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photos-week-two with his photo of Zach McDonald as shot through a rainy window in Fort Collins, Colora...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aende]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aende</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All photos by Neutal WAww.flickr.com/photos/38591165@N03/sets/72157618629304780/ &amp;nbsp;~

You may have stumbled across these images before: treasures from Flickr taken in the workshop of Aende during the 1980s. Aende is one of the more obscure...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Look Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/look-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wear Your Story: October]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wear-your-story-october-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last month we launched Wear Your Storyww.rapha.cc/wearyourstory, a project to share narratives on how our clothing directly links to every ride we do. October has seen plentiful postings on the Rapha Facebookttps://www.facebook.com/rapharacing wall. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Race Meet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/race-meet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:51:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ticket to Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ticket-to-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The word etiquette in English derives from the French étiquette - a "list of ceremonial observances of a court" - which in turn descends from the 16th century noun estiquette, a licence or permit, a ticket. Whilst these French words are now obsolete...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:17:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ride and Groom]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ride-and-groom---</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; IMAGES: Max Leonard~

It was one of those gentle autumn days, mists and mellow fruitfulness and all that, which seem like a gift: as if the season is cosying up to you, to apologise in advance for the wind and the rain to come. The sig...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:07:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/homebrew</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:32:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross: Heart, Soul and Cowbells]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-heart-soul-and-cowbells</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography by  Wig Worlandww.wigworland.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

Ever considered running a cycling race? Got what it takes? Read this, think carefully, and then do it. Just be ready to put heart and soul into it…

The Premise

Start by moaning to ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:54:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Style of Rapha Condor Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-style-of-rapha-condor-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Tom Southam  PHOTOS: Jon Bergman~

We used to be such a good looking team. When I first joined Rapha Condor (as it was known then) in 2009, we didn’t have a disagreeable face amongst us. However, there must be some sort of correlation bet...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:01:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time to Get Lost]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/time-to-get-lost</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Ben Ingham~

WORDS: Cindy Lewellen 

bq. “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
 — Henry David Thoreau

I recently read in a research study that “even seasoned female riders feel uneasy going on long solo ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:15:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro Team Thermal Shorts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pro-team-thermal-shorts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New pad and refined fit for 2012/13.

Created for early season or cold conditions, fleece-backed shorts have long been a staple of racers on the continent racing and training in the late/early season. Worn with leg or knee warmers, they are incredi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro Team Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pro-team-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Pro Team Jacket is designed for high-tempo interval training in cold weather. When you are riding on the limit in low temperatures, breathability and protection from the elements is essential. Using an innovative windproof Polartec® softshell wi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:22:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photos: Week Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photos-week-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whether it is the clothingww.rapha.cc/shop/cyclocross that you wear, your tire choice on the day, or even the kind and amount of embrocationww.rapha.cc/rapha-embrocation-1 that you slather on to protect from the elements, there is no denying that Cyc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:20:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2011 Finale: Hope and Glory]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2011-finale-hope-and-glory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography by Wig Worlandww.wigworland.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

Just one point separated the top two teams in the final round of the Rapha Super Cross at Alexandra Palace but Hope Technology clung on for the overall victory from final round winners Scot...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:54:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tri Bike]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tri-bike</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:15:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross Finale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-finale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The final round of the Rapha Super Cross series takes place this Sunday at Alexandra Palaceww.rapha.cc/cyclocross-at-the-palace. Beginning at midday, there are children's races, a novice event, a mass start race of 140 screaming adults; and of course...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:39:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women’s Winter Riding]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-winter-riding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Collyn Ahart, a London-based cyclist, writer and brand strategist, has recently tested Rapha's latest Autumn Winter products for women. Here she discusses and reviews three key pieces in the wider context of her winter riding.

Temperatures have pl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:12:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Direction for Rapha Condor Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-direction-for-rapha-condor-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Gerard Brown~

Following a renewed deal between title sponsors Rapha, Condor and Sharp, the no.1 ranked British Continental team will build on its most successful season since its inception in 2006 with an exciting new direction in 2012.
...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:47:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Interview with James Holliday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-interview-with-james-holliday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's luggage collection offers products for use in every mode of a cyclist's life: whether it's scavenging around the city, travelling abroad for a riding weekend or commuting to the office. The philosophy was to create a collection that, like all...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bay 13 Sun Tour Party in Pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bay-13-sun-tour-party-in-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography by Wade Wallace~

While the rest of the world cycling calendar is coming to a close things are just beginning to heat up here in Australia. To me, the Sun Tour (or as the riders call it, the Fun Tour) always marks the beginning of the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:02:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Marshal]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/us-marshal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:28:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photos: Week Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photos-week-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Week Two of the Rapha Facebookww.facebook.com/rapharacing Photo Competition took on the candy striped colors (which makes it curious that most of the photos were black and white) of the Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/ Cyclocross team. Jeremy Powers 10th an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:03:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York Upon Thames]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-york-upon-thames</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:49:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wearing History]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wearing-history</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Ben Ingham~

WORDS: Andy Hampsten

Our final day's ride would tackle the Galibier 100 years after the Tour first scaled it. All of our guests were excited and a bit nervous to finally get on the famous slopes. Earlier in the week we rode ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:10:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross: Hope Again in Huddersfield]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-hope-again-in-huddersfield</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

A very close run and thrilling race in the second round of the Rapha Super Cross at Huddersfield, but Hope Technology, led by National Champion Paul Oldham, again pipped Scott UK to maximum points to keep the leader’s jerse...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:40:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anodized]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/anodized</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:34:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross: Windermere results]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-windermere-results</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

Hope on top in Windermere

Team captain and National Champion Paul Oldham led his Hope Technology team to the win in the opening round of the Rapha Super Crossww.rapha.cc/super-cross at a sun-soaked Windermere.

The pictu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More Rapha Cyclocross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/more-rapha-cyclocross-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dave Chiu

The world of Rapha Cyclocross has been, as they say over here blowing up." This is a good thing apparently and with a new "Cyclocross Collectionww.rapha.cc/shop/cyclocross and an amazingly talented group of riders via the Rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:50:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transference]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/transference</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Gavin Campbell~

Race transfers are the ultimate means to an end. They can be ugly and unpleasant, and depending on where you are in the world, they can make or break your cycling spirit. Transfers are essential, in the mornings they drop y...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:47:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Carry-On]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/carryon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:26:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Public Transportation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/public-transportation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Milan, Italy

photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:38:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merino Roll Neck]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/merino-roll-neck</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Rapha interpretation of the woollen cycling jerseys once de rigueur among pro riders, this extremely soft jersey is made from the finest merino wool. One of nature’s little miracles, merino is an ideal performance fabric for city riding as it not...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MUD. SWEAT. FRITES. COWBELLS.
Quite possibly the most entertaining three days of racing the UK has ever seen.

~Film by Pete Drinkell~

The inaugural Rapha Super Cross Series brought three days of super-charged cyclocross racing to venues around...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:54:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photography with Dan Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photography-with-dan-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Take a look through the Cyclocross Collectionww.rapha.cc/shop/cyclocross photography, featured with the Lunch With JPowww.rapha.cc/lunch-with-jpow story, shot by Portland photographer Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/. This is the third year that Dan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:57:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bay 13: Rapha at the Sun Tour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bay-13-rapha-at-the-sun-tour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Saturday October 15th Rapha Australia are holding one incredible party on Alp d'Arthurs (Arthurs Seat) to cheer on the riders of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. If you’re in the Melbourne area (or even if you’re not) come along to enjoy the race ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:57:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jeans]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-jeans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A performance denim made from nylon, cotton and elastane blend yarns, these specialist cycling jeans are hard-wearing, stain-resistant and fast drying. Developed specifically for Rapha in Italy, the denim is an evolution in functional fabric. Unlike ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:52:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seat pack]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/seat-pack</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A good tool roll is a thing of beauty. The Rapha Seat Pack is inspired by classic tool rolls traditionally made from canvas but has been updated using durable and weather-resistant modern fabrics. Designed to carry tools on long training rides, the p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:05:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Cross Up North]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross-up-north</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Super Cross Series 2011 kicks off this coming Saturday, 15th October. The cream of British cross racing talent will be competing at Windermere in the English Lake District, one of the more beautiful natural landscapes the UK has to offer an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:32:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Photos: Week One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photos-week-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.facebook.com/rapharacing

If anything is apparent from the Rapha Facebook photo competition it is that everyone has a different idea about what cyclocross means to them. And none of them are wrong. There were fun pictures with beer (and cupcakes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:28:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Scopes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-scopes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Limpet
Ian Cleverly

Six-time national sprint champion Stuart Brydon used to train at the Herne Hill track after moving to London from Scotland in the 90’s. As sprinters go, he was not the largest of the species, but he was darned fast, and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Four Piece Suit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/four-piece-suit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:23:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over the Weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/over-the-weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For the remainder of the weekend we will be accepting entries for the Rapha Facebook Photo Competitionww.facebook.com/rapharacing with the general theme of - Cyclocross. Next week there will be a new theme - and with the USGP happening in Ft. Collins...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:31:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crisp Casual]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/crisp-casual</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteww.fyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:21:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On The Waterfront]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-the-waterfront</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:01:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oakley Auction]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oakley-auction</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the new cyclocross season well underway, Rapha and Oakley are offering you the chance to own an exclusive pair of Oakley Jawbone glasses. The custom-made Jawbones have frames painted in the candystripe livery of the Rapha-FOCUS team kit and the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:34:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross photography with Chris Milliman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-photography-with-chris-milliman</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Chris Milliman 

It is all about Cyclocross photography over on the Rapha Facebook Pageww.facebook.com/rapharacing these days. With a new theme each week the competition should shape up nicely. To continue the conversation around Cyclocro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:31:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mount Cargill &amp; The Otago Peninsula]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mount-cargill-and-the-otago-peninsula</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Work commitments have recently deposited me on to the shores of the Southland city of Dunedin, in New Zealand. Situated far down the eastern coast (a mere 4,000km from the South Pole), the southern hemisphere weather has delivered conditions that emp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:10:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Little Switzerland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-little-switzerland</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~film by Ertzui°filmargocollective.com/ertzuifilm &amp;nbsp;~

The Fränkische Schweiz (aka Franconian Switzerland or Little Switzerland) is a delightful place to ride in the summer. Its landscape made up of forests,  jagged rock faces, brutally s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:43:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Facebook Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-facebook-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We have a new Rapha Facebookww.facebook.com/rapharacing competition for you for the month of October and we want to see your Cyclocross Photography. Last year it was all about Team Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/, but this year we thought we would open it ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:01:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Here’s to you, Ms Robinson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/heres-to-you-ms-robinson-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

The Three Peaks, for those of you who are unaware, is a cyclocross race. But then again, it isn’t a cyclocross race. It certainly bears no relation to any UCI-approved course regulations you might peruse at your leisure sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:04:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obstacles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/obstacles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:23:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Again]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:16:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tonight: North Cal. Cyclocross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tonight-north-cal-cyclocross</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Everything is hung and the beer is on ice. This evening Brian Vernor's exhibit on North Cal. Cyclocross (and yes, he assures us that both the North" and the period after the Cal. are important facets) and the history behind racing on the West Coast o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:04:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Autumn/Winter 2011: Official Launch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/autumnorwinter-2011-official-launch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ookbook.rapha.cc/

The new Rapha Autumn/Winter 2011 range is now online. Not only can you view the latest new products and colourways at the usual place, there is also an exclusive online showcase at www.lookbook.rapha.ccookbook.rapha.cc/ featuring...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:16:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MCMLXXX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mcmlxxx</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:40:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CrossClash]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/crossclash</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So long as I beat you, I win.

Yesterday the CrossClash with CrossResults.comww.crossresults.com/raphafocusclash went live on the the CrossResults website. Keep track of your wins and losses record against your friends, which, CXResults has actuall...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:56:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Classic Softshell Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/classic-softshell-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Test ride any of Rapha’s Classic products to destruction and if you are not 100 satisfied within 30-days you can return them for a full refund.~

A high-performance jacket for tough winter road riding. Originally launched in 2004 – and part of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:50:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Rain Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-rain-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Created with a more urban aesthetic than the lighter weight Rain Jacketww.rapha.cc/rain-jacket, this piece is durable, windproof and highly water-resistant. The jacket comes with a waterproof bag to keep the jacket from damaging other belongings in y...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:48:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rain Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rain-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Packable and lightweight jacket with weatherproof panels in areas that bear the brunt of the weather when riding. Breathable underarm fabric and neoprene cuffs.



 Waterproof front and rear panels
 Breathable side panels
 Lightweight and packab...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:47:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Rain Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-rain-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tested and worn by pros and elite riders worldwide, this jacket has been designed for optimum performance and protection in wet and challenging weather conditions. Whether as an outer layer or for emergency protection, the construction of the jacket ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:47:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Designed for cold to freezing conditions, the Rapha Winter Jersey offers a brilliant balance of insulation, windproofing and breathability.

Features include a large storage capacity and reflective details for visibility when winter road cycling, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:46:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Long Sleeve Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/long-sleeve-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This versatile outer or mid-layer is perfect for autumn and winter riding. Made from merino-rich fabric, it is itch-free, anti-bacterial, odour resistant, brilliantly breathable and insulating.

A full-length zip has a small lockdown puller and sof...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crossing over]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/crossing-over-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Frank van der Sman~

Crossing over: Some things I've learnt about cyclocross

Your legs are no longer your own. They belong to your bike and subsequent bruising will happen accordingly. It was around my fifth attempt to unclip my right...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:44:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coppi On The Shore]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coppi-on-the-shore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:35:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Cross Recap: Week One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-cross-recap-week-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Jeremy Dunn~

The cyclocross season is now in full swing. The hot fluorescent lights of Vegas have died away and been replaced by somewhat muddier conditions. Gone, but not forgotten as we take a look back at a few of the thing...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:02:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Co-Pilot]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/copilot</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:26:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trusty Steed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/trusty-steed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:36:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Cal. Cyclocross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-cal-cyclocross</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Friday September 30th at 7pm the Rapha Cycle Club SFww.rapha.cc/san-francisco will open its doors to an art show dedicated to the spirit of North Cal. Cyclocross by following its roots through to its current spectacle. Brian Vernor plays host an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blue.Red.Black.Yellow.Green]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/blueredblackyellowgreen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It was the Olympic Games which originally conceived of the colour scheme in the 19th century, the five colours representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the white background symbolising peace. However, the UCI was...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:31:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seymour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/seymour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We met our ride hosts, West Lion Cycling, bright and early at Café Crema in West Vancouver. The coffee didn’t disappoint and after a few handshakes and brief hellos we rolled out alongside our new cycling mates. The skies were blue and the rising ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:00:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grouse]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/grouse</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The wide open bomb down Seymour required little braking. Our new friend, Jay, slid out on a fast corner sprinkled with gravel but popped back up before most of us knew what had happened. It wasn’t until we stopped at the bottom of the hill that we ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:00:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cypress]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cypress</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Marty, Brian and Cynthia were the only ones who would be joining us on the Cypress climb and they blazed the most direct route possible to its base. The mood as we started the ascent was subdued. Bodies were worn and the heat added to what had alread...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:00:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vintage Find]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vintage-find</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:07:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Julie Krasniak joins Rapha-FOCUS]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/julie-krasniak-joins-raphafocus</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha-FOCUS Cyclocrossapha-focus.cx/ team added a new racer to their roster today. Not only will you begin to see Julie Krasniak throughout the Rapha Autumn/Winter collection but she is racing for the French national team at the World Championshi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:40:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Autumn Pockets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/autumn-pockets-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words and photos: Michael Barry~

Ride: Three Peaks Pilgrims Ride. David and I have spoken about doing this ride for several years. After a few failed attempts we finally accomplished the goal: three long climbs--Mare de Deu del Mont, Rocacorba an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:09:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2011 Rapha NW Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2011-rapha-nw-gentlemens-race-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Video: Droptree Productions    Words: Gerben Gerritsen    Photos: Max Ralph~

The Oregon summer had a very late start this year. Cool and wet were prevailing themes right up into the month of August. However, the bright spot in all of that was the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:06:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Storefront]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/storefront</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:21:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ACT II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/act-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This race report comes to us from Tom Cody, a member of the Rapha Racing NW crew residing here in Portland, Oregon. Tom is a familiar face in the local racing circuit but was also a member of the famous LA Sheriff squad that took the US Crit and Road...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:46:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Riding Socks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-riding-socks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha City Riding Socks are made from a luxurious merino wool blend and are available in four subtle seasonal colourways. The natural fibre wicks sweat superbly to keep your feet cool and dry and is also naturally anti-bacterial and odour-resistant....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:22:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merino Boxers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/merino-boxers-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha’s Merino Boxers are an extension of the Rapha base layer system and provide all-day comfort and performance. They are made from very soft merino wool and are extremely comfortable against the skin. The natural fibre wicks sweat superbly, whil...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:21:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Britain Finale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-britain-finale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photography by Steve Davidsonww.flickr.com/photos/bigsteev/

The Tour of Britain concluded with two fantastic stages around the nation’s capital, both of which provided worthy British winners in what was generally agreed to be the best ever editi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:29:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Vegas to Seattle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/from-vegas-to-seattle-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A week and-a-half of cyclocross craziness wrapped up Sunday with the  Rapha-FOCUS Gran Prix in Seattle, Washington. Zac Daab, the man whose Cascade Bicycle Studioascadebicyclestudio.com/ (recently named in Bicycling magazine's 100 Best Shops guide) i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:29:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Film Night]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/copenhagen-film-night</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With roads in central Copenhagen closed for tomorrow’s time trial, the first of Rapha’s four ‘world championship’ ridesworld-championship-2011-rides will depart from our Copenhagen retailer Soigneur tomorrow evening at 17.30.

When the ride...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:31:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Critical Dirt Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/critical-dirt-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/15081981?portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Win an entry place for the renowned Critical Dirt event, taking place...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:28:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lean]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lean</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Meighan O'Tooleyloveforyou.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:47:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Most Peculiar Cycle Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-most-peculiar-cycle-race-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography by Wig Worland~

I’m a cyclist. I wear Lycra (and Sportwool and merinoww.rapha.cc/classic-jersey-09) and, oh yeah, I’m proud of it. Why then, have I just donned running shoes to climb repeatedly up the biggest grassy hill I can fin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:10:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shaving Cream]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shaving-cream</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For road riders, shaving their legs is a treasured ritual that heralds the start of the racing season. Rapha Shaving Cream is a blend of natural ingredients and essential oils designed to soothe the skin and leave it feeling supple and hydrated. It h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:31:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AW11 Sneak Peeks: Weather Proof]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aw11-sneak-peeks-weather-proof</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This season, Rapha’s cold weather protection sees some fine new colourways and exclusive technical fabrics. The details, tailoring and comfort of these products will make you want to ride, whatever the conditions.

With the temperatures already d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:13:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Four by Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/four-by-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:13:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World Championship 2011 Events]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/world-championship-events</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s no coincidence that Copenhagen is the first city to be designated an official UCI Bike City by road riding’s governing body. From 19th-25th September, the city will play host to the UCI World Championships with some of the best riders on the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:41:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tour d'Angleterre]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-tour-dangleterre</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Tour of Britain started in atrocious conditions last Sunday. The weather has improved and at the same time Rapha Condor Sharpww.rapha.cc/shop/rapha-condor-sharp have made a marked impression on the race: On Wednesday's Welsh excursion, Krist...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:23:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Alps]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-hidden-alps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Directed by Ben Ingham~



 Length: 18.6 km
 Height gain: 1694m
 Maximum gradient: 12

On the photoshoot for the new Rapha Autumn/Winter range we took our riders on to the steep, scarred and historic slopes of the Colle delle Finestre, the 'H...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:11:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fast Food]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fast-food</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:55:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Petaling]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/petaling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:00:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross at the Palace]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-at-the-palace</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Super Crossww.rapha.cc/super-cross series will take place next month with the crowning third and final round set in the grounds of London’s Alexandra Palace. Last week we took a trip to the site to see how the course will take shape.

...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:50:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Cross Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-cross-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Jeremy Dunn~

The addition of Jeremy Powers to the Rapha-FOCUS squad makes for a nice little attack trio for the men in black and candystripesww.rapha.cc/shop/cyclocross ahead of the upcoming pro cross season. And while we have...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:43:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All The Time]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/all-the-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:52:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#CXCLASH]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cxclash</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week will be the official start to the U.S. Cross racing action. Cross Vegasww.crossvegas.com/site/index.php has become the launch spot for the season each year and with the the continually growing list of Euro-Cross racers each year it does not...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:05:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Viva La Vuelta]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/viva-la-vuelta</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words: Christian Vande Velde  Photos: Yazuka Wada

Extract from the Rouleur photography annual volume 4ww.rapha.cc/rouleur-annual-2010/ &amp;nbsp;

La Vuelta Espana is the least known Grand Tour of the ‘big three’. It lacks spectators, TV rat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:21:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wicker Man]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wicker-man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:29:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Denim and Duffel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/denim-and-duffel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:18:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding Solo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-solo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTO: Ben Ingham~

I’d been warned the racing season was a long one. While everyone is keen in March and April, July and August weigh heavy on the heart. Speed builds and disappears. Some great races make way for those where the peloton disappe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:27:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro Team Cross Bib Shorts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pro-team-cross-bib-shorts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The cross version of Rapha's Pro Team Bib Shorts, these technical shorts were developed exclusively with Rapha-FOCUS pros. The latest edition of the shorts include a new design for Rapha-FOCUS's trademark candystripe livery and large, high contrast R...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:52:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brevet Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/brevet-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Brevet Jersey is a high-performance product designed to meet the demands of &lt;a href=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevet(cycling)"&gt;brevet riding&lt;/a&gt;. It is made from a breathable, insulating Sportwool fabric and was worn by a team of Ra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wash Bag]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wash-bag</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A luxury wash bag constructed from the same tough, water-repellent Cordura® material as the rest of the Rapha luggage range. The bag has been designed to carry toiletries and riding essentials securely. It has a large main compartment and is finishe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Small Shoulder Bag]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/small-shoulder-bag</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest incarnation of the original Rapha Musette, the Shoulder Bag is made from tough, water-resistant Cordura®. The side and base panels have reflective pin dots and an adjustable shoulder strap features a chest strap with metal twin-direction ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tote Bag]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tote-bag</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The ideal piece of luggage for hunting and gathering around town, this classic tote is constructed from a tough Cordura® fabric with a water-repellent coating. It features an adjustable shoulder strap to keep the bag stable when riding and nylon han...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Triple Crown, Vancouver BC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-triple-crown-vancouver</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Cindy Lewellen  PHOTOS: Jake Stangelakestangel.com  FILM: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com &amp;nbsp;~

Everyone thought we were crazy. “You’re attempting the Triple Crown? The day before the Fondo?”

“Sure” we replied, a bit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An interview with John Herety]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-interview-with-john-herety</link>
			<description><![CDATA[John Herety, Rapha Condor Sharp team manager, is one of the most experienced and respected men in British cycling. Having raced on the Continent and on the burgeoning domestic scene in the 1980s, John has successfully managed Rapha Condor Sharp for t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:06:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sunny]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sunny</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Meighan O'Tooleyloveforyou.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:24:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[50/50 Test Jeans]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/50or50-test-jeans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During the development stages of the recently released Rapha Jeansww.rapha.cc/rapha-jeans/, lead product designer, Graeme Raeburn, and messenger Seb Cherchi-Bersch tested a pair of what we termed 50/50 test jeans. One leg was constructed from a bench...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:16:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AW11 Sneak Peeks: the Finest Merino]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aw11-sneak-peeks-the-finest-merino</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What can we tell you about merino wool that you don’t already know? Well, apart from the unquestionable truth that this fabric is the natural choice for cyclists in the know, Rapha are soon to introduce even more fine-knit weaponry to their ever-gr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:53:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black &amp; White]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/black-and-white</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:47:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Downtown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/downtown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 05:35:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Portage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/portage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:30:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides - Vancouver, B.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides--vancouver-bc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Please join Rapha for a Gentlemen's Ride on Thursday, September 8th. The ride will start at La Bicicletta Pro Shopabiciclettaproshop.com/ and end at the Cactus Club Cafe.ww.cactusclubcafe.com/location/broadway-ash/ We will go through Stanley Park to ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:48:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IPP Terms and Conditions]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ipp-terms-and-conditions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;ol style="clear:both;"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Rapha Industry Purchase Program is an exclusive privilege open to full-time employees working in the cycling industry, by invitation or application.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Eligibility to the Rapha Industry...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:40:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PBP 2011: Four Journeys]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pbp-2011-four-journeys-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After more than six months of arduous training and qualifying rides, four Rapha riders headed to Paris in August 2011 to participate in Paris-Brest-Paris. The oldest and certainly one of the longest road races still in existence, the 1,200km plus jou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:14:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch With JPow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lunch-with-jpow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Powers, or JPow as he is widely known, is the latest rider to join Rapha Focus, Rapha and Focus Bikes' fledgling pro cyclocross outfit. Jeremy is an established talent on the US cross scene with a wealth of ability and character to match. Slat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:51:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff: Week Four]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff-week-four</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Jersey Stuff Competition on the Rapha Facebook Pageww.facebook.com/rapharacing is officially closed. But, that doesn't mean that you should pack up your toys (or tubes, tire levers, a pump, your phone, maybe a picture of your dog, a wallet and so...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ironic Curtain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ironic-curtain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I’ve always had a problem with ironic adulation. I personally wanted to look cool because I either looked like I didn’t give a shit, or because I just simply looked cool. In my opinion, ironic fashions try too hard and are a terribly fine line to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:12:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transporteur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/transporteur</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:20:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Perfect Commute]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/perfect-commute</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:11:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff with Chris Jones]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff-with-chris-jones</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are just a few days to go with both the Rapha Facebook Jersey Pocket Stuff Competitionww.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff as well as the USA Pro Cycling Challengeww.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ happening here in Colorado. How are these two things li...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:14:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ring Cycle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ring-cycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, Rapha undertook the challenge of riding the ‘Rad Am Ring’ 24 hour road race challenge, around the famous Nürburgring motor circuit. The format was simple, with an eight person relay type scenario, riders were to complete as ma...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:26:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: The Winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-the-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s taken us a while but below are the top five risers" who managed to complete our Rapha Rising challenge we set at the beginning of the Tour de France. The task was to climb the same amount of elevation, 21,125m, totalled in the six high mountai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:34:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Best Foot Forward]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/best-foot-forward</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:55:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2011 Rapha NW Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2011-rapha-nw-gentlemens-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Max Ralph

The finish line is where the tale of the race is told. That may seem a bit obvious but it is a story that needs no explaining and barely the benefit of a keen eye. The day's trials and tribulations will unfold right there in fr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:23:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff: Week Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff-week-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The winner of the Jersey Pocket Stuff Week Three goes to Andy Shaw who put together this great photo of his Croix de Fer jersey. I am sure that the 4 salami sandwiches helped him get through his 75 mile ride in Scotland. There is one week left for th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:52:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bag Man]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bag-man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:06:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Resurrection]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/resurrection</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Paolo Ciaberta  Words: Rohan Dubash~

Photographer Paolo Ciaberta witnesses Aldo Gios re-building the legendary blue machine ridden to victory in the 1977 edition of Paris-Roubaix by Roger de Vlaeminck. Rohan Dubash casts his expert eye ov...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:06:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SST]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sst</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:04:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Step Through]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/step-through</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:23:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[One Thing Led to Another…]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/one-thing-led-to-another</link>
			<description><![CDATA[TINA BRUBAKER
~INTERVIEW by Heidi Swift~

Two years ago on a cold day in January, I found myself on a team ride climbing a steep, quiet road called Old Germantown. Up ahead a very fast, impossibly light Cat 1 climber was pinning a pace that could ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:31:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The PBP Kit List]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-pbp-kit-list</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: James Fairbank &amp; Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

With their qualifying having long ridden off into the night, more than enough training miles accrued, final preparations for Paris-Brest-Parisww.rapha.cc/brevet-jersey/ 2011 now turn t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:11:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[To the Nürburgring]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/to-the-nrburgring</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to last-minute withdrawals, Rapha suddenly has some spare team-places at this weekend's 24hr race extravaganza at the infamous Nürburgring in western Germany. Race starts Saturday midday, see www.radamring.deww.radamring.de/ for more details. If...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:20:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#RGR]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rgr</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Follow Rapha North Americawitter.com/!/raphanamerica on Twitter this weekend as we conduct the 2011 Rapha NW Gentlemen's Race. There will be a few changes to the format this year and one comes in the way of documentation. In previous years we handed ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:22:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Perfect Contents]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-perfect-contents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A jersey and contents that many road racing fanatics would find hard not to admire. Courtesy of Tom Hardy, patron of the Dino Rideww.dinoride.org/, a collective honouring the steel age" of bicycle racing.

If you have yet to enter our "Jersey Pocke...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:38:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[West Coast Hip Hop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/west-coast-hip-hop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:43:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff: Week Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff-week-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Michael Cloidt took home the Rapha Essentials Caseww.rapha.cc/essentials-case/ this time around. Not only were his pockets well packed for his ride, but they were also well displayed on the Rapha Facebookww.facebook.com/rapharacing page. The choice b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:49:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pause]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pause</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:06:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Great Escape]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-great-escape</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As London descended into chaotic scenes this week, perpetrated by those lacking sense and reason or, presumably, the ability to get out on a road bike, I was reminded that (Armageddon pending) I hadn’t much time left to ride.

With a few weeks of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:09:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Audax Diaries: The 24 hour TT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-audax-diaries-the-24-hour-tt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: James Fairbank, Ultan Coyle and Max Leonard  FILM: Basia Lewandowska~

On July 23rd Ultan Coyle and James Fairbank took on the Mersey Roads 24-hour Time Trial to prepare themselves for the PBP in August. 60 riders on bicycles, tandems and t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:38:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music and the Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-and-the-road-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have been trying to expand my musical horizons lately; I have been listening to nothing but Tom Waits for two weeks. Funny thing is I always knew I would like Tom Waits, but it’s been one of those things that took me a long time to arrive at. The...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:30:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Essentials]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/essentials</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:12:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rules are Rules]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rules-are-rules</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Collyn Ahart

Every so often a list of “rules” surfaces about how to ride a bicycle. Which height of socks to wear. What length of shorts. What colour isotonic beverage. What exact shape of mud-guard. What kind of coffee to drink and alm...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:52:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff: Week One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff-week-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Jersey Pocket Stuff competition kicked off this past week on the Rapha Facebook Page.ww.facebook.com/rapharacing The thinking was that it would be an interesting way to see what people carry with them when they ride their bicycles. Take a look th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:36:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In The Shade]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-shade</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:12:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Urban Assault]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/urban-assault</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:23:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tricolore]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tricolore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Meighan O'Tooleyloveforyou.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:56:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: Hall of Pain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-hall-of-pain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Christian Tillmanntillmann.blogspot.com and Lisa Rodgersreensunngirl.blogspot.com 

The Tour is well and truly over and so, too is our Rapha Rising competition, challenging riders worldwide to accumulate 21,125 metres of climbing, equalling the sam...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:50:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Pocket Stuff]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-pocket-stuff</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha has a new Facebookww.facebook.com/rapharacing competition for you this month. We have been talking about doing this for a while now and it is an homage to one of our favorite blogs out there – Everyday Carryveryday-carry.com/. It took a remin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:18:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shirt, Sleeve]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shirt-sleeve</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:35:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/san-francisco</link>
			<description><![CDATA[General Infof1
 About the Clubf2
 Eventsf3
 Club Ridef5
 Courier Deliveryf4





2198 Filbert (x. Fillmore)
San Francisco, CA 94123



415.896.4671



Monday–Friday: 7am to 7pm
Saturday–Sunday: 7am to 6pm

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The...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:20:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 2011 National Crit Champion]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-2011-national-crit-champion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Picture: Velouk.net~

Graham Briggs confirmed Rapha Condor Sharp’s domination of the UK criterium season by becoming the 2011 National Criterium Champion on Friday. After returning from his honeymoon (watching the Tour de France) Briggs took one...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:02:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Non-Rush Hour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nonrush-hour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggsagedesoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:59:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental rides Colorado ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-continental-rides-colorado-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Starting next Tuesday August 2nd, we will be releasing the latest in our summer series with the Rapha Continental. The springtime was left to our exploration of the Tour of Californiaww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental route with Tim Johnson, which was all...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:17:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Tour 2011: The Director's Car]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-2011-the-directors-car</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Simon Mottram~

We asked Yann Le Moenner, General Director of ASO, about his impressions of this year's Tour:

"I was particularly impressed by the incredible number of spectators at the beginning, but above all in the mountains. Admitt...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:16:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Tour 2011: The Roadside]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-2011-the-roadside</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo - Rob Saunders~

The Tour de France is always a visual feast, but for the fan on the roadside it is the sounds rather than the sights that often make a lasting impression. This was particularly true on stage 19 of this year's Tour on Alpe d'...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:37:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Tour 2011: The Old-Style Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-2011-the-oldstyle-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Scan courtesy of Numerius~

By Graeme Fife

No Prologue, racing from the first gun…two of the favourites, Contador and Evans scrapping for the win on Stage 4, Contador evidently keen to show he was still in the fight despite losing time from t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:07:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cat In The Hat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cat-in-the-hat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:19:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Tour 2011: The Finish Line]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-tour-2011-the-finish-line</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sunday was one of those rare but wonderful moments where my professional sphere allowed me access to a very sacred experience for a cycling fan. I found myself at the finish line area on the Champs-Élysées editing photographs.

The excitement was...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:45:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NUUN Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nuun-ride-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two years ago the riders of the Rapha Continental started traveling with tubes of nuun and there hasn't been a cramping issue since. We don't really know how it worksww.nuun.com//?exn=whatisnuun, but are constantly thankful that it does. 

nuun has...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:32:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Leopard]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-leopard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:42:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Étapes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-tale-of-two-tapes-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This year saw not one but two editions of the Étape du Tour: Acte I, which tackled the final mountain stage of the Tour and Acte II, a monstrous roller in the Massif Central. Rapha rode both and they proved to be worlds apart.





by Kieran Ri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:27:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In Seattle With Cascade Bicycle Studio]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-seattle-with-cascade-bicycle-studio</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You would think that we are used to it by now. Turning over in the early morning light to find that the rain from the night before has continued on through the morning. Still, every time it happens there is still that same sinking feeling. This was n...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:45:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Went to Paris, bought some espadrilles [The BPB]]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/went-to-paris-bought-some-espadrilles-the-bpb-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Max Leonard  PHOTOS: Andrew Edwards

If you didn’t already know, some at Rapha towers are undertaking the PBP, the Paris-Brest-Parisww.rapha.cc/brevet-jersey, this year. We, on the other hand, decided to do the BPB. That’s right: the Bri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:19:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hey Harry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hey-harry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:17:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Urbanized]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/urbanized</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:16:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Summer Sample Sale 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/summer-sample-sale-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The weekend beginning the 29th July sees Rapha's annual summer sample sale in London with big discounts on samples and discontinued/end-of-season stock. There will be some incredible deals so arrive as close to opening time as you can.

DATES &amp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:28:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Body Shop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/body-shop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:39:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[21st Avenue Shop Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/21st-avenue-shop-ride-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It should not come as a surprise to anyone that anytime we organize a ride there are a plethora of Rapha jerseys that appear. This is always fun, as we are into our eighth year there are plenty of jerseys to go around. However, it is pleasantly surpr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:13:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dog Run]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dog-run</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:20:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: The point of no return]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-the-point-of-no-return</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With nine days of the Rapha Rising challenge left to go, riders who have err, risen to this monumental task should be well into their tally of metres climbed. In fact, 13,000m would be perfectly on track at this stage in the game, but take heart from...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:32:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bells of New Hampshire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bells-of-new-hampshire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sorry ladies, one hates to be the bearer of bad news, but it is official, one of our own Rapha Continental riders, Mr. Pierre Vanden Borreww.rapha.cc/pierre-vanden-borre is officially off the market. This past weekend saw Pierre marry his lovely lady...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:47:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/welcome-to-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;h2&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/about-rapha"&gt;About Rapha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/rapha-products"&gt;Rapha Products&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/shop/"&gt;Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:45:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour de Krásná Lípa]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-de-krsn-lpa-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Courtesy of Rouleurww.rapha.cc/rouleur-magazine magazine~
Words: Ian Cleverly  Photos: Gerard Brown

While the world’s cycling fans have spent the past week poring over galleries of gruesome post-crash photographs and watching endless re-runs o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:05:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Uniformed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/uniformed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:18:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alone on the mountain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/alone-on-the-mountain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riding in the bunch people take refuge (or get dropped). Crosswinds and headwinds are avoided by sitting within the pack. There’s even time to gossip and laugh, eat an ice cream. Sometimes it gets too intimate; elbows, heads, carbon, alloys and tar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:23:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RAPHA TV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-tv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It isn't just the riders in the world's biggest stage race flashing their frames, components and kits (and whatever else they may have to flash). This is, after all, the Tour de France so you give the best you've got no matter whether you're a ProTou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:14:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Like A Guv'nor]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/like-a-guvnor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:25:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Ride and Films: Seattle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-ride-and-films-seattle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Friday and Saturday July 15th and 16th, join us at Cascade Bicycle Studioascadebicyclestudio.com/ as we celebrate summer, Seattle and all things cycling. Friday night will be an old fashioned Ice Cream social and movie night with a screening of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:28:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another Perfect Evening]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/another-perfect-evening</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:29:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache: Part three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-part-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words: Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazineww.rouleur.cc/

Where have all the heroes gone? I do wonder. In the over-calculated, controlled and predictable racing world, is there any room for panache?

I’d like to suggest that it’s somethin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:28:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2011 NE Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2011-ne-gentlemens-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~VIDEO: Paper Fortressaperfortressfilms.com/  WORDS: Gerben Gerritsen  PHOTOS: Chris Millimanhrismilliman.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

There are great juxtapositions in cycling: the tougher the ride, the greater the rewards; the further you go, the more unkno...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:31:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rising: Let's get high]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising-lets-get-high</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Rising is now well under way and it looks like a large host of riders around the world are ascending to the challenge of  amassing 21,125ww.rapha.cc/rapha-rising climbing metres before the end of the Tour. 

Remember, you still have the whole...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:14:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cardigan Commute]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cardigan-commute</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Meighan O'Tooleyloveforyou.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:22:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Massif]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/massif</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Massif Central, whilst unknown to many, could be described as the heart and soul of France. Made up of nearly twenty départements including the Loire, Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme, the overall area comprises two regions, the Auvergne and the Limousin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:40:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RAPHA-QUETTE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/raphaquette</link>
			<description><![CDATA[By SIMON MILLS

• White socks only from May onwards. Black socks are for winter months.

• Yes, vintage jerseys - 20 years old or more - can look rather chic but, let’s face it, you do not ride for the US Postal/Quickstep/Liquigas team and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:11:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Galibier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/galibier</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. “Have they not wings, our men who have been able to climb up to heights where even eagles don’t fly? … Oh Sappey, Oh Laffrey, Oh Col Bayard, Oh Tourmalet! I shall not shirk from my duty in proclaiming that beside the Galibier you are nothin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:59:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Washing Machine Post]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-washing-machine-post</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:51:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[King of the Mountains]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/king-of-the-mountains</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is surely appropriate that cyclingnews.com has garnered an 'exclusive' by having Robert Millar write for them during the current Tour de France. For only a few years ago the Scot had apparently become something of a hermit, happy to go about his d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:28:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Étape du Tour 2011 Acte II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tape-du-tour-2011-acte-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Issoire &gt; Saint Flour: Sunday 17th July 2011~

The Etape du Tour Acte II is a very different experience to the grand Alpine stage of Acte I. We’ve referred to it as ‘The Real Tour de France’ because, as in the early days, the race travels...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:08:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Broadway]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-broadway</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:00:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache: Part Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-part-two-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At the start of the season I wrote an open letterww.rapha.cc/panache-an-open-letter to the sport of road racing. The letter called for more 'panache' from racers: more daring, flamboyant exploits, more spirit and more risk-taking to excite us.

We ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:29:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Étape du Tour 2011 Acte I]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tape-du-tour-2011-acte-i-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Modane &gt; Alpe d'Huez: Monday 11th July 2011~



This route will be, to quote Henri Desgrange, “an act of adoration”. For many the Alps and in particular the Col du Galibier and the Alpe d’Huez are the grandest stadia of the world’s mos...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:02:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RAPHA RISING]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And you thought the Festive 500ww.rapha.cc/the-rapha-festive-500 was hard. During the course of this year's Tour de France (beginning Saturday in case you've been under a rock) we challenge you to climb the same amount of elevation as the pros over t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:46:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over/Under]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/overorunder</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:08:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Full Gas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/full-gas-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Sam Bagnall~

Upon entering the centre of Manchester Velodrome, I was instantly overwhelmed at the size of this venue. A true pantheon of greats, the track marks the home training ground for Team GB, arguably the most accomplished and dri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:50:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beggar’s Choice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beggars-choice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jonathan Bacon~

“Just like Beggar’s Canyon back home Son” and sometimes I aim for short and sweet with a little bit of speed. I might attack a climb, or sprint for a town sign. What I’m always doing though is collecting ‘approxim...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:41:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biker Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/biker-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:38:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Franz Bakery Criterium]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/franz-bakery-criterium-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a growing collection of Crits in the Portland metro area gathering steam with each passing year. The Mississippi Ave Crit in June, along with the Downtown Crit later in August tend to be some of the most well attended bike races tha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:07:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Road Race Championships]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/national-road-race-championships</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All images Andrew Shaw:~ eddlestonviashiplaw.comddlestonviashiplaw.blogspot.com/

Pictures from Sunday's National Road Race in Northumberland where Bradley Wiggins was victorious crossing the line 35 seconds ahead of team mate and defending champi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[His And Hers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/his-and-hers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Meighan O'Tooleww.myloveforyou.typepad.com/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:22:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Luggage Range]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-luggage-range</link>
			<description><![CDATA[shop/luggage

The new Rapha luggage rangeshop/luggage is now available. This exciting new collection of technical riding packs and accessories, includes a makeover for the Rapha backpack, as well as a new Race Bag, Wash Bag, Tote Bag and two sizes ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:12:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bicycle Collection: An Interview with Tony Pereira and Ira Ryan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bicycle-collection-an-interview-with-tony-pereira-and-ira-ryan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS by Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/  INTERVIEW by Jeremy Dunn~

The next ordering period for the Ira Ryan / Tony Periera Continental bike is closing July 1st. This is a unique collaboration in the world of handmade bicycles. We sat down la...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:28:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Something we all know already: Bicycles are good]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/something-we-all-know-already-bicycles-are-good</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With My Own Two Wheels, a feature-length documentary about the bicycle as a vehicle for change around the world, is setting off on a cross-country screening tour. Two Wheels weaves together the stories of five individuals across the globe into a sing...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:21:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Backseat Driver]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/backseat-driver</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:34:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Crit: Or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the corner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-crit-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-the-corner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Collyn Ahart~

Of course I’d overrun the corner. Zoolander couldn’t turn left. I clearly couldn’t turn right. This seemed an absurdity. My first 21 years were spent turning right, but in the short course of 7 years living on GMT, I’...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:02:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentlemen's Ride , Fränkische Schweiz]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-ride--frnkische-schweiz</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The next Rapha Gentlemen's Ride will take place on Sunday July 3rd in the Fränkische Schweiz in Germany. Rolling out at 11am from bikedress in Erlangen, it will soon become clear why this area is known as the 'Franconian Switzerland'. Climbs, cobble...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:28:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lush Life]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lush-life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:10:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Otto Miller Revisited]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/otto-miller-revisited-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday we decided to mix it up a bit. Instead of the scheduled Pumpkin Ridge Ride, which has done a great job of breaking us through the winter, we went with a tried and true method - Otto Miller. This was the main feature of our Wednesday ri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:27:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racing Through The Dark]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/racing-through-the-dark-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Words: Ian Cleverly  Images: Timm Kölln~
~Extract from Rouleur issue 24, coming soon.~

A series of missed calls and voicemails between David Millar and myself evolved into text messages. “Sorry for not answering”, I wrote, “but I was dern...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:36:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Accents]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/accents</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:57:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour Series Champions]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-series-champions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Image: Phil Jones~

Why are Rapha Condor Sharp so happy? No, it's not because they just received their new Pro Team Socksww.rapha.cc/pro-team-socks-1 or because they are being insulated from the crap London weather by scantily clad cheerleaders. T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:37:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chris King in San Francisco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chris-king-in-san-francisco-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Sunday - June 19th Chris King, the man himself, will be on hand at the Rapha Cycle Club - San Franciscoww.rapha.cc/san-francisco from 11am - 1pm. Stop by to have a coffee and chat with Chris about his storied history within the cycling industry ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:55:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Feed My Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/feed-my-ride-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While in London last month the opportunity arose to stop by the bicycle shop-cafe Look Mum No Hands.ww.lookmumnohands.com/ Any number of reasons could be used to visit their location —fantastic coffee, great food, a bicycle workshop and outdoor bik...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:03:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides the Victorian Alps]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-the-victorian-alps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Back in March, before the snow fell on the ski fields of the Victorian Alps, we set out to ride some of the most magnificent roads in Australia. A 235km loop featuring three mountain passes with nearly 5,000 vertical meters of climbing was thankfully...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Petrichor]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/petrichor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Max Leonard~

‘Petrichor’ was coined by two Australian researchers writing in the journal Nature in 1964, deriving its meaning from the Greek words petra, ‘stone’, and ichor, the mythical fluid that flows through the veins of the go...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:06:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Audax Diaries – Bryan Chapman 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-audax-diaries--the-bryan-chapman-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

The suffering served up during the 1,200km of Paris-Brest-Paris starts long before the riders arrive on the start line. Of all the BRM (Brevets des Randonneurs Mondiaux) rides needed to qualify (200, 300, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:27:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sometimes You Fall]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sometimes-you-fall-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You're not wearing a helmet. Is that because you want everyone to see that fancy hat you've got on?" This is Rapha Continental Rider "Ryan Thomsonww.rapha.cc/ryan-thomson commenting from behind the windscreen of "Big Jän" the dark blue Sprinter van ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:43:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/usa-pro-cycling-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jeremy Dunn  PHOTOS: Jake Stangelakestangel.com/  VIDEO: Droptreeww.droptree.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

~PROLOGUE~

~This is the first in a series of six features to be released in the build up to the big race beginning 22 August, 2011.~

Here w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:26:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plaid Please]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/plaid-please</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:24:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steeps of San Francisco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/steeps-of-san-francisco</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words: Lee Jakobs

I have lived in San Francisco for 20 years, still I am constantly reminded that you can't really know The City unless you do it on two wheels. The up and down, up and down, meandering throughout San Francisco's neighborhoods is a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:23:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lap Dance]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lap-dance</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The fifth Nocturne at Smithfield Market in Central London on Saturday 11 June was, once again, a phenomenal event. Unusually, an accompanying downpour of rain failed to materialise, meaning contests such as the Penny Farthing Race, Longest Skid Compe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:11:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Track Star]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/track-star</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:27:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental in Colorado ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-continental-in-colorado-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental is back on the road and the State of Colorado is doing its best to set the stage for the upcoming USA Pro Cycling Challenge.ww.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ From what we have seen so far this should no...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:46:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vainqueur de l'Étape]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vainqueur-de-ltape</link>
			<description><![CDATA[JOAQUIM AGOSTINHO
Stage 17, Les Menuires - Alpe d'Huez, 1979
The Portugese puncheur completed the Tour de France 12 times and was one of the most feared racers of his era. In 1979, riding for the French Flandria team, he won the first of two stages...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:49:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Smithfield Nocturne: 11.06.11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-smithfield-nocturne-110611</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Smithfield Nocturne came to life in 2007 when Rapha teamed with Condor and Face Partnership to create an evening criterium around Smithfield Market in the City of London. Over 5000 spectators witnessed elite and amateur racing under Twilight in t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:04:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Downhill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/downhill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:56:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Summer Cocktails]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-summer-cocktails</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Enjoy responsibly....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:50:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My First Lanterne Rouge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/my-first-lanterne-rouge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The term lanterne rouge is a famous part of racing folklore. The rider who completes the race yet finishes in dead last on GC is awarded the title ‘lanterne rouge’ and in turn is lauded and celebrated for having the tenacity to hang on within the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:12:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Looking North]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/looking-north</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:28:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coffee and Cognac all round]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coffee-and-cognac-all-round</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Friday 3rd June 2011 saw the Mobile Cycle Clubmobile-cycle-club 'up north' catering to an intrepid bunch of night cyclists looping through a route in the Pennines. It was an amazing night which everyone enjoyed.

Before dawn the skyline began to gl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:05:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Art]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-art</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The only way is Rapha Condor Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-only-way-is-rapha-condor-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dean Downing showed the rest of The Halfords Tour Series that the only way in Essex on Thursday night was Rapha Condor Sharp, winning the sprint from a five man break to help the team to a fourth win from four rounds.

Victory in Colchester was add...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:13:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Col du Galibier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/col-du-galibier-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Galibier — even the name has the sound of impending doom. Everything was new and fresh, the inches of pavement were spilling quickly under our tires while broad, sweeping vistas opened around every turn of the road. Day after day we ticked a few Co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:33:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Northern Souls]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/northern-souls</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Polly Baldwin~

~WORDS: Ben Lieberson  PHOTOS: Ben Lieberson &amp; Polly Baldwin~

The Mobile Cycle club is on the road in the North of England this week. First stop last Saturday was Sheffield where Nonnas Restaurant played host to a Giro we...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:09:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Triple Stack for Men in Black]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/triple-stack-for-men-in-black</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp made it three out of three on Tuesday night as the Halfords Tour Series reached sunny Peterborough. Graham "Pocket Rocket" Briggs took the victory after Ed Clancy made a powerful drive to finish the peloton off before Briggs dashed...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supercorsa Commute]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/supercorsa-commute</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:18:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lehigh Valley Rapha Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lehigh-valley-rapha-gentlmens-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The third annual Rapha NE Gentlemen's Race took place on the 21st of May in the beautiful Lehigh Valley. Twenty teams approached the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania knowing that the day would likely be a memorable day of riding. 

On paper, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:00:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides North Sealand]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-north-sealand</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jesper Grundahl  PHOTOS: © Fredrik Clement~

With the forthcoming Road Race World Championship being held in Copenhagen, Rapha will be staging several rides during the week of 19-25th September 2011.

Preparations for riding with the Dan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Au Feeling]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/au-feeling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Max Leonard~

Reading William Fotheringham’s excellent translation of Laurent Fignon’s autobiographyww.rouleur.cc/we-were-young-and-carefree, Nous étions jeunes et insouciants (or We Were Young and Carefree), it struck me that no other...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 11:17:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Collector]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-collector</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 08:50:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile Cycle Club Goes North 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-goes-north-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mobile Cycle Club is now on tour throughout Europe. See more here »mobile-cycle-club



At the end of May the Mobile Cycle Club will be back from Europe, and it’s coming to visit the North of England. From 28th May join us at the events lis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:12:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colle delle Finestre]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/colle-delle-finestre</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Phil Deeker~

The infamous Colle delle Finestre features as the penultimate and perhaps decisive climb in tomorrow’s Tappa 20 of the Giro d’Italia. Phil Deeker is researching the route ahead of the Gran Corsa d’Italia, an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:18:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental- The Bicycle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-the-bicycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ira Ryan and Tony Pereira are unique people. Builders, thinkers, and craftsmen, they are ambassadors for the flourishing custom bicycle 'scene' of Portland, OR. In a city where there are rumored to be over 30 full time builders – and countless back...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:21:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dopatissimi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dopatissimi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTO: Guy Andrews~

Extract from Maglia Rosa by Herbie Sykes, available here »maglia-rosa &amp;nbsp;

Many would have us believe that everyone deserves a second chance, and of course in principal they are quite correct. However, in giving them...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:58:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental The Movie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-the-movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental began in 2007, driven by the idea to discover, or perhaps rediscover, the lost art of cycling. Too many riders that we knew had started to lose sight of why we love to ride, slipping into a racer’s mentality and putting our fo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:02:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental The Movie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-the-movie-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental began in 2007, driven by the idea to discover, or perhaps rediscover, the lost art of cycling. Too many riders that we knew had started to lose sight of why we love to ride, slipping into a racer’s mentality and putting our fo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:02:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Through the firing line]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/through-the-firing-line</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Collyn Ahartww.collynahart.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

In road racing, they say the finish line is everything. Every race is won or lost on the finish line, where a matter of inches throws a girl into the depths of depression, soul searching and swea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boardwalk]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/boardwalk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 09:57:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ethan Suplee Downsizes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ethan-suplee-downsizes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You may know Ethan Suplee from his work on the big screen, starring in movies American History X, Remember the Titans, Blow, or even more recently the hit television show, My Name is Earl. Rapha rode with Ethan in November and when the Downsize Offer...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:41:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Halfords Tour Series Round1: Durham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/halfords-tour-series-round1-durham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All images ©Velouk.netww.velouk.net/ &amp;nbsp;~

Congratulations to the Rapha Condor Sharp team who got off to a perfect start at the Halfords Tour series last night, winning everything on offer at the opening round of the televised series in Du...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:17:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You Win Again]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/you-win-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Guy Andrews~

bq. “That Belgian, he doesn’t even leave you the crumbs, he’s a cannibal/content/uploads/2624-02.jpg/content/uploads/2624-03.jpg!":rouleur.cc/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:04:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnée Appennini 2011 Report]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonnee-appennini-2011-report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Simon Clark  PHOTOS: Ross Muir~

Che Bello/content/uploads/2623-02.jpg/content/uploads/2623-03.jpg Even though fatigue had started to show, our morale was boosted by the presentation to our guests of the Rapha Randonnée Appennini Tricolore...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:58:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Watching Giro d'Italia with Weary Eyes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/watching-giro-ditalia-with-weary-eyes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Everynight, at the Rapha Cycle Club Tokyo, Giro d'Italia coverage on J-Sports Broadcasting starts at 9:45PM. Most stages finish around 12:30 to 1:00AM.

Well past the last train home.

Still every night we have a few fans during the week, and on ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:54:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Etape Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/etape-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The competition is now closed--
To enter simply answer the following questions:
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Q. Which rider won the 17th stage to Alpe D’Huez in the 1979 Tour?

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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:28:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rain Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rain-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ethan Suplee Downsizes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/super-downsize-me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Steven Nereohematerialtrip.com/ &amp;nbsp;~

You may know Ethan Suplee from his work on the big screen, starring in movies American History X, Remember the Titans, Blow, or even more recently the hit television show, My Name is Earl. Rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Amazing Cindy Lew]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-amazing-cindy-lew</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I met Cindy Lewellen in the summer of 2009 during the Cascade Classic Stage Race in Bend, Oregon. I liked her immediately, sensing that behind her quiet demeanor and good-natured attitude, there was an adventurous, athletic woman who lived life accor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 13:30:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thinking Pink]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thinking-pink</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 12:04:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile Cycle Club in Berlin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-in-berlin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From the 21st-22nd May, the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club will be visiting Berlin as part of the 2011 Skoda Velothon event. Please stop by, have a coffee and watch the Giro at the Club on the Straße des 17. Juniaps.google.co.uk/maps?um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 05:15:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC Stage 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atoc-stage-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Chris Horner soloing to a win atop Sierra Road was something of beauty to watch. At 39 years of age, this accomplished "journeyman" is a favorite of cycling fans and a win of this magnitude is something that many of us will cherish for him. Sitting i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 16:52:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides the Black Forest | Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-the-black-forest--film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/23900030?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

~Film by~ "e r t z u iww.ertzui.de/

The Freiburg Collectiveww.freiburgc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 10:31:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Club Tokyo | In Pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club-tokyo--in-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/tokyo-1

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See more info on the Cycle Club Tokyoww.rapha.cc/tokyo-1...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 16:00:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATOC Stage 1 Report- Lake Tahoe, California]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/-atoc-stage-1-report-lake-tahoe-california-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There was no Stage 1. 

The organizers of the Amgen Tour of Californiaww.amgentourofcalifornia.com must be very tired of contingencies. Less than two weeks ago when another late spring mud slide onto PCH-1 forced Stage 5 from the picturesque coasta...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 06:30:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Ride: Pennsylvania]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-ride-pennsylvania</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Please join Bicyclingww.bicycling.com and Rapha for a Gentleman's Ride next Sunday May 22nd. The ride will start and end at the Valley Preferred Cycling Centerww.thevelodrome.com and venture through the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. The 46 ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 23:06:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[California Caboose]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/california-caboose</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first rider ever to be given the title ‘Lantern Rouge’ was Arsene Millocheau in the 1903 Tour de France. Named after the red lanterns hung at the end of freight trains so that conductors could see that the cars hadn’t become disconnected, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 14:21:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paul's Cap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pauls-cap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The bike was a pale blue ‘Paramount’ from a local cycle dealer near my home town of Nottingham, actually I think the frame was made by Mercian of Derby but with Paramount stickers. It was bought from a friend of my dad’s and, of course, was sec...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:18:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bianchisto]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bianchisto</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:48:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wouter Weylandt: 27.09.1984 – 09.05.2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wouter-weylandt-27091984--09052011-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riders Never Die ~by Willy Verhegghe~

Riders never die,
All they do is disappear from sight
once they, with unparalleled style
pass the final finish line
and the speed of life
leaves them behind with stiff muscles.

Because they will always...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 11:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In The Sunshine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-sunshine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Steven Nereo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:28:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Caricature]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-caricature</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pete Rubi 

Every time we would leave a hotel the last thing to do is give the room a once over. Check under the beds and in the closets to make sure that no one has left anything behind. The other thing that I look for are little drawings that Col...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 03:15:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Introducing: Pavé &amp; Soigneur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/introducing-pav-and-soigneur-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our latest European retail partners come in the form of Pavé in Barcelona, inspired by the cobbles of Northern Europe. And just this weekend a brand new store in Copenhagen called Soigneur welcomes Scandinavia's first department of performance roadw...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 11:31:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vermont Vintage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vermont-vintage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:46:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[I left my bike in San Francisco.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/i-left-my-bike-in-san-francisco-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A bit of an obvious start to a story about the opening of the Rapha Cycle Club in San Franciscoww.rapha.cc/san-francisco, but completely true. My Pereiraww.rapha.cc/tony-pereira Continental" bicycle is tucked away in the basement of the Cycle Club th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:37:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shooting with Dan Sharp]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shooting-with-dan-sharp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental - Amgen Tour of California 2011ww.rapha.cc/amgen-tour-of-california-2011 films and photos are now live on the site. The video were done by a fantastic Portland based crew by the name of the DropTree Productions. This was the ver...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 01:37:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides the Black Forest: 07.05.11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-the-black-forest-070511-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha is proud to partner the Freiburg Collective. To celebrate Europe's premier hand built bicycle show Rapha will lead a ride through the beautiful Black Forest.

With Chris King, Independent Fabrication, Fixie Inc. and Tune there to name but a f...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:54:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amgen Tour of California 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/amgen-tour-of-california-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Jeremy Dunn  PHOTOS: Dan Sharp~

NB: Each of the four stages ridden by the Continental team features a film, photo slideshow, story, and PDF map download plus links to MapMyRide.com stats.
The 2011 Amgen Tour of California runs from May 15...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 11:42:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lanterne Rouge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lantern-rouge-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Dan Sharp 

There are a lot of projects that will culminate this month. The Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental films and photos that we shot over the course of a week will be published in the coming days. They will be an intim...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:42:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Audax Diaries: The Dean]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-audax-diaries-the-dean</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Anton Blackie  PHOTOS: Wig Worland~

With the 200km Poor Student completed in January, the second instalment of the route to Paris-Brest bore down on us. Any 300km ride is likely to be a good challenge, but in March a 300km can be a lot wor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:06:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Basic Black]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/basic-black</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshalleorgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:09:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Southern Alps &amp; Riviera]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-southern-alps-and-riviera</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Max Leonard~

“Don't tell anyone,” says John, as we stand halfway up the Col de Turini, 25km and a world away from Nice on the chi-chi Cote d'Azur. He is reluctant to publicise the gloriously empty mountain roads, for fear ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:07:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Customer Service]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-customer-service-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With last week's Winter Sale happening the phones around the office were ringing off the hook. The wedding of a certain Prince did nothing if not make matters worse for those of you hoping to get your gear soon. However, it is safe to say that States...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 00:14:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mallorca Final Gent's Hill Climb]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mallorca-final-gents-hill-climb</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This season’s final Gentlemen’s Hill Climb took place yesterday here on Mallorca and what a fitting end it was. It had everything; a great turnout, perfect weather, supporters on the course, a flying ladies team, a Thor Hushovd lookalike and the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:44:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strapped]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/strapped</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:45:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides the Black Forest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-the-black-forest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.freiburgcollective.com/?pageid=13

After all the excitement at NAHBS, Rapha is proud to partner the Freiburg Collective, the premier hand built and bicycle show in Europe. With Chris King, Independent Fabrication, Fixie Inc. and Tune there to na...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:16:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Cycle Ardennais]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-cycle-ardennais</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;br /&gt;

When Phillipe Gilbert secured his third Ardennes classic last Sunday, he became the first Belgian to win the ‘classic triple’ and only the second rider to do so in history. Given that I live within an hour's drive of the start of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:53:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giro d'Italia Dinner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/giro-ditalia-dinner-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join us Sunday, May 15th at the Bluebird Restaurantww.bluebirdchicago.com/ in Chicago for a dinner to highlight the Giro d'Italia. Stage 9 of this years Giro traverses the roads from Messina to Etnaww.grassyknolltv.com/2011/giro-di-italia/profiles/pr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:37:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Varsity]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/varsity</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:08:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2 Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2-film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/22694993?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Ridden, filmed and edited by Pete Drinkell...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:34:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What goes down must come up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/what-goes-down-must-come-up-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The climb of Sa Calobra in Mallorca promised to be a day to remember. During my first taste of riding outside of the British Isles, the magnificent 10km climb was to prove the highlight of my short stay on the Balearic island. Having never ridden a m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:29:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Handlebars]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/handlebars</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshalleorgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:16:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Spaniard]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-spaniard-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp 

Following a fantastic post from the other day titled My Favorite Jerseyww.rapha.cc/my-favourite-jersey by Joe Hall we received top honors from National Geographic Adventure in their Gear of the Year Awardsdventure.nationalgeog...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:28:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attack in black]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/attack-in-black</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/22579610?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Rapha "Condorww.condorcycles.com/ Sharp's impressive start to the season continues as they do b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:16:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illuminated]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/illuminated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteww.fyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:30:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro'Jekt LA: Part Three]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/projekt-la-part-three</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow evening kicks off Part Three of the Pro'Jekt LA series that the Los Angeles based Lucie Foundationww.luciefoundation.org/blog/lucie/ puts on during the month of April. Come see some of the new Spring Summer Line (that was shot in and around ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:26:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Handmade Ride Milan in pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/handmade-ride-milan-in-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday 15th April 40 riders took a journey through Milan to celebrate the Wallpaper Handmade exhibition and the Rapha + Paul Smithww.rapha.cc/shop/paul-smith spring &amp; summer collection. 







Photos © Giorgio Vianiniww.flickr.com/ph...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:31:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Favourite Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/my-favourite-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Do you only own one jersey?”

I get quite a lot of stick during the warmer months because I tend to wear the same short-sleeved jersey as much as I possibly can. Yes, I own alternative jerseys, and very fine jerseysww.rapha.cc/shop/jerseys-and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:49:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha California Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-california-film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/22444962?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Photographer &amp; director: Ben Ingham
Editor: Owynne Dawkins
Sound: S...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:24:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Club SF]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club-sf-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Starting May 5th the Rapha Cycle Club San Francisco will open its doors to the public. Shortly after the opening the Amgen Tour of Californiaww.amgentourofcalifornia.com/ will roll through town. On loan from the ATOC organizers are last years leaders...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:06:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Balearic Bicycling: Cycle Club Mallorca]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/balearic-bicycling-cycle-club-mallorca</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Joe Hall

The Balearic islands, the Islas Baleares , are a desirable destination for many. Known as the “naked islands” (perhaps due to the agreeable climate), some travel to Ibiza for house music and hedonism, others to Min...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:50:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Handmade Ride: Milan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/handmade-ride-milan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/shop/paul-smith

To celebrate the Wallpaper Handmade exhibition and the Spring Summer collaboration between Rapha + Paul Smithww.rapha.cc/shop/paul-smith, 40 luminaries of the design community will be led through the streets of Milan to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:39:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[London, the great smoke, a city where above the sardine-packed Tube, over-priced black cabs, and snail-pace red buses, the bicycle is top of the transport food chain....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:28:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cross Color]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cross-color</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:31:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Craftsman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-craftsman</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:36:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bicycle Concierge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bicycle-concierge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:33:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Behind The Lens]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/behind-the-lens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:29:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Jeweler]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-jeweler</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:17:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Afternoon Cobbles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/afternoon-cobbles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:07:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Upright Citizen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/upright-citizen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:46:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A.M. Red]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/am-red</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:35:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[East Village Commute]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/east-village-commute</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:20:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cold Weather Cruiser]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cold-weather-cruiser</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:13:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[White Gold]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/white-gold</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Andy Whiteww.fyxomatosis.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:21:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heaven and Hell]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/heaven-and-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Kieran Riley~

WORDS: Matthew Berry

On Sunday, I witnessed the junior race, marvelling at the grimy, bruised young riders skittering over the cobbles at speed. How much smoother their passage seemed compared to my own the day before, on...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:55:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A weekend in Hell]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-weekend-in-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos from the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club's first voyage to northern France for the Paris-Roubaix Challengeww.rapha.cc/roubaix-recce-into-the-fight and the pro race on Sunday where Belgian Johan Van Summeren took a surprise victory on the pavé.

~Ph...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:38:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North no. 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-no-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos: Kieran Young~

Hell, so to speak, on a bicycle in blissful sunshine is actually a lot of fun. Blazing (or just lollygagging) along terrain consisting of gravel, potholes and hard dirt on tracks more akin to horseshoes than 21mm slicks, a c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:16:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City Riding in California]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/city-riding-in-california</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/22235015" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Directed by: Ben Ingham...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Summer 11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-summer-11</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Again and again California continues to impress. Switchbacks, glorious descents and enough variety in the scenery to impress even the most hardcore Europhiles among us. The first ride of the Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental Summer '11 s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:04:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legends of Roubaix: Franco Ballerini]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legends-of-roubaix-franco-ballerini</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Bettini photo~

Hailing from the Tuscan city of Florence, Franco Ballerini was one of Italy’s premier Classics specialists in the 1990s alongside Andrea Tafi and Michele Bartoli. His ability riding the cobbled and windswept roads of northern ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:42:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Batteries not included]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/batteries-not-included</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Joe Hell~

Looking around for some words on Paris-Roubaix that hadn't already been written by the other riders, I looked back in my diary to the Friday we left. On the top of the page, there's a pencil list which says:

· Painkillers
·...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's Mobile Cycle Club pulled into Perren St. on Wednesday to flash its shiny new teeth before hitting the road for the next six-months. First stop for the Cycle Club on ten wheels (it was formerly a livestock carrier) is Paris-Roubaix where the C...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:13:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Infatuation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/infatuation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Joe Hall~

Paris-Roubaix is an easy race to fall in love with from the comfort of an armchair. The Queen of the Classics' appeal is visceral, with the cobbles demanding their pound of flesh and the mud-caked faces &amp; haunted eyes belongi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:40:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Denim]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:36:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rattled Bones]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rattled-bones</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo: Joe Hall~

To ride up god's scars is to hope he doesn't see, and flick you down. Or off the sutured earth holding in the dead. Communion rattling in your bike and bones. 

Slowed down and played backwards it's morse code:

C R A S H A N...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:11:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[the Hell of the East]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-hell-of-the-east</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sunday 3rd April saw the 2011 Rouleur Hell of the East, a.k.a. the Dengie Marshes Tour. Rapha Condor Sharpww.rapha.cc/shop/rapha-condor-sharp turned out to dominate this unique, Classic-style race. Big Zak Dempster sprinted away to 1st place with Gra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:59:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-york</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New York City is a rotating disco ball of cycling. Stand on any corner for 10 minutes, and you will see reflected back to you the many tribes that make up the city's cyclists. All of these disparate groups bring their own style to something that none...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:56:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tokyo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, the future metropolis with no real centre, is a melting pot of cycle styles. It presents an altered, distinct reflection that both follows and dictates what to wear on the bike in the city....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:36:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Throwing the dice again]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/throwing-the-dice-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/13819820?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

In honour of Paris-Roubaix this coming weekend, Rapha will once again be s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:38:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From hell with love]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/from-hell-with-love</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos and introduction: Joe Hall~

Our five riders clipped in early on Sunday 13th March to meet with the parcours of Paris-Roubaix. Somewhere in between St. Quentin and Roubaix a respect for the cobblestones was discovered. These roads have been...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:18:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 7: Death on Baldy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-7-death-on-baldy-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip down to the slideshow ∨tocss
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Whenever you are in the moment, the hardest thing in the world is to take yourself out of it. Distraction is your friend. Distraction is ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:01:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/melbourne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Melbourne is a land of ever-changing weather, all in the course of a day. Coffee is the fuel of choice and the riding is plentiful as miles and miles of Beach Road unwind under almost every cyclist's tires....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:11:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 5: Searching for Dinosaurs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-5-searching-for-dinosaurs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip down to the slideshow ∨tocss
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It is nearly dark when the van rolls to a stop at the last possible passing point. Winter storms in the Monterey area have caused landsli...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:01:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hors Course: Paris Roubaix Challenge film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hors-course</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/21638450?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Five Rapha riders set out to ride the Paris-Roubaix parcours in early Marc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:48:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/los-angeles-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles - perhaps best known as the embodiment of car culture in the United States - is showing the world it has a vibrant bike culture as well. Roadies can easily ride from postcard-perfect beaches to stunning mountain passes.  Beach cruisers an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:12:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 4: Flying Lessons]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-4-flying-lessons</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip down to the slideshow ∨tocss
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Livermore
It started with just a few and it was hard to tell where they were coming from or what gender we were dealing with. As the sky...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:01:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile Cycle Club North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club-north-america</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The MCC is currently being winterized to survive the Oregon dark months and will go into hibernation until Spring 2013. Stay tuned.

The Rapha Mobile Cycle Club traversed North America this summer, visiting major events on the cycling calendar. If ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:33:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 2: The Longest Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-2-plus-end-of-stage-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip down to the slideshow ∨tocss
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Lake Tahoe
The only thing to do at the edge of Lake Tahoe is marvel. Marvel at the scene before us. The lake appears like some sort of p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:01:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/my-heroes-have-always-been-cowboys-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What started as a test question for our new San Francisco Cycle Club Manager became an interesting and somewhat telling all-company challenge. 

Who are your top five cyclists, living or dead, retired or currently racing?

Before you take the cha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:01:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Hill Climb: 30.03.11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-hill-climb-300311</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning saw the inaugural Gentlemen's Hill Climb here on Mallorca. Five teams gathered at the Rapha Cycle Club for this unsanctioned, no-holds-barred team time trial over a course climbing a little over 350m in 5km. 





There were no rol...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:19:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ready To Go]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ready-to-go</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The H-Van is officially off. We saw that grey little pony take to the streets once again as it heads towards a new home in the Cycle Club San Francisco. Until just now the van has been housed within the warehouse of another local bicycle business Por...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:25:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2: Video]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2-video</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/21702461?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff&amp;amp;loop=1" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Joe Hall recons the Hell of the North route and the infamo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:36:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Red Hook Crit No. 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/red-hook-crit-no-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The other night New York City was gifted the opportunity to see an amazing spectacle. The Red Hook Criteriumww.redhookcrit.com/ sent 150 cyclists spinning around a foreboding crit course through the industrial wasteland of Red Hook on brakeless fixed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:59:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rolling Pitchers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[River City Roller supported by Rapha, recently held Rolling Pitchers - part roller race, part barista challenge - in Brisbane, Australia. While Brisbane's finest baristas compared latte art, its cyclists raced head to head, over a simulated 500m. Com...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rolling English Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rolling-english-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Cuckmere Haven 1939 © Estate of Eric Ravilious~

The Rolling English Road
by G.K. Chesterton

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chapeau Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chapeau-japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~BettiniPhoto©2011~

WORDS: Guy Andrews

Issue 23 is at the printers. Which is where I sit and type this, surrounded by thrilling titles to browse such as Offshore Support Journal and Transport Review. It’s going to be a long night. But not as...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Utrecht to Antwerp and back…]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/utrecht-to-antwerp-and-back-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anothersomething collective took a spin from Utrecht to Antwerp and back again. We happily provided them with some threads, Elian Cyclesww.eliancycles.com/ were there to provide wheels and it seems a few others got involved to create a memorable 250k...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legends of Roubaix: Rik Van Looy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legends-of-roubaix-rik-van-looy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Known as Rik II, the Emperor of Herentals and the King of the Classics, Henri “Rik” Van Looy’s royal status came about because he was the first man to win all five major classics. This Belgian phenomenon of the post-war period is sometimes over...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/san-francisco-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rain or shine, day or night - there's style for miles cruising the streets of the City by the Bay. Everyday you will see  families on tandems, twenty-somethings on fixed gears, professionals on road bikes, kids on bmx's, and even man's best friend in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Made In Oregon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-oregon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Looking back through photos from the NAHBS two things were instantly apparent. One, was that we did not provide enough coverage of the event. Something that could have been because of the good times that were being had, possibly. The second was that ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Herbie's Giro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/herbies-giro-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rouleur.cc

It had seemed a good idea at the time.

Actually it didn’t, not at all. It seemed an indescribably stupid thing to do, which I guess made it all the more appealing. I was to collect 140 books from the printers in Vicenza (that’...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Lentil Soup]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-lentil-soup</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Recipe and Photos by Matt Card 

Despite more than two decades of riding and racing, I’ve yet to master eating well while riding, especially during the long enervating miles of winter training. Stretch me much beyond four hours and its pretty muc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roubaix Recce: Hors Course]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/roubaix-recce-into-the-fight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Joe Hall~

To watch a Grand Tour champion escape from the pack and up a mountain is to witness grace, beauty and perfection on a bike. To watch a Classics champion float over the cobbles evokes very different emotions. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Argyle and Cross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tokyo-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Moment with Jeremy Powers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-moment-with-jeremy-powers-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[First off I want to say Welcome to the Rapha-FOCUS team JPows. I am just going to jump right in with a few questions for you. You really are, at least in the world of US Cyclocross someone that needs little to no introduction. But, for those of you o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha London Co. Ride: Essex]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-london-co-ride-essex</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you are not familiar to the county of Essex, with its rolling landscape, oak trees, Kestrels, boy racers in lowered Hondas and girls with too much fake-tan lotion, then you'd do far worse than to acquaint yourself on a ride north-east out of Londo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Touring and Racing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/touring-and-racing-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wildflowers are blooming in the Anza-Borrego Desert and an unseasonably angry storm is whipping my tent around with gusts of 40-45 miles per hour. In the morning, I’ll start a 7-day solo exploration of this Southern California Desert region. Down i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides For Tohoku]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-for-tohoku-1-2-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-for-tohoku-1

Rapha is organizing a world wide charity ride in order to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. For the last four years Rapha Japan, based in Nagano, has shared stories and rides wit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2: Sold Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2-sold-out</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Entries for the second annual Hell of the Northww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2 ride are now closed. We apologise for any disappointment. If you didn't manage to sign up in time you can still come along to help us document itww.flickr.com/photos/rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Day Three: Tim Johnson's Ride on Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/day-three-tim-johnsons-ride-on-washington-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Day Three: NYC - Philadelphia, PA (~90 Miles - and 5 of rain)

The second day of the ride might have been our Queen Stage at least in terms of distance and elevation, but day three gave it a run for the money in terms of the weather. The morning st...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PHOTOS: Gavin Campbell  WORDS: Joe Hall

Rapha’s second edition of the Hell of the North took place on Sunday 10th April. Beneath heavenly blue skies 250 plus riders (many of them just having toiled up the hill that leads to the north London encl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paris Roubaix Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paris-roubaix-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and ASO Partnership
Rapha and ASO, organiser of the leading road races in the world, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Nice and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, have signed a two year partnership deal to create the best one-day sportives...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Paris-Roubaix Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-parisroubaix-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Places for the 2011 Paris-Roubaix Challenge are now available.

A new event in the sportive calendar, the route is 162km from Saint Quentin to the Roubaix Velodrome, taking in 18 cobbled sectors, the day before the pros race.

• To book visit t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides for Tohoku]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-for-tohoku</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/rapha-rides-for-tohoku-1"&gt;&lt;img src="/content/uploads/2474-01.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="rapha-rides-for-tohoku-1"&gt;Please make a donation now &amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rapha is o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Day Two: Tim Johnson's Ride on Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/day-two-tim-johnsons-ride-on-washington</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Day Two: Hartford, CT - NYC (148 Miles 8,000 feet of elevation) 

At the end of the first day we were greeted with this video that NECNww.necn.com/03/04/11/Cyclists-embark-on-5-day-trip-to-DC-for-/landingnewengland.html?blockID=433009&amp;feedID=42...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS: Beer and Bicycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-beer-and-bicycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Max Leonard

Sunday, February 27th: a sunny afternoon, 25°C, and almost time to fly back to England after the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. It seemed a shame to waste the NAHBS-branded beer (this bottle was labelled Bla...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Faces of Hell: The Pain Continues]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/faces-of-hell-the-pain-continues</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.facebook.com/rapharacing



We're still taking entries for our Faces of Hell photo contest. In the build up to the 2011 Paris-Roubaix, the Hell of the North, we're asking you to represent the glory and suffering of the world's greatest one day ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Day One: Tim Johnson's Ride on Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/day-one-tim-johnsons-ride-on-washington</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Day One: Boston, MA — Hartford, CT (115 Miles, 8,500 feet of elevation.)

Preparing for the first day of Tim Johnson's Ride on Washingtonww.facebook.com/home.phpwww.rapha.cc/content/uploads/P1040071.jpgwww.rapha.cc/content/uploads/P1040060.jpg!...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Miyama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/miyama</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Vincent Flanagan  PHOTOS: Shu Takenouchi, Kei Tsuji~



Kyoto, home to numerous Buddhist temples and Shinto Shrines, quiet narrow streets and busy boulevards. An intriguing place to wander and wonder about the stories that could be told. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2: The Route]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2-the-route</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To sign-up to the ride visit the registration page »ww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2

START  Pond Square, Highgate N6, 9am GMT

END  Black Horse Pub, Wood St EN5, 1pm GMT onwards

Sectors:

20 – Rectory Farm (sharp right turn at farmhouse)...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Red Hook 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/red-hook-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Started back in 2008 as a completely unsanctioned, underground track-bike criterium, The RedHook Crit is now a bit more on the level. Rumor is that unlike past years when racers were delayed by City buses and a lurking NYPD presence added to the exci...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another Something: UAU Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/another-something-uau-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha are pleased to partner a ride created by Another Somethingww.anothersomething.org/ spinning from Utrecht to Antwerp to Utrecht. 
Takes place on the weekend 12th13th March....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Perspective]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/national-perspective</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Few sports expose their stars to the heady cocktail of pressure experienced by pro road racers. The 24/7 media circus riders negotiate in their everyday lives comes with the territory but in what other sport does the pressure ratchet up to such inten...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fenders and Brylcreem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-york-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Mike Spriggs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panache: An Open Letter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/panache-an-open-letter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every year, Paris-Nice marks the true start of the season for me, when proper racing finally hits the roads of Europe and arm warmers are symbolically discarded over a week of racing to the sunny Med. No doubt there will be lots of great racing this ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Follow the Badger]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/follow-the-badger</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Guy Andrews  PHOTOS: Wig Worland

You will never make me take back what I have already said about Paris-Roubaix. It's a big nonsensewww.rapha.cc/content/uploads/badgerf5.jpgwww.rapha.cc/content/uploads/badgerf3.jpgwww.rapha.cc/content/upload...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wayfaring]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wayfaring</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Survey shooters are frequently on the go - and they never travel without their cameras. So when our man in Tokyo finds himself in Toronto, or our Melbourne photographer visits Milan… you won't miss a shot....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sir Paul Smith leads out at the velodrome]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sir-paul-smith-leads-out-at-the-velodrome</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/v/KmUvEKUlhps?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=enUS"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile Cycle Club Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mobile-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Mobile Cycle Club is traversing Europe this summer, visiting all the major events on the cycling calendar. 

Part café, part retail space, the Rapha Mobile Cycle Club is a great meeting place for discerning road riders. The Club’s inbu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tim Johnson's Ride on Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tim-johnsons-ride-on-washington-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos from 2010 US Cyclocross National Championships

Look at that face. That is a face you can trust. Not only has Tim Johnson been at the front of the professional US Road and Cyclocross scenes, but he has also been actively engaging the bicycle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rocket Espresso Machine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rocket-espresso-for-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. Oggi ci daremo una botta."
"We'll give ourselves a kick up the backside today."
— Fausto Coppi

Limited edition. Each is numbered out of 200 on the boilerplate.

Cyclists may imbibe many stimulants in their lifetime but the universally ac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thank You Austin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thank-you-austin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) ended last night. The bicycles, the riding, and the community of people that converged on Austin, TX made for three fantastic days. 

More to come....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South African Sunshine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/south-african-sunshine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharpww.rapha.cc/shop/rapha-condor-sharp got the season started in solid fashion last week, with Kristian House taking the overall GC at the Tour of South Africa. Aided by Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, Ben Greenwood, Graham Briggs, Zak Dempste...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-omloop-het-nieuwsblad-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Natalie Creswick  PHOTOS: Steve Davidson~

 All the ingredients for a brutal introduction to one day pro racing were there, wind, rain, mud, cobbles, cold, narrow twisty Belgian farm tracks, bad road surfaces, short sharp flandrien climbs a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tough of the Track]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tough-of-the-track</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Ian Cleverly  PHOTOS: Geoff Waugh ©

Azizulhasni Awang, the diminutive Malaysian sprinter renowned for pulling wheelies as he crosses the finish line, is now a household name. Not for reasons of sporting excellence, which the showboater ful...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reap What you sow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/reap-what-you-sow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Greg Lemond famously said that for every week we take off the bike it takes three weeks to get back the form. During the warmer months it’s incredibly easy to rack up those romantic summer miles with natural ease and each day, when the sun’s rays...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha + Paul Smith | Spring Summer 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-plus-paul-smith--spring-summer-2011</link>
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See the collection » "www.rapha.cc/paul-smithww.rapha.cc/s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Break]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-break</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I didn’t really intend to take an off-season, it just kind of happened. I was supposed to go to California. I was supposed to keep racing cyclocross until the end of January.

When the trip was canceled, I stared at my training schedule and felt ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring Forward]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-forward</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS &amp; PICTURES: Phil Deeker

To attend to things in life that do not revolve around the magical machine is probably quite essential to my general physical health and to what’s left of my questionable sanity. Nevertheless, before I realise i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Days in LA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/three-days-in-la-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Three perfect days in Los Angeles could go something like this. First, the sunshine would have to be out and dripping its glorious rays all over the town. Then, each event goes off without a hitch. Throw in a few pleasant surprises and more than enou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[February 24 - 27, Austin, TX
www.2011.handmadebicycleshow.comww.2011.handmadebicycleshow.com/

Every year Rapha attends the North American Handmade Bicycle Show to visit the fine folks who make the bikes we love to ride. Each time we have made new...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Denim]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/denim</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A descendant of a fabric known as Serge de Nimes (shortened to des Nimes), denim is a robust cotton material that has made an indelible impact on modern clothing. The fabric dates back to the 17th century, where it was used for making sails, upholste...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Photography Annual 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-photography-annual-2010</link>
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Taz Darling - Crucifix, Giro d'Italia  ~All images © Rouleur Limited~

In case you have yet to see our latest Rouleur Photography Annualww.rapha.cc/rouleur-annual-2010, here's a taster of what's inside - 320 pa...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Road To NAHBS ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-road-to-nahbs-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A quick look around on a ride yesterday brought to mind the fast approaching North American Handmade Bicycle show. Fellow Rapha Continental Rider Cole Maness was astride his Sycipww.rapha.cc/sycip— who will be situated in the booth adjacent to ours...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North 2 | 10.04.11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-2--100411</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Celebrate Paris Roubaix
100km North London ride (20 gravé sectors)

10th APRIL 2011

Belgian style hospitality at the finish. Watch the pros…
Live coverage of Paris Roubaix accompanied by beer and frites.
A free social event....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monte Carpegna]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/monte-carpegna</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe title=YouTube video player" width="540" height="435" src="www.youtube.com/embed/eF5UPgeYkSg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Footage of the 1973 Giro d'Italia from Jørgen Leth's wonderful documentary Stars and Waterc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Ride: Santa Monica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemans-ride-santa-monica-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Saturday, February 19th in Santa Monica, California we will roll out from Bike Effectww.bikeeffect.com/home/, one of the most recent additions to our Retail Partnerww.rapha.cc/retail-partners family. The ride? The Gauntlet. Despite the ominous soundi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Faces of Hell Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/faces-of-hell-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.facebook.com/rapharacing



In the build up to the 2011 Paris-Roubaix, the Hell of the North, we're launching a photo competition to see who can represent the glory and suffering of the world's greatest one day race.

How to enter
To enter t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legends of Roubaix: Henri Pélissier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legends-of-roubaix-henri-plissier-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Henri Pélissier 1889 – 1935

The most renowned of the Pélissier brothers, Henri was not only one of the most successful interwar European racers, he was also one of the most rebellious members of the peloton the sport has seen. His main victori...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS Prep]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-prep</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The boxes are starting to stack up for the pending trip to the North American Handmade Bicycle Showww.2011.handmadebicycleshow.com/ later this month in Austin, Texas. Last year the theme was that of a convenience storeww.rapha.cc/a-continental-conven...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Race Radio]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-race-radio</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© www.joolzedymond.comww.joolzedymond.com/joolzeD/FrontPage.html

Described by Bradley Wiggins as “codswallop” but seen by some purists and riders, such as David Millar, as the only way to revive the drama of the sport, the UCI’s controversi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illegal Bidon Party]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/illegal-bidon-party</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Up early and over the George Washington Bridge to the 9W. Turn right and turn the pedals. Then, at some point flip it and head back. The same ride again and again. This particular day last summer Mike Spriggs was the guide and the steed was a borrowe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Giro vs. The Tour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-giro-vs-the-tour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS  PHOTOS: Phil Deeker

In 2010 I had the privilege of riding the full Tour de France route  (managing the ‘Tour de Force’ event) and then driving the entire Giro d’Italia 2011 route (reconnaissance for the Gran Corsa d’Italiainy.cc/gra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brixton Billy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/brixton-billy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by George Marshallww.georgemarshallphoto.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North American Handmade Bicycle Show]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Spring Summer 2011 | Getting Ready]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-spring-summer-2011--getting-ready</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/19560809" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

See details of the Rapha "Spring Summer rangeww.rapha.cc/spring-and-summer-2011-range...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spring &amp; Summer 2011 range]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spring-and-summer-2011-range</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha’s latest range has been created with a passion for performance, design and the sport of road racing. Offering competitive racing apparel, essential training kit, functional city roadwear and innovations in luggage and luxury accessories. Belo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chris Newton interview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chris-newton-interview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Former Rapha Condor Sharp rider and Olympic silver medallist, Chris Newton, worked closely with Rapha in developing the new Pro Team products. Here he discusses the evolution of race clothing and why the Pro Team range represents the cutting edge of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flanders Field]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/flanders-field</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words: Ian Cleverly  Photos: Marthein Smit
Extract from Rouleur 22ww.rapha.cc/rouleur-magazine

If there is such a thing as motor home envy among the cyclo-cross fraternity, then Ian Field is guilty as charged. Wandering the competitor’s parking...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legends of Roubaix: Hippolyte Aucouturier]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legends-of-roubaix-hippolyte-aucouturier-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hippolyte Aucouturier 
The wonderfully named Hippolyte Aucouturier was an imposing and outspoken rider whom Henri Desgrange referred to as “Le Terrible”. The self-styled villain of the Peloton in black and white stripes (in fact red and blue) ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Viel Glück!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/viel-glck-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Go Zach 5 am PST Saturday January 29th the action kicks off on ProCyclingLive.ww.procyclinglive.com/livestream/ It is here. The time is nigh. The preparations have all been made and now is the time to watch the racing come to life. While you are at i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Geoff Proctor interview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/geoff-proctor-interview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;small&gt;PHOTOS by Tom Robertsonww.tomrobertsonphoto.com/   INTERVIEW by Jeremy Dunn&lt;/small&gt; 

 Geoff Proctor has been doing this cyclocross thing for a long time. After racing a hand-full of World Cups in the mid-nineties and three World...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Always read the label]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/always-read-the-label</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Unveiling of the new season’s team kit invariably attracts a disproportionate amount of comment. There is little else to discuss over the winter before racing starts in earnest, so the designers of what the pro peloton will be sporting this year un...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Das Pro Und the Rookie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/das-pro-und-the-rookie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Todd Prekaski

If you have not been following along with the saga of CycloWhat?yclowhat.com/ Now would be a good time to jump in with both feet. A few short weeks ago CycloWhat founder/blogger Chandler Delinks put up a Kickstarter campaig...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Playlist Vol. Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-playlist-vol-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here’s the second edition of our Winter Playlistww.rapha.cc/winter-playlist, to help you ride through the colder months. We’re not endorsing the use of iPods whilst out riding, but do suggest you have a listen to what some of us at Rapha are curr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Legends of Roubaix: Peter Post]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/legends-of-roubaix-peter-post</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Peter Post: Nov/12/1933 – Jan/14/2011

Over the next few months we’ll be celebrating Paris-Roubaixww.rapha.cc/paris-roubaix-challenge and the history, heroes and drama of this incredible race. We’ll also be honouring some of the illustrious m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sample Sale | 28-30.01.11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sample-sale--28300111</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Date 
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th January

Location
Shop 25, Hanbury St. LONDON E1 6QL



Times 
· Friday: 10am – 6pm
· Saturday: 10am – 6pm 
· Sunday: 12pm – 5pm

Next Friday Rapha will be visiting Spitalfields, London to hold ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha-FOCUS Cyclocross Photo Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/raphafocus-cyclocross-photo-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The votes are in. Everything has been tallied. Reputations have been sullied. Wait, no, not that last one. The bikes were the only thing to be sullied. Corsa Conceptsww.corsaconcepts.com/ founder Greg hudson was the clear winner with his worms-eye ph...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tweed – The original performance fabric]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tweed--the-original-performance-fabric-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is,” Bertie Wooster once remarked of his favourite tweed suit. “Doubtless in order to avoid him, Sir,” replied the ever-reliable Jeeves. Not a remark a chap’s ever likely to hear if he’s riding...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Truth be Told]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/truth-be-told</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© PongoPinkww.flickr.com/photos/32998649@N06/

I won a time trial.

Nothing to shout about, you’re probably thinking, but it made me happy for a few weeks. Plus, to anyone who knows my (cough) fitness regime, it does sound highly unlikely. It ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Today's Moment of Zen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/todays-moment-of-zen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Knowing what we know of James Nordww.jamesnord.com/ it is no surprise his dog also has great style....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smiles for Miles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/smiles-for-miles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I often get 'busted' by riding partners for having a silly smile on my face. There seems to be a constant grin on my face and usually it's for no other reason than the happy feeling that comes with the freedom of being out on the bike. Sometimes I'd ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Festive 500: The winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-festive-500-the-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The wait is over. We can now reveal the winners of the Festive 500. It was very difficult deciding who would take the top spots, so if you have any problems with who we've awarded prizes to, forget it. It's all in the name of riding (and winning). To...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[When Johnny met Bradley]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/when-johnny-met-bradley</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo by Ben Ingham~

By Johnny Green 

“In the city there’s a thousand things I want to say to you 
But whenever I approach you, you make me look a fool 
I wanna say, I wanna tell you
About the young ideas 
But you turn them into fear...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Audax Diaries: The Poor Student]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-audax-diaries-the-poor-student</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~January 10th, 2011~

I must have first become aware of Paris-Brest-Paris over ten years ago.  My initial - ignorant and unconsidered - response would have been to dismiss it as “too far, too slow”.  At the time I was preoccupied with going as ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Bicycle Collection]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bicycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. ~You buy a bike because it looks good; you choose it carefully, and then you sit on it and you don’t see it anymore.~
~- Paul Fournel, Need for the Bike~

Beginning January 2011 and for the next two years, Rapha has partnered with four maste...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sneak Peek]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sneak-peek-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow will see the launching of a new and exciting partnership with a few of the worlds best bicycle makers. Keep an eye on the homepageww.rapha.cc/ or Register Nowww.rapha.cc/register/ to receive the email newsletter that is scheduled to go out e...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rendezvous]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rendezvous</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's free iPhone app, Rendezvous, is no longer in development and is no longer available from the iTunes Store. We are unfortunately unable to provide support for users. If you still have a copy of the app on your iPhone and are having log-in issu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bikeman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bikeman-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To read the full story click hereww.rapha.cc/bikeman....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Koya San]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/koya-san</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Vincent Flanagan  PHOTOS: Shu Takenouchi, Kei Tsuji~



In the early 9th century a leading Buddhist monk in Kyoto, the Imperial Capital at the time, learned of small mountain top plateau surrounded by 8 small peaks and said to resemble th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monti Pallidi Video Clips]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/monti-pallidi-video-clips</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/18528176?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

The latest film clips from Rapha Rides Monti Pallidi, shot last year in th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Best of the Best]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-best-of-the-best</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selection A 

One more time we would like to call upon your help in regards to the Rapha-FOCUS team. Over the course of this past season we asked for your help in getting us photos of our boys as they traversed the continent racing some of the best...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unfulfilling Prophesy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/unfulfilling-prophesy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha 500, despite the best of intentions, ended in spookily similar fashion to my alternative and likely programme, as opposed to the idealistic scenario mapped out hereww.rapha.cc/getting-the-miles-in.

Every school report I ever had made the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eleven for 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/eleven-for-2011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(floatRight)paris-roubaix-challenge

1. The Paris Roubaix Challenge:
Welcome to Hell
This coming year sees Rapha teaming up with ASO, organizer of the world’s biggest races and sportives, to bring a new and enhanced experience of riding the Que...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental 2010 in review]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-2010-in-review</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wanderlust is at the heart of the Rapha Continental. What started five years ago simply as summer riding with friends in a lets hope we find some gravel roads" quickly, unexpectedly became an ever-growing exploration of riding in North America. Soon ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further Festivity]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/further-festivity</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been a flurry of fantastic entries to the Rapha Festive 500. We’ve had the pleasure of looking through great photography, video, writing, Garmin data (yawn) and even illustrations to compile our winners shortlist for the top three podium ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cross In Belgium]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cross-in-belgium</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Zach is back in the States, his short campaign in Belgium considered a success as well a warm-up for the World Championship race in St. Wendel (or Sankt Wendel if you prefer). Tom Robertsonortfolio.tomrobertsonphoto.com/mi=1&amp;pt=0&amp;pi=1&amp;s=0...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Postcard from Spring '10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/postcard-from-spring-10</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst tidying up post-Christmas desks we found this from our good friend Mr. David Millar. Roll on Spring....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Festive 500 Finale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-festive-500-finale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There's roughly 24 hours to go of the Rapha Festive 500. We've been overwhelmed with how many riders worldwide have risen to the challenge. As we trawl through all the photography, video, Garmin data and words, here's a selection of entries that have...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Phil &amp; Claire Deeker

Sunday morning, the day before the 2010 Cent Cols Challengeentcolschallenge.com/. Almost oblivious to the stunning view over Lake Annecy from the hotel breakfast room, the CCC 2010 began for me ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nuke's In Europe ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nukes-in-europe-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our man Zach McDonald is over in Belgium. The action there should soon heat up, even as the temperatures continue to plummet (even by Belgian standards) in what is traditionally known as the Christmas Cross week. Zach will continue the racing with th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Festive 500 Countdown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-festive-500-countdown-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The countdown to the Festive 500km has begun. With only one day to go before the big push, we have been overwhelmed with the response so far. Thanks to everyone who's getting involved and, whilst some weather forecasts are making it an even greater c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Holiday Snacks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-holiday-snacks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[by Matt Card 

While I’d like to say I’m on board with Rapha’s Festive 500 challengeww.rapha.cc/the-rapha-festive-500, I’ll be lucky to ride half of that—and much of it will be on rollers in the basement during pre-dawn hours. My next two...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Nationals is a wrap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-nationals-is-a-wrap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Cyclocross National Championship went off with a bang this past weekend. If you read my previewww.rapha.cc/cyclocross-nationals-preview-and-a-winner you would notice that someone was left off that list, Todd Wells, my bad, as that was just t...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Getting the miles in]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/getting-the-miles-in</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Laying the foundations for the upcoming year by preparing the body with a block of long steady rides, marks the end of the social season and the beginning of the antisocial season. 

No more drinks with the boys; every dinner and party invitation c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Festive 500]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-festive-500</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riding hard at Christmas is not a paradox. As you stuff your belly with food and soak yourself with booze, the roads may seem empty. But they aren’t. This year riders across the globe will be squeezing themselves like oversized elves into tights an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross Nationals Preview, and a Winner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-nationals-preview-and-a-winner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week's winner was Matthew Haughey's photo of Chris Jones blasting through the barriers at the USGP Stanley Portland Cup. Last weekend was a great one for the Rapha-FOCUS boys as it saw both Zach and Chris atop the podium. However, all of these r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Great Ocean Road Classic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/great-ocean-road-classic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/17556346?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Read more about the Great Ocean Road Classic » "www.rapha.cc/gorcww.rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GORC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gorc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago we had the pleasure of taking part in the third annual Great Ocean Road Classic - GORC for short. The first rule of the GORC is DON’T TALK ABOUT THE GORC. The second rule of the GORC is …well, you know the rest.

That GOR...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1954]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1954</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 1954 Giro began amidst a great fuss. The war had a devastating effect on Italy’s roads, infrastructure and wider economy, leaving millions of Italians disoccupati, out of work. In Tuscany the Piaggio fighter plane factories had been totally des...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha + Paul Smith Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-plus-paul-smith-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last month we launched a competition to win a Rapha + Paul Smith Rain Jacketww.rapha.cc/paul-smith-city-rain-jacket or runners-up prize of a Rapha + Paul Smith Knitted Winter Hatww.rapha.cc/paul-smith-knitted-hat. The question was; which cycling club...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wet Weather Riding]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wet-weather-riding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s been said there’s is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. Andy Hampsten, who famously battled a snowstorm during the 1988 Giro, might beg to differ but Rapha understands that products that perform brilliantly in wet and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #7 - To a vote]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-7--to-a-vote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selection A 

Another week, another contest. Due to technical difficulties on my part we were unable to get one up last week. Take a look through another amazing set of photos of our Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/ racers Chris Jones and Zach McDonald. T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Autumn Glide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-autumn-glide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A long ride to a hotel you love, where the food is excellent, and bikes are not only welcome but are valet parked, is my idea of the perfect way to finish the season. Cycling through countryside that has never looked so beautiful, and with the team c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Something for the weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/something-for-the-weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BRIAN ROBINSON, PIONEER - The official launch of Graeme Fife’s book Brian Robinson, Pioneer took place on Wednesday at Look Mum No Hands cycle café in London. Robinson, the first British racer to break into continental racing and win stages of the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monti Pallidi Downloads]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/monti-pallidi-downloads</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Download imagesww.rapha.cc/downloads from Rapha Rides Monti Pallidi to your desktop.

All photography © Ben Ingham.

The Dolomites, in northern Italy, are known locally as the Monti Pallidi, the Pale Mountains. Against the spectacular backdrop o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[bikedress now with Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bikedress-now-with-rapha--1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No, Rapha hasn't yet gone mobile and no, this isn't a van with Tardis-like abilities, but rather the bikedress delivery van turned derny deluxe, which will no doubt feature in future rides…..you have been warnedwww.rapha.cc/content/uploads/bikedres...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur 21: Keirin Part Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-21-keirin-part-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~All images © Taz Darling &amp; Rouleur~

Words: Guy Andrews  Photographs: Taz Darling

“Riders are assembling and adjusting their bikes, replacing sprockets and chains. With all this tinkering going on, it has the appearance of an amateur tra...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ramón Hoyos]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ramn-hoyos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Klaus of~ Cycling Inquisitionyclinginquisition.blogspot.com/ ~writes about his encounter with Colombia's original cycling champion, Ramón Hoyos.~

As the car speeds through the lush undulating terrain that surrounds the city of Medellin, my heart...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snow Motion]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/snow-motion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Northern Europe is currently being devoured by snowfall and icy winds as the winter settles in. Which calls for extra base layers, warm tights, overshoes and concerted bravery to keep the mileage going. Even if a numb two-hour spin is all you can mus...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Service]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/travel-service</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although both the Randonnées and Cent Cols are tough physical challenges, riders enjoy excellent support throughout their riding. Each trip has been designed to make all aspects of the journey as stress-free as possible.



 Vehicle support
 Mec...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FAQs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/travel-faqs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Travel is now an in-house service. Initially developed and run in collaboration with our friends La Fuga, Rapha is now running everything from the initial bookings to climbing with you in the mountains. As well as riding with Rapha guides and p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur 21: Robinson &amp; Rasmussen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-21-robinson-and-rasmussen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Offside / L'Equipe~

You know how it is. The latest Rouleurouleur.cc/ arrives, so you tuck yourself away in a quiet corner of a warm room and get comfortable, all the better to digest and enjoy each and every article in its entirety. And as pic...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha + Paul Smith: A Conversation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-plus-paul-smith-a-conversation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In this exclusive short film, Rapha founder and CEO Simon Mottram talks to Sir Paul Smith about the celebrated designer’s love of cycling.

A revealing and engaging portrait of one man’s enduring passion for the sport, Paul Smith recalls his da...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pretty in Pink]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pretty-in-pink</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This blog is dedicated to Clare Greenwood, 2nd April 1949 - 18th December 1995.

As every self-respecting young boy knows, only girls wear pink. Boys wear blue, or black, or red. But never pink. Then as you grow up, the colour pink grows on you. Su...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In the news]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-in-the-news-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riding out the fall season there has been some good press in the way of Rapha in the magazine world. To start with there is a great interview with Rapha North America's General Manager Slate Olson in the first issue of the new cycling publication Pel...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Janz Berlin war eene Wolke]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/janz-berlin-war-eene-wolke</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Villa Pasculliww.pasculli.de in Berlin was the setting for the launch of Rapha’s first retail co-operation on mainland Europe last Thursday night.

Attended by more than 200 friends of both Rapha and Pasculli from the Berlin area– although spec...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #6]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-6-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It should be noted that this is the second time Jessica Heenan (Head Honcho for Mywifeinc Cyclocross Incwicross.com/) has won the Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/ cross competition. This should go down in the record books to say that she is right there, rea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Monti Pallidi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-monti-pallidi-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~PHOTOS: Ben Ingham~

The Dolomites, in northern Italy, are known locally as the Monti Pallidi, the Pale Mountains. The precise origin of the name varies. Legend attributes it to a magical creature, who spun a ball of moonbeams to give the mountain...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illuminations]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/illuminations</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riding at night. The clocks have gone back in the Northern Hemisphere and the evening commute is made in the dark, after-work training rides under twilight. 

Lights at night appeal to the senses (emotional and visual). Perhaps a basic human instin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[So.Cal Shooting Range]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/socal-shooting-range-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A week in November. LAX to Sunset Boulevard. Santa Monica to Joshua Tree National Park. Rapha's SS11 photo shoot.
~These images © Slate Olson~...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Peloton: L'ARRIVÉE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-peloton-larrive</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Timm Kölln~

The Peloton, Timm Kölln’s masterful new book capturing portraits of an entire generation of professional cyclists, launched in Berlin at Villa Pasculli last week.

Roger Hammond, Charly Wegelius and Mathew Hayman gave us thei...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #6 - Another Vote]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-6--another-vote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selection A 

Racing in Fort Collins looked to be a cold affair. Maybe not so much as the Cyclocross scene in Minnesotaww.rapha.cc/cyclocross-in-minnesota, but still cold nonetheless. It looks as though Jones went with the embrocationww.rapha.cc/ra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[L'Étape du Tour 2011: A double act]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ltape-du-tour-2011-a-double-act</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For 2011 A.S.O. offer two routes to give even more riders the chance to enjoy the Tour de France experience. Rapha will also be on board to help you enjoy a memorable Étape journey. Stay alert for further info.



On Monday 11th July a 109km rou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-5</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photo by Josh Caffrey

E" seems to be the lucky letter once again as Josh Caffrey takes the win and the "Rapha-FOCUS Capww.rapha.cc/raphafocus-cap/ this time around. His black and white photo from the previous weekends racing in LA's Griffith Park ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross in Minnesota]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-in-minnesota</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© David Hastert~

~WORDS: Derrick Lewis~

Cyclocrossww.rapha.cc/shop/cyclocross is hard enough, add to it regular Minnesota weather and it is plain ridiculous. That didn't stop our new cross team here in MPLS at the State Championship race this...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2010 Cycle Oregon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2010-cycle-oregon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[VIDEO: Benji Wagnerww.benjiwagner.com/

ww.rapha.cc/day-1-opening-day ww.rapha.cc/day-2-looking-for-water ww.rapha.cc/day-3-rapha-gone-rogue ww.rapha.cc/day-4-wine-country ww.rapha.cc/day-5-the-trade ww.rapha.cc/day-6-gravel-a-clavicle-and-bull-rid...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Set in Stone]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/set-in-stone</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Camille J. McMillan

It has been my not inconsiderable pleasure this week to proof read the second edition of Le Metier, Michael Barry and Camille J. McMillan’s splendid book published earlier this year by Rouleur. The new, updated version – wi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ich bin ein Berliner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ich-bin-ein-berliner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha have been busy this week preparing for the first Rapha retail co-operation on mainland Europe. Scene for this Thursday’s opening is the spectacular Villa Pasculliww.pasculli.de/ in downtown Berlin where we’re proud to also host the launch o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #5 - again to a vote]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-5--again-to-a-vote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selection A 

This past weekend the racing continued in Southern California with Dorthy Wong's SoCalCrossocalcross.org/ two days of great racing at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The dry racing was fast and hot this time around and offered little in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Lure of the Small Chainring]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-lure-of-the-small-chainring-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can it really be an end-of-season wind-down if there wasn’t really a season to speak of? Aside from a couple of cyclosportives during the summer, there was no regular racing. No club meets. No weekly time trials. There hasn’t been for years.

T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Herne Hill Velodrome]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/herne-hill-velodrome</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Dennis Talbot and Reg Harris circa 1951~

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia
~- H.G. Wells~

The Herne Hill Velodrome in Dulwich is currently the only working track in London and is the oldest cycling track in the country. Built in 1891, the tr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Internet Week Bike Ride: 11.11.10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/internet-week-bike-ride-111110-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Thursday November 11th Poke  Londonwbikeride.tumblr.com/, in association with Rapha and Channel 4, will be hosting a ride to some of the best locations of Internet Week Europe around the city of London.   The highlight will be finishing the ri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Feeling lucky?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/feeling-lucky</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In case you haven't heard, Portland, Oregon is a great city to be a cyclist. It's a constant point of discussion with other cycling cities in the U.S., but if you spend some time here, it is pretty easy to fall under Portland's charm as a rider. A bi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Annual 2010 | A First Look]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-annual-2010--a-first-look</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Olaf Unverzart went to the Giro to capture Ivan Basso parting a sea of humanity en route to victory~

The 2010 Rouleur photography annual is off to the printers this week and we have to say it is the best yet. Here’s a little taster of what is i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha &amp; RSA Films at Sable &amp; Argent]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-and-rsa-films-at-sable-and-argent</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and Sydney stockist, Sable &amp; Argentww.sableandargent.com.au//apparel/bicycle/27, recently held a screening of the three short filmsrsa-films made in collaboration with Ridley Scott Associates. Dozens brought intense interest with them for w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finding Fausto]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/finding-fausto</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A big thank you to everyone who supplied feedback, suggestions, and bug findings on the Rapha Rendezvous iPhone apptunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=398337803&amp;mt=8 released last week. The rumours that Fausto might actually...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And the win goes to Tyler Hardie from Pearl Veloearlvelo.com/PearlVelov2.0/Home.html this week. Great little collection from the racing in Colorado. Seems like dry conditions (a water bottle?) have been the status quo thus far. Next month the USGPww....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnées: A Day in the Life]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonnes-a-day-in-the-life-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Fiat 500, my downsized rental vehicle, sat in bay 054 at Toulouse airport grinning. With cargo of a bike box, backpack and hold-all of Rapha products I was doubtful. After several struggles to fit the box inside this tiny car via different angles...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And the winner is — for the second week in a row — Greg Hudson. We were thinking that it might have been A, but in the end the mud won out. The worm's eye view in contrast with the blue skies (really it alternated between rain and sunshine for mo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:05:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nobeyama Cyclocross Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nobeyama-cyclocross-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha presents the Nobeyama Cyclocross Race on Sunday 31 Oct. Located at an elevation of 1375m (4500 ft), Nobeyama is the highest village in Japan. It has the highest train station, kindergarden, schools, and of course bike shop, Yatsugatake Bicycle ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:49:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Peloton: Le Temps Perdu]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-peloton-le-temps-perdu</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Throughout the spring and summer, a print-out of a spreadsheet had a space on the wall of the Rouleur office between the prints and posters more obviously dedicated to possibly relevant things (at the office of a cycling magazine, I mean) like bikes ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:06:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Levi's King Ridge GranFondo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/levis-king-ridge-granfondo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn  PHOTOS: Jon Humphriesww.jonhumphries.com/

"I don't like this…" said Ben Lieberson as we ended our ride into Santa Rosa. There were big helium arches over the roadway and people were lining the street. T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:27:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #3 - It is Up to You]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-3--it-is-up-to-you</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selection A

Here are a few photos that I received from the weekend. We decided that it would be best if you decide. The people (may the cycling gods bless them) who sent over the photos were some of the ones from previous weeks. Others were profes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:27:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Final Week - Cross Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/final-week--cross-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week marks the closing days for the Cross Competitioncross-competition. While at Interbike last month in Las Vegas we got to see the rollout of the special color scheme that FOCUS put together just for rider Chris Jones. Jones and McDonald raced...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:46:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Cycling Cities]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-tale-of-two-cycling-cities</link>
			<description><![CDATA[p. &lt;small&gt;WORDS: Matt Seatonww.guardian.co.uk/profile/mattseaton &lt;/small&gt;

Every city has its indigenous bike culture, the result of a subtle interaction of people with transport infrastructure, built environment, traffic regulations an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:45:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stay Classy, San Diego]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stay-classy-san-diego</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Kansas Waughww.rapha.cc/kansas-waugh

Wedding weekends are guaranteed fun. If you're not having a blast at one moment on the trip, you definitely will later. Sometimes you're lucky enough to be celebrating loved ones with lots o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:09:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rendezvous]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rendezvous</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We all know the problem. Organising a ride with friends. Or maybe not friends, more likely adversarial training partners, or perhaps someone you have never ridden with before. Arranging meeting for a ride can be a thankless task spread over a multitu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:57:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Levi's GranFondo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/levis-granfondo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone out there a skateboarding fan? I know that we have more than a few customers that have come from the sport. Aging superstars in their own rights. We might even go so far as to consider the Rapha Continental somewhat of a tongue in cheek play o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:55:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reasons to be Cheerful]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/reasons-to-be-cheerful</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by jtred23ww.flickr.com/photos/jtred23/

Still mourning the last sun of summer? Bemoaning the passing of long, hot days, and five-hour rides stretching long into the evening? (The British reader may be struggling to recall any long, hot rides...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:11:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Evolution of a Classic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/evolution-of-a-classic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The arrival of the cold weather gives us the chance to celebrate one of the truly iconic Rapha products, the Rapha Classic Softshell Jacketclassic-softshell-jacket. First launched in 2004, it’s a product that sums up perfectly the Rapha philosophy....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:16:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Portland's own Greg Hudson (Corsa Conceptsww.corsaconcepts.com/journal/ creator) came away with the prize this week. We recognize that neither Chris nor Zach did any racing this past weekend but that does not mean that we were not out there. A little...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:51:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Echelon Fondo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-echelon-fondo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~VIDEO: Benji Wagner~

Slight climb into Dufur. Hahn and I sit along side Chris Horner. We chat. A regular guy. Reminds me of John Tomac. Or at least who I think Johnny T is. His favorite races. Liege &amp; Lombardia…...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:36:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You don't know what you've got...]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/you-dont-know-what-youve-got</link>
			<description><![CDATA[About forty-five minutes into my cyclocross race this past Sunday I looked down at my legs in pain and yearned for a feeling that I had just four short weeks ago. You see, a month ago when I stepped off my BMC in the middle of Ascoli Piceno on that l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:32:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slow Cycling]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/slow-cycling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The idea came, as most of the best ideas do, during a pub conversation. Present were the editor, Rouleur photographer Ben Ingham and myself. Alcohol had been consumed, admittedly, so when we struck upon The Big Idea, it hit us as a stroke of genius, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:05:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On The Road with DC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-the-road-with-dc-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Video pal Dave Christenson is out on the road again with Apolisww.apolisactivism.com/journal/travel-vietnam-expedition-day-twelve/ This time their wild and crazy adventures have taken them to Vietnam. Where it looks like in-between video takes Mr. Ch...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:34:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Winner #1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-winner-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jessica Heenan from Madison, Wisconsin is the current winner of the Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/ team cap. She submitted her awesome photos late last night and since she just barely snuck under the time gap, we thought it best to go with her. Keep an ey...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha @ Bicycle Film Festival: 17.10.10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-at-bicycle-film-festival-171010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 10th annual Bicycle Film Festivalww.bicyclefilmfestival.com/london/ opens at the Barbican in London tomorrow night and Rapha are again sponsoring the celluloid showcase of bicycle sport and culture. Also, the Rapha and RSA Films productions will ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:39:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Calling all (Amateur) Cross Photographers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/calling-all-amateur-cross-photographers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Max Ralph

Seeing as how we cannot be at every race around the country we here at Rapha North America are asking for your help. With the Cyclocross season officially underway the Rapha-FOCUSapha-focus.cx/ gents have been out on the course...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:29:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur 20: Farewell to Perren St.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-20-farewell-to-perren-st</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ouleur.cc/issue-20

We couldn’t let the twentieth edition of the magazine pass by without marking several milestones in Rouleur’s short but celebrated lifetime.

Riders take a back seat for once as we celebrate the art of the bicycle, with le...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:02:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Chorizo with Chickpeas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-chorizo-with-chickpeas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos and Recipe by Matt Card

Better Living Through Cured Pork

Running so late in the calendar—and dovetailing with another highly anticipated season here in Portland (which seems to start earlier and earlier each year), I had a hard time mu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:24:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Weekend of Racing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-weekend-of-racing-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/15553157?portrait=0&amp;amp;color=c9ff23" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;

The racing was hot all over the United States this past weekend. While the "Rapha+FOCUSapha-focus....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:19:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[White Socks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/white-socks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charles Pelissier (pictured above), younger sibling of the rebellious Henri And Francis Pelissier, did not possess the natural racing ability of his older brothers. However, whilst Henri and Francis made their name with athletic prowess and outspoken...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:42:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ride Before The Ride ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ride-before-the-ride-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This summer the Rapha Continental has been attending a handful of organized rides and events and last weekend we rode the Oregon EchelonFondoww.echelongranfondo.org/portland/index.html. A ride that is close to home, Hood River, OR, and a ride that wo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:01:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hill Climb Sunday: 10.10.10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hill-climb-sunday-101010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The hill climb is a distinctly British peculiarity, perhaps even more clandestine and bizarre than the traditional time trials that still thrive along A-roads of the UK. It’s a specialist event, a subgenre of an already niche corner of cycle racing...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:42:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor win Club Title]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-win-club-title</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor's women took home the top club prize at the LWCRww.londonwomenscycleracing.com/ (London Women's Cycle Racing League). Finishing atop the league with 796 points, the girls received their medals at a prize giving at London's Look Mum No Ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:25:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Skincare]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-skincare-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Let us be honest for a minute here. Cyclists have a lot of routines. As a cyclist, it works well to figure out which ones work best for you and then start to add your own adjustments and refinements as you see fit. These could include the way that yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:47:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yorkshire Torture]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yorkshire-torture</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A surreal sight caught my attention on the final run-in of the Three Peaks 2010, the ridiculously hard cyclocross race for people who don’t mind carrying bikes up mountains in Yorkshire.

I realise that any rider with serious intentions would hav...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:33:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Oregon: Golden Rollers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-oregon-golden-rollers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photographs: Jake Stangel &amp; Brian Vernor

I'veww.rapha.cc/carey-sh been living in Oregon for 2+ years now, Hott Samww.rapha.cc/samuel-richardson grew up here, Hahnww.rapha.cc/hahn-rossman &amp; Aaronww.rapha.cc/aaron-erbeck only live 2 hours aw...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:45:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Rapha-FOCUS On the Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-raphafocus-on-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pack the bikes, pack the kit, make the flight. Travel from one venue to the next. Unpack the bikes, unpack the kit. Dirty them both to what looks like beyond repair. Clean it all then pack it all away again. Travel to the next venue. Do it all over a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:15:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interbike 2010: Rapha-FOCUS Cross Team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/interbike-2010-raphafocus-cross-team</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The time spent at Interbike this year was a good one. The LAZERww.lazersport.com/ crew looked great all decked out in their Blue Short Sleeve Shirtsww.rapha.cc/short-sleeve-shirt. But Chris Jones and Zach McDonald were the stars of the show as they a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:40:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cent Cols: The Alps. Stages 6-10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cent-cols-the-alps-stages-610</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Phil Deeker  PHOTOS: Claire Deeker~

Stage 6:

Everyone came in after this stage agreeing that it had been the most scenic yet. It had started with the tranquil Col de Vence before setting off along the backroads of the Maritime Alps that...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:15:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclocross. Three Ways.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cyclocross-three-ways</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Slate Olson~

Portland, an Oregon Point of View
The first time I did a 'Cross race was 2002. It was at the now-infamous North Portland Cross Cathedral called Pier Park. I showed up in a pretty legit Clif-Bar Racing Team kit, bright red, an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:44:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hills and Trenches]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hills-and-trenches</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My personal cyclocross debut is stored in the memory banks on a short list of awful experiences on a bicycle. Held on sodden, claggy, clay-rich farmland in Wiltshire, the parcours of tractor tyre ruts, cow hoof imprints and watered-down slurry, inter...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:23:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2010 NW Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2010-nw-gentlemens-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[VIDEO: Droptree Productionsww.droptree.com/  WORDS: Slate Olson  PHOTOS: PDX Crossww.pdxcross.com/

Be careful what you wish for. It's a saying that comes to mind when talking about racing the Rapha Gentlemen's Race. Last month's race was made espe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:16:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interbike 2010: Cross Vegas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/interbike-2010-cross-vegas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp 

The time has come. Each year the Start of the Cyclocross Season" is a hotly contested battle. One party, usually from the East Coast says that it happens with the kick off of the "Verge New England Seriesww.cycle-smart.com/eve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:20:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cent Cols: The Alps (Continued)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cent-cols-the-alps-continued</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Phil Deekerww.rapha.cc/an-interview-with-phil-deeker

Stage 2:

Weather spoilt us deservedly after last year as all riders (bar 75 yr old Keith who packed this morning and went home) arrived tired but proud in Briancon after 5...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:41:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Art of Britain's Bespoke Bicycle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-art-of-britains-bespoke-bicycle-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tuesday evening saw the opening of a new exhibit in our gallery.  Entitled ‘Speed, Style &amp; Comfort: The Art of Britain's Bespoke Bicycle”, the show features vintage bikes from the collection of Michael Lebron. With selections from P.T. Stall...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:59:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnée Appennini Report, Days 3-5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonne-appennini-report-days-35</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I do my best to not make excuses as I go through my days. As I've shared with my global band of merry men on this trip, there is an American saying about excuses that I learned growing up, "excuses are like….., and everybody's got one." Still, I do...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:20:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Britain 2010 Part IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-britain-2010-part-iiii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by Cheryl Kingww.flickr.com/photos/ckingimages

WORDS: Dan Craven

ToB Stage 5

Waking heart rate: horrendous. I'm a cyclist, I can't count that fast anymore.

Alarm wakes me from a deep slumber at seven. Roll over. Groan.

Big sigh!...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:39:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's a Knockout!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/its-a-knockout-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Race
2007 World Cyclocross Championships

Cast 
• Sven Nys – The favourite, yet again, having dominated all season. Yet something always seems to go awry come the championships. This time, surely…
• Bart Wellens – Drop-kicking bad-boy ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Britain 2010 Part III]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-britain-2010-part-iii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photo by britishcycling.org.ukww.britishcycling.org.uk/

WORDS: Dan Craven

ToB Stage 4

Waking heart rate 63 (old stopwatch method again, but yes, that is creeping up far too much for my liking).

Lose one minute and it upsets me.
Lose 26 a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:25:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cent Cols: The Alps]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cent-cols-the-alps</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Phil Deeker

Stage one of the Rapha CCC Alpsww.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge ridden by all. Some fast riders at front, setting a fierce pace. Interesting to see if they are still this competitive in eight days time. Some stragglers at the bac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:11:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Britain 2010 Part II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-britain-2010-part-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dan Cravenwitter.com/Danfromnam drops us more words from inside the Tour of Britain as he continues to impress on the road. 

WORDS: Dan Craven  PHOTOS: Cheryl Kingww.flickr.com/photos/ckingimages/

ToB Stage 3

Waking heart rate: 56 (using a G...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:02:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Roller Race: Melbourne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-roller-race-melbourne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Wade Wallace  PHOTOS: Matt Myersww.visualdistortion.com.au~

Last Thursday evening Rapha and Northside Wheelersww.northsidewheelers.com/ introduced the new women's clothing range to Melbourne. 

We teamed up with Wattbike to add some excit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:21:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnée Appennini Report, Day Two]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonne-appennini-report-day-two</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A short memory is something that benefits a cyclist. I am not suggesting that we want to forget about the great rides, time spent with friends, or the beautiful places that we experience on the bike. Only recognizing that by the time you finish a fiv...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:18:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Britain 2010 Part I]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-britain-2010-part-i</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dan Craven, Rapha Condor Sharp's Namibian powerhouse, writes from the 2010 Tour of Britain.

WORDS: Dan Craven  PHOTOS: Gavin Campbellww.flickr.com/photos/35916570@N04/

ToB Stage 1

Waking heart rate: 52 (nerves?)

Rapha Condor Sharp’s (sp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnée Appennini, Report One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonne-appennini-report-one-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ian Holt, the owner and today's ride leader from La Fugaafuga.cc/ swears that the first 'stage' that we completed tonight was the most difficult of the week. The longest day and with the steepest climb, the San Pelligrino, where there are two section...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:03:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Monti Pallidi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-monti-pallidi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src="player.vimeo.com/video/14764470?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:00:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[D2R2 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/d2r2-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Jeremy Dunnww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn  PHOTOS: Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html  VIDEO: Benji Wagnerww.benjiwagner.com/

Linked together with a few short connectors of pavement the mostly gravel Deerfield Dirt Ride Randonneé, or D2R2 as it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:10:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wheels of Fortune]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wheels-of-fortune</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Should you find yourself in Belgium next Spring with a few hours to spare, you are well advised to drop in at the Tour of Flanders Museum in Oudenaarde. And whilst deeply engrossed in the Ronde-related vintage bikes, jerseys and ephemera, your attent...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:21:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo Prints from the Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/photo-prints-from-the-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photographers Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/ and Chris Millimanhrismilliman.com/ have lent their expertise to the Rapha Continental project for the past few years. Their respective styles of documentation have helped to shape and grow what we know...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:17:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Autumn/Winter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-autumnorwinter-2010--1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/14743180?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Make sure you visit "Rapha.ccww.rapha.cc/ this Friday 10th September to ta...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:56:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Velodrome Style]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/velodrome-style</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/v/KmUvEKUlhps?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=enUS"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:58:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Season Products]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-season-products</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's latest range brings new innovations, updated classics and reworked favourites. Each product has been created specifically for male and female road cyclists and developed with meticulous attention to detail. Using the finest components and sta...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:15:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Laurent Fignon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/laurent-fignon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Vuelta, 1983, and pre-race favourite Bernard Hinault is struggling with crippling knee pain, all the while maintaining a mask of normality to the opposition. Renault team director Cyrille Guimard calls on second year professional Laurent Fignon t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:26:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Back in New England: D2R2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/back-in-new-england-d2r2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[words by Tony Pereiraww.rapha.cc/tony-pereira-1
photos by Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html 

I grew up riding my BMX bike on fire roads and trails in New England which quickly turned into mountain biking. Now, I don't know if you know this, bu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:53:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mr. Goodwrench at the NYC Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mr-goodwrench-at-the-nyc-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday night, the Rapha Cycle Club NYC hosted a unique event to highlight the unsung work of the New York City bicycle mechanic. More often than not, a mechanic's work is a mystery - we drop off our bikes, pick them up, and they are magically ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:15:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha CCC Recce: Pyrenees Part III]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ccc-recce-pyrenees-part-iii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Phil Deeker concludes his reporting on the reconnaissance of the 2010 Rapha Cent Cols Challenge in the Pyrenees.

I write this back in my Belgian hills, just a day after we cracked open a bottle of champagne in Rivesaltes. Already it now seems like...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:11:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Au Revoir]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/au-revoir</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club London's H-Van exits the building in Clerkenwell. Where next?… Stay tuned. Don't forget Cycle Club NYCww.rapha.cc/nyc is still open for business until the end of September....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:56:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vuelta a España 1985]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vuelta-a-espaa-1985</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Nobody would ride. They preferred to see me lose and a Spaniard win.”
- Robert Millar

A lead of over six minutes over a former trainee nurse by the name of Pedro Delgado on the penultimate day of the 1985 Vuelta evaporated for Robert Millar ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:52:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thursday Night at the NYC Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thursday-night-at-the-nyc-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:41:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha CCC Recce: Pyrenees Part II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ccc-recce-pyrenees-part-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Phil Deeker has sent a follow up report on the reconnaissance of the 2010 Rapha Cent Cols Challenge in the Pyrenees.

5 out of 10 stages ridden and we have already climbed as much as most Pyrenean Raids do over 10 days. 24,500m Up. Yesterday offici...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:57:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Partners: Continental Tires]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-partners-continental-tires</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;iframe src=player.vimeo.com/video/14204143?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" width="540" height="304" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

What is the one thing that you do not want to worry about when you are des...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:55:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deano Lights Up Blackpool]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/deano-lights-up-blackpool</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Master of the circuit race Dean Downing finally bagged himself a Nocturne Series victory on Saturday evening. After coming close on countless occasions in the twilight criteriums, the man from Yorkshire lit up the new circuit in Blackpool to take the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:47:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kissing with Helmets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kissing-with-helmets</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday our good friends Edie Perkins and Brett Cleaver (who worked at the NYC Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/nyc and races for Rapha Racing NYCww.rapha.cc/rapha-racing-new-york-city) said their vows, exchanged rings and sealed it with a kiss. They then...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:52:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha CCC Recce: The Pyrenees]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-ccc-recce-the-pyrenees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.centcolschallenge.com/

Phil Deeker and six other riders, including Rapha's Ultan Coylewitter.com/RaphaCCC, are currently scouting the route for the Pyrenean version of the Rapha Cent Cols Challengeww.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge. Phil sent this...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:42:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ride the Rockies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ride-the-rockies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ride-the-rockies-day-1 ride-the-rockies-day-2 ride-the-rockies-day-3 ride-the-rockies-day-4 ww.rapha.cc/ride-the-rockies-day-5 ride-the-rockies-day-6 ride-the-rockies-day-7 ww.rapha.cc/ride-the-rockies-cues-and-map...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:25:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Broad Arrows]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/two-broad-arrows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/

The second of our trio of films made in conjunction with RSA takes inspiration from Irish racing legend Sean Kelly. Two Broad Arrowsww.rapha.cc/, a coming of age story, was written and directed by Adrian Moat who discusses his film be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:20:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BIKESNOB NYC KNOWS EPIC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bikesnob-nyc-knows-epic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a line in The Godfather, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer", and we have to admit that Michael Corleone may have been on our minds as the date approached for the BikeSnob NYC to give a presentation at the Rapha Cycle Club.  W...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:56:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newton Steps out on a High]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/newton-steps-out-on-a-high</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Chris Newton has announced he is retiring from professional racing on both road and track and will be joining the coaching staff at the Great Britain Cycling Team. Chris has won medals at the last three Olympic Games and the last two Commonwealth Gam...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:54:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A SATURDAY IN HELL]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-saturday-in-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I truly did not believe that the Northwest Gentlemen's Race course this year was as difficult as past editions when I set the day. With the heat, the wind and the sharp stones, it was reported to be the most difficult day on the bike many had experie...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:03:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ridley Scott Associates and Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rsa-films</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and RSA Films present three short films inspired by the people, places and stories of road racing. Johan Museeuw, Sean Kelly and Dario Pegoretti are celebrated in three cinematic portraits exploring the passion, history and drama of the sport....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:25:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 1910 Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-1910-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The centenary of the Col du Tourmalet's inclusion in the Tour de France will be celebrated with a mountain-top finish on stage 17 of the 2010 edition of the race. As well as the special edition Tourmalet Jersey, Rapha honoured the first ever Tour sta...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:43:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Throw of The Dice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-throw-of-the-dice-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today is the first of three Friday films inspired by the stories of the 2010 Club Jerseysww.rapha.cc/club-jersey-2010/. 'A Throw of The Dice' from acclaimed RSA Films director Nick Livesey is the story of Johan Museeuw and Paris-Roubaix. 



As a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:18:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the Port de Balès]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/on-the-port-de-bals</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS &amp; PHOTOS: Phil Deeker~

Stage 15: It had to happen on the Port de Balès. It seemed so evident. If Andy was going to be more than Alberto’s cycling pal, then he had to make his move on the Balès. The wooded section of the climb is pre...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:25:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sprinting for Signs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sprinting-for-signs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This x-ray shows the broken collar bone of Mr. Derrick Lewis. Rapha's New York agent. Derrick explains below:

The standard training route for all New Yorkers involves crossing the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey to head north on lightly u...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:47:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hidden Strength]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hidden-strength</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="www.youtube.com/v/A8Wj6P2hyic?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=enUS&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="540" height="...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:30:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NÖ Gallery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/n-gallery-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.no-gallery.co.uk/
NO Gallery: The Art of Cycling brings us iconic figures and imagery from the world of road racing in colourful painting and collage. To visit the gallery click on one of the images. ~All images © James Straffon~
ww.no-gallery....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:22:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental at NYC Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-at-nyc-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[words Mike Spriggs

We officially opened our latest exhibition at the Rapha Cycle Club NYCww.rapha.cc/nyc on Thursday evening, paying homage to the Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/about-continental.  

With a gallery located in the back of the Club...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:22:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[B2B]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/b2b</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PHOTOS: Chris Millimanww.chrismilliman.com/  WORDS: Sam Richardsonww.rapha.cc/samuel-richardson  VIDEO: Paper Fortressaperfortressfilms.com/work/

It is fair to say that for all the time spent riding throughout this country the Rapha Continental ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:06:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur No. 19]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-no-19</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Nadav Kander~

He tells me the easiest way for him to tell if a frame is a Ron Cooper is by the shape of the rake of the fork blades.“It’s a gradual ascending curve which starts on the dropout and goes a third of the way up, in a perfect curve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:24:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:22:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2010 NW Rapha Gentlemen's Race: Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/2010-nw-rapha-gentlemens-race-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you have but only a few minutes to escape at your computer today, you should definitely watch the three trailersww.rapha.cc/rsa-films of the films originally inspired by the Rapha Club Jerseys. Mr. Livesey, Mr. Moat and dear Ben Ingham have create...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:05:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Film Screenings]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-film-screenings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[TO VIEW THE TRAILERSww.rapha.cc/rsa-films CLICK ON THE POSTER BELOW

ww.rapha.cc/rsa-films

TO VIEW THE TRAILERSww.rapha.cc/rsa-films CLICK ON THE POSTER ABOVE...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:34:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Partners: FSA ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-partners-fsa-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Later this week a new Continental ride is set to go live under the Ridesww.rapha.cc/rides portion of the site. The crew gathered in Boston last month to ride the Harpoon Brewery to Brewery Ride. The weather was hot, the ride was long, but in the end,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:20:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Broad Arrows]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/two-broad-arrows-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A film by Adrian Moat with Ridley Scott Associates for Rapha

bq. The idea was to make a short film that reflected the spirit and drive of Sean Kelly. I wanted to capture a sense of possibility by using him as an example of a man that knows how to ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp Blaze the Richmond GP]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-blaze-the-richmond-gp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos © Cheryl King~ www.ckingimages.co.ukww.ckingimages.co.uk/

Rapha Condor Sharp proved their power and skill in style at the Richmond GP on Sunday. Mr Kristian House took top spot whilst Dan Craven bagged second place. Chris Newton, having a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:53:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding with Ryan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-with-ryan-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Each and every day for the past few weeks in Portland we have experienced a strange bout of weather. The days start out cool and rather grey, but by the afternoon the sun has burned everything away and is bright as all get out. This makes for interes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:35:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Of Steel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/of-steel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A film by Ben Ingham with Ridley Scott Associates for Rapha

bq. Passion is something that can’t be produced, can’t be invented. Real passion is something that comes from within.
- Dario Pegoretti

dacciaio-of-steel
An accompanying book D'A...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Throw of the Dice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-throw-of-the-dice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A film by Nick Livesey with Ridley Scott Associates for Rapha

bq.. Historically, 'The Hell of the North' was not referring to the sheer pain and torment the cyclists of the Paris-Roubaix must endure to complete the 275km race. It was a newspaper c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[24hr TT 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/24-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Ultan Coyle  iPHONE PHOTOS: Ben Ingham, James Fairbank  FILM: Damon Peacock~

Why the f would anyone do this? A step into the unknown. Can I? Will I be able to double the longest I've ever ridden and some more in a one'er?

The Buck Moon ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:14:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Lamb Kibbeh]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-lamb-kibbeh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With this edition of Rapha Cooks the North American office gathered up ourselves and pedaled through the sweltering Portland heat to the other side of town. Seemed about time to sample these fine foods that we had been hearing about. We were not let ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Storming of the Peloton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-storming-of-the-peloton</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A predictable outcome in the end in Paris, yet a Tour de France to be savoured, especially for the French. Ironically, national interest in Le Tour from the French public is at its lowest for many years, perhaps a hangover from the dominance of Lance...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:17:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[24 Hours]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/24-hours</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Ben Ingham Photography~

What a difference a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain"

Graeme Raeburn and Ultan Coyle rode the British National 24 Hour Time Trial between Saturday the 2...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:19:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beautiful Machines | A Century of Bikes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beautiful-machines--a-century-of--bikes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club Londonww.rapha.cc/london is currently hosting an exhibition of 12 road machines from the last 110 years of cycle racing. From early 20th century fixed-wheel racers to the latest carbon technology, Beautiful Machines showcases the his...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:36:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 17: Pau – Col du Tourmalet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-17-pau--col-du-tourmalet-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Janet Pearch Photography~

A beastly final mountain stage today, culminating with the legendary Col du Tourmalet. The mountain has inspired many stories from the 74 (as of stage 16) occasions it has featured on the Tour route, none better than ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:46:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lying to Yourself]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lying-to-yourself-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by: Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/
Thoughts by: Joe Staplesww.rapha.cc/joe-staples 

Below, is a 15 second segment of a 17 minute thought process I had as I rode with Jeremyww.rapha.cc/jeremy-dunn up Saltzman, a gravel climb just outside...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:52:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book Tour de Lance]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/book-tour-de-lance-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since the start of the 2010 Tour de France on Saturday July 3rd, the Cycle Club NYCww.rapha.cc/cycle-club/ has been the place to watch all the race action play out. In fact, there have been reports that the Club is the only place in New York City sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[100 Years of the Pyrenees]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/100-years-of-the-pyrenees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2010 marks the centenary of the Pyrenees mountains' inclusion in the Tour de France. It was on the 19th July 1910 that the first Tour stage scaled legendary climbs such as the Col d'Aubisque, Peyresourde and the Tourmalet. 'Giants of the road' - ride...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:40:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 1910 Challenge Movie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-1910-challenge-movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/1910-challenge-movie

Rapha presents the full-length version of the 1910 Challenge movie. Click on the image to view the incredible journey taken by four Rapha riders on June 9th 2010.
Also viewable in HD....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:32:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mountain Sensations]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mountain-sensations</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So we head for the Pyrenees this weekend and a much-anticipated showdown between Contador and Schleck. Will they be listening to the buzzing in their ears coming from the team car, or using their initiative to crack their opponents? To quote maverick...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:26:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha at Étape du Tour 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-at-tape-du-tour-2010-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Janet Pearch Photography~

Good luck to every rider about to embark on what is surely one of the most epic Étape routes to date. Etapistes will be scaling the punishing gradients of the Marie Blanque, the Col du Soulor and the Giant of the Pyr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:47:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vail to Vail]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vail-to-vail</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Carey S-Hww.rapha.cc/carey-sh  PHOTOS: Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/  VIDEO: Benji Wagnerww.benjiwagner.com/  MUSIC: Typhoonenderlovingempire.com/store/?

If you've ever been a somewhat serious skier in the United States, then you've pro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:14:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Freedom]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/freedom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[it is that I miss so much when I am stuck here, unable to ride my bike. Even as I currently am, reduced to short, elbow-aggravating sorties every other day. 

Most bike riders, I think, would suggest at these times that they miss the buzz of exerci...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:16:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roger Rivière]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/roger-rivire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Roger Rivière started his career in the velodrome. In 1955 he beat Jacques Anquetil in the national pursuit championship at the Parc des Princes. Two years later, after winning the world pursuit title, he turned pro for St. Raphaël, riding with the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:44:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Real Climber's Prize]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-real-climbers-prize</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm sure there is some organization that tracks these statistics, but if I had to take a guess I'd venture that 99 percent of grooms arrive at their wedding in a car. However, if you're Zack Vestal and you live in Boulder, CO where you happen to be a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:53:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Étape du Tour 2010: A Pilgrimage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tape-du-tour-2010-a-pilgrimage-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Way of St. James is an historical pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Northern Spain. It is said that the bones of St. James the apostle are buried here, carried by boat from Jerusalem. Pilgrims to this shrine take s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:18:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Time Trial: The Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-time-trial-the-film</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="324"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=13299564&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:09:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Humbled by the Giants]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/humbled-by-the-giants</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before riding La Marmotte I was quietly confident of a good showing. After all, I've ridden more kilometres this year than ever before and, even if my early summer racing had been made up of time trials, the extra strength I'd gained from the testing...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:30:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hills, Thrills and Spills]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hills-thrills-and-spills</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photo © Fotoreporter Sirotti~

The performance of Sylvain Chavanel to re-take the yellow jersey on Saturday’s stage to Station des Rousses was quite brilliant. A man who fractured his skull after crashing into a team car during Liege-Bastogne-L...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:19:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Driving Pavé]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/driving-pav</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Mike Powell~

Mick Hodgson is following the Tour de France with photographer Mike Powell. Here he describes the intensity of driving the course on Stage 3 from Wanze to Arenberg.

Two motorbikes fly by, throwing up huge dust clouds. Four ride...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:00:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Gentlemen’s Time Trial]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-gentlemens-time-trial</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 13th June, Rapha staged an unsanctioned and unmarshalled team time trial of 120-plus miles in the south of England, the inaugural UK running of a ‘Gentlemen’s Race’. A form of racing first developed by Rapha in the USA in 2008, it was titled...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:09:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 4: Cambrai – Reims]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-4-cambrai--reims</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="430"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/v/oBtCaLYFKjo&amp;amp;hl=enUS&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:53:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Night of the Living Dude]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/night-of-the-living-dude</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst being sponsored by two lead supporters (and the creators) of the Nocturne Series, a win at these events has eluded the Rapha Condor Sharp boys since its 2007 inception. This weekend changed all of that, with a phenomenal win by Kristian House ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:50:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 3: Wanze – Arenberg]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-3-wanze--arenberg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="430"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/v/-7iGl1-psQQ&amp;amp;hl=enUS&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:54:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ATMO (According To Mike's Opinion)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/atmo-according-to-mikes-opinion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Unless you have been to the London or New York Cycle Club, you probably would not be aware that we are publishing opinion of the racing and riders each day throughout the Tour de France. James, in the LDN Club warmed up with the Giro and now both Cyc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:07:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 2: Belgian Pot-Boiler]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-2-belgian-potboiler</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Stage 2: Brussels – Spa

Commercially-sponsored teams competed for the first time in 1962, with Jacques Anquetil expected to share leaders duties with German Rudi Altig for the St. Raphaël team, much to the Frenchman’s annoyance. Altig took th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mad Dogs and Mayhem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mad-dogs-and-mayhem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="www.youtube.com/v/DahlNKaoH-8&amp;amp;hl=enUS&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:37:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NYC Cycle Club Launch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nyc-cycle-club-launch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On a beautiful July evening in New York a couple hundred friends, customers, and fans of cycling opened the Rapha Cycle Club at 352 Bowery. With a steady supply of Stella Artois, free cups of Stumptown being served by Third Rail Coffeeww.thirdrailcof...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:08:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AW10 Photo Shoot]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aw10-photo-shoot-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Ben Ingham~

Staying at an altitude of  2200m. 
5 riders. 
Extremely challenging climbs in hard man gearing (39 x  23).
Weather is sufficiently bad (Below 5°C at times).
Kit for men and women looking superb. 
More news soon....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:17:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race Litchfield, CT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-litchfield-ct</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Jeremy Dunn  PHOTOS: Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html &amp; Jesse Burkeww.jesseburke.com/  VIDEO: Paper Fortress Filmsaperfortressfilms.com/work/

The trick to enjoying a great Gentlemen's Race does not lie within the prize list. You wil...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:59:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour de France 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-de-france-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From the cobbles of Belgium to the loftiest peaks of the Pyrenees, this year’s Tour de France looks to be as gruelling and intriguing as ever. With expectations of Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins high, Armstrong approaching his final ever Tour, the Sc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:18:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Postcards From the Rockies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/postcards-from-the-rockies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp

Each of Dan Sharp's photos look as though they could be postcards from Ride the Rockies. While the cruising through Colorado may be over for the moment, the love for this great state need not stop. With an extra day the Rapha C...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:29:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Time Trial 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-time-trial-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A fortnight ago the inaugural Rapha Gentlemen's Time Trial took place from London-Brighton-London. Based on the Rapha Gentlemen's Racesww.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-new-paltz-ny established in the USA, this was a ride untypical of the more traditional ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:27:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tourmalet Exhibition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tourmalet-exhibition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club LDNww.rapha.cc/london is currently running an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Col du Tourmalet. 

On 21st July 1910, Stage 10 of the Tour travelled over the Col du Tourmalet for the first time. It was Alphonse Steinès,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:29:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Broom Wagon Has Landed]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-broom-wagon-has-landed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words and Photos by Mike Spriggs

While it doesn't make for a good spy novel title, for us this is nearly as exciting. Over the past few weeks, we have tracked the progress of our Citroën H-Van - the centerpiece of the Rapha Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:15:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harpoon B2B]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/harpoon-b2b-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Chris Milliman 

While a group of the Continental riders were tackling the high hills of the West during the the Ride the Rockies, another group of like minded individuals took to the East Coast for the Harpoon Brewery to Breweryww.harpoo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:30:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thank You Rockies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thank-you-rockies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp 
Words by Joe Staples and Carey SH

Where to start?

We could talk about how we rode 55miles of gravel when none were on the route. We could talk about how the day was supposed to be 84 miles but turned out to be 104. In all ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:11:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Altitude]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/altitude</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp

Thoughts on Altitude from Rapha Continental riders Joe Staples, James Selman, Steve Francisco and Ben Lieberson during their week-long assault on Colorado during Ride the Rockies.

From Joe:
Asthma is an easy thing to explai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:45:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding With Wayne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-with-wayne-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp
Words by Joe Staples

Two days ago we, the Rapha Continental, did 95 miles, with 10,000ft ft climbing including a single 20 mile ascent that topped out at 10,800ft. It was the second day of Ride the Rockiesww.ridetherockies.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:29:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Passo di Larch III]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/passo-de-larch-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Never have I been so cold in my entire life." I remember thinking this as I headed back down to the base of Larch Mountain. Then, as I gripped the top-tube of my quaking bike with my legs I thought to myself. "Oh wait, this is exactly what this desce...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:25:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Tuna]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-tuna</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Words and Photos by Matt Card

If you’re lucky summer has settled in where you live and the after-work hours are filled with evening rides and training races. With so much time in the saddle, it’s hard to want to spend more than the barest mini...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:07:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Merino Miracle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-merino-miracle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Merino wool is one of nature’s little miracles. Naturally breathable and odour resistant, the interior of the fibre is ‘hydrophilic’, meaning it retains water. When merino absorbs perspiration, it holds it in the fibre without the fabric being ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:09:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Issue Rain Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-issue-rain-jacket-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.rapha.cc/team-issue-rain-jacket-1/

The rest of the United States can look away. This does not pertain to you. Enjoy your sunny summer riding.

Sometimes people say that they do not want to visit here because it rains all the time in Portland....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:05:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of the Unknown Coast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-the-unknown-coast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We do not choose which rides we label 'best ever'. They choose us. Of course, from looking back on the ones that wind up with that moniker it is possible to discern a few elements that help the ride earn this title. A perfect sunshine laden day can d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:27:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 1910 Ride: 9th June 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-1910-ride-9th-june-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Rolling out at dawn~

Celebrating 100 years of cyclists defying the laws of gravity and conquering the mountains, the 1910 Rideww.rapha.cc/the-1910-ride took place yesterday in the Pyrenees. Our four intrepid riders set off before day break from B...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:50:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Continental Summer Season]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-continental-summer-season</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These are the faces of the Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental. Each Tuesday from now through the end of the Summer you will see stories, photos, and musings from these characters. There have been some changes afoot over on the Continental...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:26:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fireflies + Colnago]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fireflies-plus-colnago</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Summer the Firefliesww.thefirefliestour.com/ celebrate their 10th anniversary and to mark the occasion a limited run of custom Colnago Master X-Lights and EPS frames have been constructed. Rapha Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/cycle-club/ hosted the arriv...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:17:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 1910 Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-1910-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha are celebrating the centenary of the Col du Tourmalet’s first  inclusion in the Tour de France with a tribute challenge, the 1910 ride. Here Phil Deeker, one of the quartet riding the event, explains what lies ahead and how he's prepared for ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:44:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Étape Recce 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tape-recce-2010-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's Étape du Tour reconnaissance took place last week. The Étape, the amateur cyclist's chance to fulfill (or shatter) their Tour de France fantasies, will in 2010 celebrate 100 years of the Col du Tourmalet's looming presence in the history of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:07:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Alice Awards]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-alice-awards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the summer months hit here in Portland the bike events start to pick up with a fervor like nothing you have seen before. This weekend could be the official kick off event with the 15th Annual Alice Awardsww.bta4bikes.org/alice/ presented by the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:21:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle Club through a lens]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club-through-a-lens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Or through a monocle to be precise. One of Rapha's favourite magazines, Monocleww.monocle.com/, now has a video report on the Rapha Cycle Clubww.rapha.cc/london on London's Clerkenwell Road. 
See it here »ww.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 11:08:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentleman's Race: East Coast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemans-race-east-coast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Jesse Burke

During the height of the summer of 2008, the Rapha Continental did what turned out to be a hellishly beautiful ride in the hills surrounding Litchfield, Connecticut.ww.rapha.cc/litchfield Little did we know that these same hi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 06:34:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coffee Van]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coffee-van</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last night marked the unveiling of the newly refurbished Rapha Voiture Balai, otherwise known as the Citroen H-Van. Working in partnership with Bean About Townww.beanabouttown.com/  the van is now equipped with a fully functioning espresso bar, servi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:28:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Japan photostory]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-japan-photostory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~photos by Shuhei Takenouchi~

May 2010, Japan
The Rapha Condor Sharp Team travelled to The Land of the Rising Sun for the 14th Tour of Japan. A successful campaign, with several podium placings and great team work on stage 6 to get the win for Br...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:49:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Dude wins stage 6 of the Tour of Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kristian-house-wins-stage-6-of-the-tour-of-japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Kristian House, The Dude, has won stage 6 of the 2010 Tour of Japan.

Taking advantage of Darren Lapthorne's tactical sacrifice at the front for much of the race, The Dude then dropped everyone for a solo win.

Banzai/content/uploads/AN7E8368.jpg...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 10:15:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You can still call him "Mr. Snob"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/you-can-still-call-him-mr-snob</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, the BikeSnobNYCikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/ has come out of protective custody and declared that he is not a snob at all. He's Eben Weiss, a born and bred New Yorker who just happens to be blessed by living in a city that leaves hi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:13:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Randonnée Appennini Uno]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/randonne-appennini-uno</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first Randonnée Appennini took place between the 1st and 8th May and looks to have been an epic (yes, I used that word again) adventure. Whilst the weather was clearly challenging at times, the Italian landscape speaks for itself. Congratulation...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:49:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giro d'Italia 1969]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/giro-ditalia-1969</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Vintage poster depicting the 1969 Giro. Not entirely sure where this originated from but the dotted lines around each rider/character suggest it was some kind of pull-out poster for children (or nostalgic road-racing fans). Felice Gimondi, riding for...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:02:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Japan in Pictures]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-japan-in-pictures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Shuhei Takenouchi~

Plenty more photography of Rapha Condor Sharp at the Tour of Japan on the Rapha Flickr albumww.flickr.com/photos/raphacc/.

On stage three of the race Zak Dempster finished 2nd and Darren 'Lappers' Lapthorne is still sitti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:38:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Summer Race Series]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-summer-race-series</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos Laura Fletcher~

I turned up to the first of the summer’s Rapha Condor race meetings as the Rapha H van was unfurling. It had somehow made it to the race without breaking down, probably due to some creative engine-cooling methods develope...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:08:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BESPOKE. May 12, 2010. New York City.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bespoke-may-12-2010-new-york-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are fortunate here in Portland, OR to have a thriving community of some really interesting and capable manipulators of steel, shape and speed. But, I imagine that if we were to do a clean extract of the Portland builders scene and drop it on the e...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 02:32:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp: Tour of Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-tour-of-japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photography © Shuhei Takenouchi~

The boys in black are currently racing at the 14th edition of the Tour of Japan. Hot off the heels of an extended visit to the USA and some well-earned domestic successes at the Lincoln GP and Shay Elliott Memori...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:07:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1910 Challenge film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1910-challenge-movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Directed and shot by Pete Drinkell~

In 2010 four Rapha riders set out to follow the first ever Tour stage route into the high mountains. This 326km journey took them into the very heart of the Circle of Death, battling with the Aspin, Aubisque, P...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fausto Coppi and Plenty of Coffee]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fausto-coppi-and-plenty-of-coffee</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi and coffee. That is the week we've had here in London. Last night we launched a month-long exhibition celebrating Il Campionissimo, the greatest cyclist of the post-war era.



Downstairs at the Rapha Cycle Clubww....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:12:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Within Rouleur Seventeen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/within-rouleur-seventeen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Dan Sharp

The most recent issue of Rouleurouleur.cc/ contains two different views from inside the European pro peloton. The first, from Rapha Condor Sharp's own Tom Southamww.raphacondor.cc/riders-and-staff/tom-southam tells the tale of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:44:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shay Elliott]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shay-elliott</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Shay Elliott Memorial Road Race is run every year in Ireland in honour of Shay Elliott, the first Irishman to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. Rapha Condor Sharp took all three podium places at the 2010 edition of the prestigious rac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:05:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Summer Season]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-summer-season-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Each new year for the Rapha Continental has been a little bit different. When the Continental started it was simply a bunch of friends doing rides out of their collective hometown of Portland, Oregon. The project evolved and grew a bit to incorporate...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 21:52:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp ride the Tour of Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-ride-the-tour-of-japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp will debut in The Land of the Rising Sun to test their legs at the 14th Tour of Japan. The race will start in Sakai, Osaka, just a few blocks from the Shimano headquarters and where team sponsor, Sharp, have just opened their large...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:47:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newton Wins Lincoln GP in Style]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/newton-wins-lincoln-gp-in-style</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~© Cheryl King~

Chris Newton danced away on the final climb of the Lincoln Grand Prix to win the prestigious event for the second time in his career. A race that is always hotly contested by riders from home and abroad, the Lincoln GP is arguably...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:31:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Sounds: The Giro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-sounds-the-giro</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:25:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Racing Northwest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-racing-northwest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Teams are a funny thing. They’re like tribes; you can’t entirely explain why you belong to the one you do, you just know it’s right. Portland is lucky to have a mash-up of every bike tribe around, not to mention innumerable subsets within the t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:39:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ardennes Trilogy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ardennes-trilogy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Phil Deeker, creator of the Cent Cols Challengeww.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge, lives in the Ardennes region of Belgium and so, fittingly, organised a mouth-watering week of riding and watching the pros race in the lowlands of Europe.

The menu was...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:49:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club: Launch Night]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cycle-club-launch-night</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A hundred or so friends, partners, colleagues and a dog stopped by to have a drink and view the (almost ready) Rapha Cycle Club last night. With the H-Van sitting pretty and films playing on the big screens, guests including Timothy Everest, Kristian...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:50:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ben Ingham: D'Acciaio]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/frame-of-mind</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ben Ingham, whose photography has featured prominently over the last six years with Rapha and Rouleur, now ventures into the world of the moving image. Frame of Mind is a short film about Dario Pegoretti, legendary frame craftsman and philosopher of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:44:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Partners: Fi'zi:k]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-partners-fizik</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This weekend the first of the 2010 Summer Seasonww.rapha.cc/2010-summer-season rides with the Rapha Continental kicks off with The Tour of the Unknown Coastuccycle.org/ in Northern California. When the Conti mount up to ride California's hardest cent...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 05:25:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RCS Racing in New England]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rcs-racing-in-new-england</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Dan Sharp~

To be stranded is not a good feeling. Even if it means that you are going to ride your bike for the entirety of the time (ok, well, maybe that is not such a terrible thing) it still means a disruption in plans. Communications...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[May Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/may-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For me, May 1st has never included a Maypole or Morris dancing, but it has meant flower bouquets. Always the man to find the beauty and flora along the way, Cole's bicycle bouquets have been a Continental constant. 

Happy May Day.







T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:50:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Voiture Balai Centenary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/voiture-balai-centenary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Introduced to the Tour in 1910, the year the race first went into the Mountains, the voiture balaiww.rapha.cc/cycle-club/ or broom wagon follows the last rider on the road. If the balai catches struggling riders they must climb off and retire, handin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:57:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tops in Bottoms]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tops-in-bottoms</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The issue has not yet hit newsstands, but the next edition of Bicycling Magazineicycling.com/—the largest circulation cycling magazine in the U.S.—will include a terrific honor for Rapha. The Editorial staff of Bicycling have selected our Bib Sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:47:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[John Herety's NYC Playlist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/john-heretys-nyc-playlist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I emailed John to ask him to do another playlistww.rapha.cc/the-directeur-sportif-playlist for the blog. Interestingly, John replied to me via his iPad, which I presume he acquired whilst in New York City. This is what he wrote:

As our enforced st...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:38:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ride with Ride Studio Café]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ride-with-ride-studio-caf</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Photos by Dan Sharp~

The Rapha Condor Sharp team really did get the chance to see a good portion of the United States due to the volcanic ash-cloud. They were stuck on this side of the pond so we decided to take them on a tour of the East Coast. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:51:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Burfields &amp; Co]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/burfields-and-co</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Joe Hall  PHOTOS: Kasper Daems and Joe Hall~

The village of Martock, in Somerset, is the West Country as it used to be, a landscape of cider farms and 13th century hamstone buildings. It is also home to Burfields Glove Factory, the family ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Great Road Climbs Volume 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/great-road-climbs-volume-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The follow up to The Great Road Climbsww.rapha.cc/the-rapha-guide-to-the-great-road-climbs-of-the-pyrenees of the Pyrenees, the Rapha Guide to The Great Road Climbs of the Southern Alps is nowww.rapha.cc/great-road-climbs-of-the-southern-alps availab...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:25:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bespoke-the-handbuilt-bicycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The most beautiful location for a bicycle is directly under your sit bones. However, starting May 13, the best place to witness some of the more beautiful bicycles will be in New York's Museum of Arts and Designollections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:20:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Izu no Kuni]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/izu-no-kuni</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Daisuke Yano  PHOTOS: Brian Vernor, Shu Takenouchi, Kei Tsuji~



After a slow gradual climb by a quiet river adorned with all the autumn colours you could imagine, we come out onto the Izu Skyline road.  A place for fine European cars a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:36:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cycle Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cycle-club-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What are these men doing? Why are they pushing a Citroën H Van (iconic broom wagon of the Tour de France) through a shop window?
Find out more later this week....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:29:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Métier | Barry &amp; McMillan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-mtier--barry-and-mcmillan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every cyclist has a story to tell – some are heroic tales, some of horrifying crashes, and others of drugs and cheating. Most will never speak a word."
– Michael Barry

Le Métier is the hotly anticipated collaboration between road racer "Mich...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:56:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Old Lady]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-old-lady</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No, that's not a derogatory term for Bernard Hinault, although he did win La Doyenne twice. The 'Old Lady', Liège-Bastogne-Liège, is the oldest Classic in cycle racing and, presumably, when you've completed all 260km of this tough Monument, you pro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:37:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Duke in New York City]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-duke-in-new-york-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photo by Dan Sharp

This fresh faced young man is known as Dean 'the Duke' Windsor.ww.raphacondor.cc/riders-and-staff/dean-windsor The Australian moved over to Rapha Condor Sharp from the Drapac-Porsche racing team this year after winning the Most ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:05:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time for Touring]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/time-for-touring</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© Jobst Brandt

After a week where volcanic ash prevented thousands of people from flying to locations in and out of Europe, it's time to rethink the art of travel. Supposing we didn't have the convenience of commercial flight and instead depended...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:33:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beloved]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beloved</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Over the last two years James Selman and Matt Stein have been honing, crafting, and shaping their studio called weights&amp;pulleys. After a decade of defining brands and customer relationships for big and small clients,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp to Ride Quabbin Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-to-ride-quabbin-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Condor Sharpww.raphacondor.cc/home team is at it again, with no hope for getting out of the United States anytime soon they have shifted their focus from When do we leave?" to "What do we do now that we are stuck here?" The best answer to t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:52:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Yonretto:  Izu No Kuni]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-yonretto-izu-no-kuni</link>
			<description><![CDATA[View the featureww.rapha.cc/izu-no-kuni.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:40:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of the Battenkill Aerial View]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-the-battenkill-aerial-view</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As fortune would have it the view of the Battenkill River Valley from above is as spectacular as it is from below, maybe even more so. When the Tour of the Battenkill went off this past weekend there was no way to know where to best view of the start...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:36:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bilenky]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bilenky</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Bilenky Cycle Works sits in North Philadelphia, wedged between a desolate set of railroad tracks and an imposing junkyard. The rugged façade of the shop, however, belies the artistry contained within; cyclists who know,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tour of the Battenkill in photos]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-tour-of-the-battenkill-in-photos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Dan Sharp 

Before you know it the Tour of the Battenkill has come and gone. This years addition included a UCI event that went off smoothly. Former Tour de France stars showed up, as well the Rapha Condor Sharp team was out in full force...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:50:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Circle A Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/circle-a-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

At the moment, Circle-A is two guys, Chris Bull and Brian Chapman. Their workspace is in an updated garage-like box attached to the back of what looks like a small multi-story apartment building. Chris and Brian work in ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dinner at the Breslin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dinner-at-the-breslin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Dan Sharp 

When in New York, do what they do. Look around, and if you see people streaming in to a restaurant, or lined up outside a coffee shop you can bet that is the place to go. Does not matter if you have not heard of it, follow the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:28:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clif Bar]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/clif-bar</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp Rides Battenkill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-rides-battenkill-day2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Dan Sharp

This morning was an early one for the Rapha Condor Sharpww.raphacondor.cc/home guys, but also for everyone else that came out to ride Central Park with them. This is not an entirely unusual occurrence for the peoples of New Yor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:20:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp Rides Battenkill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-rides-battenkill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Dan Sharp 

We met the Rapha Condor Sharpww.raphacondor.cc/home team on American soil this afternoon at the Ace Hotelww.acehotel.com/newyork in New York City. Amidst a flurry of bags, foam bits, tight black t-shirts and odd looks from the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:45:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Col d'Aspin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/col-daspin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Charlie Pearch  PHOTOS: Janet Pearch~

The Col d'Aspin has been featured many times in the Tour de France. Although not as famous as its larger neighbours, the Aubisque and the Tourmalet, it is an essential part of the Pyrenean landscape an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:43:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coat Paint Shop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coat-paint-shop-1</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doing Flanders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/doing-flanders</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Phil Deeker, creator of the Cent Cols Challengeww.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge, lives and trains in Belgium. However, until this year Phil had never ridden the fabled climbs of the Belgian Classics. Here he recounts his first experiences of riding th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:19:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: The Cubano]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-the-cubano</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After winding down from a big day of bicycle racing, or in light of the last few days, watching bicycle racing, good food always does the trick. This recent edition of Rapha Cooks brings you one of the best sandwiches on the planet. The Cubano. Matt ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:55:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday our highly-anticipated Hell of the North ride took place. With glorious spring weather and a 200+ turn out, we knew there was some fun to be had.



Setting off from Highgate, up the A1000 and into the Hertfordshire lanes, the route the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:33:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Siracusa]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-siracusa</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sicily took its time to earn a place in the annals of Italian cycling. Ignored for the first 17 editions of the Giro, the island first featured in the great race in 1930. In 1949, a chapter of the epic duel between the incomparable Fausto Coppi and h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:21:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Tires]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tyres-</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Davidson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/davidson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Bill Davidson and Bob Freeman are partners in Elliott Bay Bicycles, a venerable bicycle institution in downtown Seattle, WA, and the home of Davidson Cycles. They have been building frames in one incarnation or another, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FI'ZI:K]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fizik</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fi'zi:k is a racing brand. It represents beauty, speed, passion, freedom for those who race against each other, race against the clock and for enthusiast cyclists around the world who identify with the feeling of the fire of competition....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Just Another Sunday at Roubaix]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/just-another-sunday-at-roubaix</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos from 2009 Paris-Roubaix

Paris-Roubaix will be on us in a couple of days now. And while the racing will be the focus of the day, the circus that inevitably follows this race only heightens the allure that this Monument holds. From the beer a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:59:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North: Route Info]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-route-info</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For those riding our Hell of the North route on Sunday, below are the locations of each sector and here is a Garmin-compatible route mapiny.cc/HOTN66.

The weather looks like it could be fair, so bring your sunglasses, spare tubes/CO2 canisters/rep...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:04:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thank You For Your Support]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/thank-you-for-your-support</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Paris-Roubaix is looming on the horizon. Every day we get a few hours closer to that Monument that makes people pick up their bikes and ride till the tears stream from their eyes. In a few short days we will find out who will be that first person int...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:19:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur No. 17]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-no-17</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rouleur 17ouleur.cc/ features a trip to Italian tubing wizards Columbus, written by editor Guy Andrews and photographed by Ben Ingham. Young Czech rider, Jan Hirt, is also a subject of Ingham's lens, along with words from Herbie Sykes. Herbie, who is...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:36:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rick Hunter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rick-hunter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For nearly 20-years, Rick Hunter has been building custom bicycles in Watsonville, California. His philosophy still remains as it started—make meticulous bikes that perform beautifully, and do it for a fair price. 2-9r’s, road, cross or even the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental Partners: SRAM Components]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/continental-partners-sram-components</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental is getting set to kick things off for the summer and once again we have teamed up with SRAMww.sram.com/sram/road Components to outfit the squad. The refresh for a few of our bikes happened just in ti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:21:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Igleheart]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/igleheart</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Chris Igleheart is a bit of an older gentlemen who looks a little like a mad scientist at first glance. He started at Fat City building mountain bikes back in the day. When you first meet him he seems a touch socially aw...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Independent Fabrication]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/independent-fabrication</link>
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At the time of this interview Matt Bracken was the president of Independent Fabrication. He has since moved on. Matt was and still is a very nice guy. He’s knowledgeable, animated and experienced and his take on all th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transit Elite Sweater]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/transit-elite-sweater-1-2</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:17:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of the Battenkill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-the-battenkill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~AMERICA'S QUEEN OF THE CLASSICS - 04/18/2010~

For the first time 'America's Classic' has achieved UCI status, drawing more global attention and racers than ever before. The Rapha Condor Sharp team will be travelling across the Atlantic to try and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:22:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HOTN: The Final Recce]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hotn-the-final-recce</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a few of us embarked on the final reconnaissance ride to decide the route for the Rapha Hell of the Northww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1. It was wet, windy and somewhat reminiscent of the kind of crap weather Paris-Roubaix is famed for. Mud...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:07:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Muur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-muur</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Location  Geraardsbergen
Alt.  92 m
Length  1.08km
Max. Gradient  20 
Coordinates  50.7725°N 3.89°E

The Muur van Geraardsbergen or Kapelmuur (there is, rather fittingly, a chapel at the top) is one of the icons of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:37:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of the Battenkill Events]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-the-battenkill-events</link>
			<description><![CDATA[above photo by Adactioww.flickr.com/photos/adactio/

Join the Rapha-Condor-Sharp Pro Cycling Team throughout the weekend as the boys in black and pink attempt to take the coveted Queen of the American Classics trophy to their home in the UK. Three ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:23:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Randonnées Literature]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-randonnes-literature-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Working in an age where a large amount of output is digital, existing only on hard drives, servers and computer screens, it is always satisfying when printed work arrives at Rapha. There is usually a degree of trepidation when a digital file is sent ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:57:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chris King]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chris-king</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tour of the Battenkill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-tour-of-the-battenkill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos from 2009 Paris-Roubaix

The website for the 2010 version of the Tour of the Battenkillourofthebattenkill.com/ states that this race is "America's Queen of the Classics." Which, I guess is probably correct, but only because it is really the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:56:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HOTN: Best Dressed Flahute]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hotn-best-dressed-flahute</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eddy explains to Roger how he maintains his sideburns all season-long.

The Hell of the Northww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1 ride on the 11th April will offer riders the chance to sport their best Belgian style. Whether that be a turn-of-the-centur...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Lyon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jeffrey-lyon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Jeffrey Lyon of Lyonsport lives in Grants Pass, Oregon. Jeff is a fisherman, a surfer, a father and a husband as well as a bicycle frame builder. He grew up racing in the Bay Area and early-on became determined to learn ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Range Launch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-range-launch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At midday it still looked like the sun might poke through the clouds, but by early afternoon the BBC had a severe weather warning over London and the rain began to fall in biblical proportions. This wasn’t ideal for the early Spring spin around Reg...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moots]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/moots</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Stationed in Steamboat Springs Colorado for the last 30 years has been a good thing for Moots. From the sounds of it not only does it have some of the best bicycle riding around, but the community itself has been support...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides: The Garden of England]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-the-garden-of-england</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Graeme Raeburn, a man of Kent (or is that a Kentish man?), and Ultan Coyle, a man of Ulster (Dundalk actually), led us on the sixth instalment of the all-company ride through south London into Kent, the Garden of England.


Coffee connoisseurs

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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mini-Mart]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/minimart</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The good and bad thing about digital imagery is that it is easy to forget about, but at the same time just as easy to pull back out and put to use. The ease of taking digital photos and then storing them away can be a little scary at times. But, then...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nuun]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nuun</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big Loop - Boise, ID]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/big-loop--boise-id</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our desire to move, travel and expand, and road trip is central to our identity and consciousness. Americans love frontiers. We are restless and ready at once to pack-up and move-on should life require it, for a job or a woman, or for gold or for fam...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Otto Miller - March]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/otto-miller--march-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Each month when we do the Otto Miller ride more and more people show up. We started this ride on a whim for the purpose of getting to ride with others, for the excuse to get out and ride our bicycles more. They hear about it through friends, they are...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Prize from Hell]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-prize-from-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Juan Antonio Flecha, who finished 18th in the first Monument of the season on Saturday, Milan-San Remo, has kindly sent us a signed jersey. This will be the prize for the rider with the most punctures on Sunday the 11th April. And if you don't know a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Pereira]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tony-pereira</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Tony Pereira loves riding bikes. He’s not just a racer, a mountain biker or a randonnuer, he’s a cyclist in the purist sense of the word. For starters, he Zoo Bombs (a weekly Portland, Oregon institution with hundred...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ira Ryan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ira-ryan-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Ira Ryan, stoic and plain and obsessed with just putting his head down and working, is the prototypical Midwesterner. He has a penchant for tough conditions, overcoming hardships and persevering in the face of adversity....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Way to go Deano]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/way-to-go-deano</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dean Downing threw it at the line to get the win at the Tour of Taiwan. He's currently sitting second overall....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North Sectors Pt.1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-sectors-pt1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[gravé noun
/grɑːveɪ/US/græːveɪ/

• (an area of) farm track/road/footpath/bridleway etc. which consists of potholes, loose paving, stones, rubble and mud.

The first five sectors of our Hell of the Northww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1 ri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Richard Sachs]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/richard-sachs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Richard Sachs works and lives in a medium-sized yellow Colonial house on Main Street, at the far end of a quaint New England village. You can tell it’s his by the signature-red bike out front leaning, unlocked, against...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/49x1520x75at11pm03or20or10</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Three years ago David Trimble had a birthday and rather than just cakes and ice cream, he and some friends raced the quiet cobbled streets in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. Last year, even under the watchful and I'm sure curious eye of the NYPD, t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pintler-loop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before, during, after, later, and depending on how long a day may be later again, the cyclist eats on ride days. String together a succession of ride days or even alternating ride and travel days, and food slowly becomes less and less a plethora of s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[El Diablo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/el-diablo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nicknamed El Diablo (when racing in S. America) for his devilish attacking style, Claudio Chiappucci was one of the most charismatic stars of the peloton in the 1990s. Firing onto the scene in the 1990 Tour de France, Chiappucci led an early break on...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seven Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/seven-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

For the past eleven years the home of Seven Cycles has been in a somewhat non-descript industrial park just outside of Boston, in Watertown, Mass. Inside that 15,000sq.ft. building 35 employees with a collective 250+ yea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ronde van Oost Lancashire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ronde-van-oost-lancashire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Apparently, it is not just young lads on butcher's bikes delivering bread that ride the cobbles in the north of England. We had an email from the organiser of this event last week, throwing down the gauntlet onto the pavé of Lancashireeamherecomethe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Signal Cycles]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/signal-cycles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skip to the bike »ontbike

Matt Cardinal and Nate Meschke are Signal Cycles. Co-workers at first, then friends and now business partners, they share a remarkably similar, but totally different history. More importantly they share a strikingly cong...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Specialized]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/specialized</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conversations with Moots]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/conversations-with-moots</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Spent a little time interviewing Jon Cariveau from Moots Cycles yesterday morning. Keep an eye on the Builders" section of the Continental site as we head into the spring months. There are going to be some great additions to the family. 

Jon and I...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cycle-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur at the Classics]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-at-the-classics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rouleur consistently draws our attention to the most dramatic and brutal road riding in the world. If the term classicism could be applied to cycling journalism then Rouleur has pioneered the artform. Not that the magazine has anything to do with Anc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rules for Hell]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rules-for-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Image © Ben Ingham

BIKE GUIDELINES
1.	Drop bars
2.	Tyre width no wider than 32mm
3.	Mudguards acceptable
4.	Singlespeed/fixed gear acceptable but not advisedww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1
5.	Tandems are a bad idea

KIT CHECKLIST
1.	Overs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beartooth Pass]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beartooth-pass</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: James Selman  PHOTOS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley~

This ride could be a top five. Maybe three. 

Riding in the brisk Portland Sunshine on a March day waiting for the rains to come again, I contemplated how amazing it would be to ride Beartoo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Travels with Daisuke]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/travels-with-daisuke</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first Yonrettoww.rapha.cc/mizugaki ride is now live on the site. It is great to see what happens in another part of the world. How cyclists go about their routines in another part of the world. Seeing the Rapha Continental evolve to encapsulate a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sram</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=3263898&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sycip]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sycip</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jeremy and Jay Sycip are brothers and the founders Sycip Bikes.

Who are you guys?

Jeremy Sycip: We grew up in the Philippines until our family moved to Fremont, CA in the East Bay when I was thirteen. I have a daughter, Bea, who’s going to be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mizugaki</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Daisuke Yano  PHOTOS: Brian Vernor, Shu Takenouchi, Kei Tsuji~



The sun has completely set, not even a faint ring of light over the 3000m south Japan Alps. There is no point in putting street lights where people do not go out after dark...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS 2010 - Sunday Morning Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-2010--sunday-morning-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[photos by Ira Ryan

An early morning ride on a Sunday is a great way to start the day, or end the weekend depending on how you look at it. This past weekend, with the help of Joel and Donna from Carytown Bicycle Companyarytownbicyclecompany.com/, w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Pasta Orechiette]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-pasta-orechiette</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The third installment of recipes from Matt Card comes in the form of pastas. As Cyclists we are all familiar with this staple carb replacement, most likely eaten after but also before the start of a big ride or race. Matt outlines a few ways to enhan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAHBS 2010 - Richmond, Virginia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nahbs-2010--richmond-virginia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The tough thing about coming back from the NAHBS show is picking the things to start talking about. One could wander through the alley ways of that show for hours and not see everything. In fact there was a whole isle that I think was completely miss...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jeremy's Ranch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jeremys-ranch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Luck marries place, time-of-day and weather, not planning. Climbing under the sun with no shade. Tailwinds rolling off a pass. Sleet on a summit before a huge descent. Rain two miles into a 100 mile day. It’s all luck.

And as all riders know, it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Timm Kölln &amp; Villa Pasculli]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/timm-klln-and-villa-pasculli-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Timm Kölln’s The Peloton, a collection of portraits of the pros shot seconds after the finish line, captures the extreme physicality of the professional race experience. There’s Mark Cavendish looking suitably grimy in his former T-Mobile jersey...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Continental Convenience]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-continental-convenience</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sunday is the last day of the National Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) in Richmond, Virginia and it is a bit sad to see it come to an end. The US office has been planning, working and looking forward to this date for much of the winter, and to know tha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More From Hell…]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/more-from-hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Myself, Simon Mottram and Guy Andrews made another venture into Hertfordshire on Wednesday to recce more of the Hell of the Northww.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1 route. We assumed it couldn't get any soggier than last week but the delightful English w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monsieur Paris-Roubaix]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/monsieur-parisroubaix</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Winning the Hell of the North an unprecedented four times (1972, ’74, ’75, ’77), the Belgian is regarded by many as the best classics rider in the history of the sport. De Vlaeminck’s cyclocross skills and experience riding his native Flandri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's New BQ?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/whats-new-bq</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha has the fortune of partneringww.rapha.cc/retail-partners with a handful of the better cycling retailers around the world. Housed in a newly built, state-of-the-art office in Little Rock, Competitive Cyclist continues to be at the forefront as a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snowy Pass]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/snowy-pass</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On our left, riding our way into the foothills outside Laramie, Wyoming, is a deep depression that seems to have been formed by centuries of wind erosion that stretches for miles and miles. On our right, ranch-lands are covered in tall, blowing grass...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Riding, Racing and Otto Miller Wednesday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/riding-racing-and-otto-miller-wednesday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We have been putting on Gentlemen's Races for quite some time now. On the East Coastww.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-new-paltz-ny we will head into year two, while the West will see the third running of the race this September. Slate jokes that he is just...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North: 11.04.10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-110410</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a couple of us from Rapha rode out of north London to recce the route for our Hell of the North ride, which takes place on Sunday 11th April 2010. The night before saw some torrential rain in London so we were a little concerned about condi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha in Richmond]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-in-richmond</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Friday, February 26 — Sunday, February 28

Rapha is returning as exhibitors to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show happening in Richmond, Virginia, between February 26th – 28th. New spring/summer products will be on display, and we will ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Road to NAHBS]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-road-to-nahbs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These boxes of goods are being packed, and re-packed apparently, for a little event that we get excited about each year. That's right, it is time for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, this year taking place in Richmond, Virginia. 

We will ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coal Miner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/coal-miner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley~

We’ve stayed in hundreds of different places over the course of this project. In the beginning, when it was local to the Northwest and Northeast we stayed at home and with friends and teammates. Twice, while in L...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Velo Club d'Ardbeg]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/velo-club-dardbeg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At art-college I played in a rock band. At gigs the guitarist, prior to bolting amps and drums together, regularly indulged in a glass of Jack Daniel's. It was the rock 'n' roll thing to do. It's not too much of a stretch to make the connection betwe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VILLIN CYCLEWORKS]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/villin-cycleworks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) takes place this month in Richmond VA and Rapha will be there amongst America’s finest frame builders. Of the exhibitors, Florida’s Villin Cycleworks will be present for the third year running.

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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek No. 7]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-7</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This sneak peek brings you another addition to the family. 

If you spend enough time in the saddle while wearing pants, whether it be riding to work or just riding through your city these undershorts will pleasantly surprise. Intended to be worn t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Women]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-women</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha SS10 collection will be officially revealed this Friday. Amongst the latest pieces in the range is a new and exciting capsule of products.

The three new female-specific additions to the range are core road riding pieces based on classic ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek No. 6]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-6</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The growing family of the Rapha Caps range is increased by three. The caps are a lighter weight than the previous version, and the perfect offering for your spring riding regimen. 

The Cycling Cap can be worn under the helmet, the brim acting doub...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek no. 5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-5</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Sneak Peek takes a glance at two products that should go hand-in-hand this summer. Both are reworked editions of pieces that all sportive riders and high mountain randonnéurs shouldn’t leave home without.

The first is essential for those c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Four | A Ride With Andy Hampsten]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-four--a-ride-with-andy-hampsten</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS/INTERVIEW: Andy Hampsten  PHOTOS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley~

We have been fortunate to meet some incredible people through the Rapha Continental. Locals, shop-owners, constables, hosts, and riders of all sorts as we've made our way across the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why Ride a Randonnée?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/why-ride-a-randonne-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every season, the keen road rider can choose from numerous exciting riding holidays. Training camps, cycling tours, the Etape and Gran Fondos, all offer the chance to ride on smooth european tarmac, in great scenery. So why choose a Rapha Randonnéer...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek no. 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No. 3 takes a peak at the return of a now established Rapha favourite. For 2010 this product has been beautifully revised, maintaining its distinguished flashes of colour but in a slightly different guise. 



In terms of technical features this ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ss10 Range: Sneak Peek No. 3.5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-35</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the Hour record was arguably the most important Cycling Record in the world. In the late 70's and early 80's Mexico City provided all the right conditions necessary to making this possible. The altitude combined with the quality...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek NO. 3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our take on a classic piece, the Merino Polo reinvents the notion of city riding, and with it adds a beautiful embellishment. Sneek Peek No. 3 also does the trick by utilizing the same fabric as our most popular item - the Merino Baselayer.ww.rapha.c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek no. 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ss10-range-sneak-peek-no-2-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reworked for 2010, no. 2 is a product inspired by three distinctive icons of cycling. The stories and personalities of these icons have also informed the bold use of colour, paying tribute to races, teams and places. 



The history and character...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SS10 Range: Sneak Peek no. 1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sors-10-range-sneak-peek-no-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Spring is fast approaching. Maybe it does not seem like it from a weather standpoint and certainly not from a riding standpoint (thank god for fenders) but if you find yourself involved with aspects of the fashion or clothing industry - and I would l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fat Tuesday]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fat-tuesday-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[James Selmanww.rapha.cc/james-selman, long-time friend and Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental rider told me some years back something to the effect of "You don't get out of the saddle until April." To him winter and early spring are for b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Visit with Monocle Magazine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-visit-with-monocle-magazine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last week while touring the East Coast, Slate Olson and I stopped in to visit one of our favorite publications. Monocleww.monocle.com/ magazine is one of those publications that I look forward to picking up each month. Every issue does a wonderful jo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phantom Canyon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/phantom-canyon</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Some of those roads were fashioned without switchback technology. It’s like the engineers didn’t respect or appreciate gradient. It’s like they looked at the hill from the bottom and just started clearing, leveling and paving a path straight-u...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hell of the North]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north</link>
			<description><![CDATA[More details coming soon…...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RCS Team Launch photos]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rcs-team-launch-photos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="405"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;pageshowurl=2Fphotos2F3055978340N022Fsets2F721576232015170992Fshow2F&amp;pageshowbackurl=2Fphotos2F3055978340N022Fsets2F721576232015170992F&amp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur 16 Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-16-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What does fishing tackle, children's clothing, the Grim Reaper and Dutch cheese have in common? They all feature in the latest issue of the best cycling publicationww.rouleur.cc/ in the world. 

The first of two features on Shimano is there for Dur...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp Team Launch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-team-launch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Condor Sharp team launched their 2010 season last night in central London. Now in their 4th year of racing, the boys in black are arguably the strongest British road team outside of the ProTour.

2009 was a fantastic season for the team, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha and the CCC 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-and-the-ccc-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We featured the first Cent Cols Challengeentcolschallenge.com/ on the blog late last summerww.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-final-col-list. The Cent Cols Challenge (or CCC) pitted teams of four riders to scale 100 French cols in the space of ten days....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sangre de Christo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sangre-de-christo-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Angel Fire, one step further in than Taos, is a small town near Wheeler Peak in the Sangre De Christo Mountains, New Mexico’s highest. As far away as it is, Angel Fire is home to a fairly well known century ride called the Enchanted Circle. We didn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Janet Pearch Photography]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/janet-pearch-photography</link>
			<description><![CDATA[www.janetpearch.co.ukww.janetpearch.co.uk/

Anyone who has been in Condor Cycleslog.condorcycles.com/ recently may have seen these pictures on display, courtesy of Janet Pearch. Janet is a freelance photographer working out of London and is linked ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Playlist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-playlist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One way of helping you churn out the training miles in these sub-zero conditions is a decent soundtrack. Be warned: it is a lot harder to skip tracks or adjust volume levels on your iPod if you are wearing full-fingered glovesww.rapha.cc/pro-team-glo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Riding]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/winter-riding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As we have seen from Graeme Raeburn recentlyww.rapha.cc/1000-christmas-kilometres-1, clocking up the miles during winter is actually possible. Although Mr. Raeburn is one of the more ‘hardcore’ cyclists I know and that shorter days, work commitme...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rules of the Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rules-of-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1. Road riding is a serious business
You wouldn’t go to a business meeting wearing all the colours of the rainbow. World champion stripes should only be worn if you are a world championyclinginfo.co.uk/cyclists/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/simpson.j...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Buffalo Pass]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/buffalo-pass</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Chinle, Arizona is 100 miles south-west from Four Corners Monument where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. 198 miles from Moab, 311 miles from Grand Junction, 229 miles from Albuquerque and 195 miles from Flagstaff, it sits at the mouth of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Quick breads]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-quickbreads</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In this second installment of our series focused on the edible, Mr. Card once again outdoes himself to ensure that you are fully fueled before and during your ride. These quick breads can easily be sliced down to jersey pocket size for easy access to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Race to the Sun 1967]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-race-to-the-sun-1967</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Looking ahead to March and the start of the season, Paris-Nice is a race that represents the transition from the off-season to the beginning of spring and the new racing calendar (and is also a tough test to see who has put the miles in during winter...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yonretto Trailer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yonretto-trailer-1</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 Xmas Kms: The Final Kilometres]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1000-xmas-kms-the-final-kilometres</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY 30th DECEMBER

Distance: 92k + 5k = 97k
Weather: Rain, rain and rain.
Route: I was planning a long night ride, but the weather is looking dismal so fitted in laps of Richmond Park early to pre-empt the shorter night ride… 

…Which...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Blue Mound]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-blue-mound</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I cannot stop thinking about lemon bars. As soon as the Blue Moundww.rapha.cc/blue-mound edition of our continuing weekly series over on the Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental section of the site went live I started drooling. Considering ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blue Mound]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/blue-mound</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Blue Mound State Park is on the tallest hill in southern Wisconsin. And at 1,716 feet above sea level, Blue Mound is the seventh highest peak in the state. Had Chicago won the bid for the 2016 Olympics this area would have hosted Olympic road racing....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Visit to Cielo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-visit-to-cielo-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Chris Kinghrisking.com/ headquarters here in Portland were kind enough to open their shop doors last week. Housed deep within the recesses of their workshop, frames and forks emblazoned with the Cieloielo.chrisking.com/ name line the walls and ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha at Sable &amp; Argent]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-at-sable-and-argent</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Graced by a balmy (if a little humid) Sydney summer evening we were joined by customers, media and Rapha Condor Sharp's newest addition, Dean Windsor, for the opening of Sable &amp; Argentww.sableandargent.com.au/  - Rapha's first Australian stockist...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 Xmas Kms: No Turning Back]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1000-xmas-kms-no-turning-back-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The novelty was starting to wear thin. Every morning, waking up in the dark before the alarm clock, same drill: Dress, eat, weather check, load up, ride into the grey morning. Return, eat, clean the bike, kit and myself. Prepare for the next day. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Top Ten for 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-top-ten-for-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2010 promises to be a spectacular and action-packed calendar of road riding, events and products. Here's what we are looking forward to this coming year.



Our long awaited women’s range launches this March. Finally, female riders will be able ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Road Paint]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/road-paint</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Grand Tours of cycling conjure up many things. Like sunshine, air-horns, motorcades, screaming fans, inflatable giraffes and glorious mountain passes. Each summer, the roads along which these races travel become decorated with a spectrum of names...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black Hills]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/black-hills</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Perry Jewett is a firefighter and has been for nearly 20 years. He is also the Race Director of an annual Labor Day mountain bike race called the Dakota 50. He lives with his wife and daughter in downtown Spearfish, South Dakota. He rides everything;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit From the Pros]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/visit-from-the-pros</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just as we had finished talking about the Team Sky launch and how exciting it all is, a few of the squad stopped by at the Rapha office here in London. Norwegian Champion Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Juan Antonio Flecha and Michael Barry paid a visit to say he...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Thin Blue Line]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-thin-blue-line</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to be a guest at the launch of Team Skyww.teamsky.com/ this morning in London. Unusually, for a pro cycling event, the launch started with a bike ride. 

It was minus 2 degrees celsius when we met under the Millenium Wheel on the Th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 Xmas Kms: A Ride with K. House]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1000-xmas-kms-a-ride-with-k-house</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SUNDAY 27th DECEMBER

Distance: 120k (inc. a long route home)
Weather: Cold and blustery but relatively clear, we escape the forecasted showers. 
Route: A loop south from Canterbury, over the cliffs around Dover and back (inc. crossing a section ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 Xmas Kms: Raeburn reports]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1000-xmas-kms-raeburn-reports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[FRIDAY 25th DECEMBER

Distance: 232km
Weather: A dismal start in the dark, clearing toward midday, perfect cloudless skies for the return leg.
Route: A loop south of London, over Ashdown Forest to Seaford, along the coast road to Eastbourne, retu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lincoln Continental]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lincoln-continental</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nebraska is a mathematician’s delight; it’s one big square divisible by hundreds and thousands of smaller squares. Farms, fields, ranches, all on a grid of right angles and square plots. It’s deceptively not flat, like an ocean, where scale and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1000 Christmas Kilometres]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/1000-christmas-kilometres-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Graeme Raeburn is unwell. The Rapha product designer has a cold (nothing he can't handle) but he has also decided to do what most people definitely won't at this festive juncture, and that's ride 1000km during one week. Admirable but somewhat derange...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Sky Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to welcoming Team Sky riders at the 2010 Nocturne Seriesww.nocturneseries.com/ and would like to make customers aware of the opportunity to ride with Team Sky at the beginning of 2010. On 4th January 2010 Team Skyww.facebook.co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rouleur Annual Photographers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rouleur-annual-photographers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Rouleur Photo Annualww.rouleur.cc/2009-annual is now out. A few short weeks ago they gathered and payed homage to the photographers that contributed to making the publication wonderful. Dan Sharpww.danielsharpphoto.com/ was one of these phot...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[M22]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/m22</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fudgie. It’s a loving term bestowed upon any tourist that makes their way along the northern tier of Lake Michigan where fudge can be bought at any stop. With the help of amazing hosts and friends, we found ourselves at the best bar in the town of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Sharp 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-sharp-2010</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It has been announced that Rapha Condor are to become Rapha Condor Sharp. The electronics giant, who founded a relationship with Rapha Condor at the end of 2009, in conjunction with Sharp4Prostate, will become co-sponsors of the team with London base...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Essential Cyclocross]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/essential-cyclocross</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I almost forgot that I was toting around the Essentials Caseww.rapha.cc/essentials-case at the National Cross Champs while I was out there. I didn't have a spot for it in my jersey pocket, but it does fit nicely in there. The frigid temperatures of B...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crash Test Jersey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/crash-test-jersey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A while back, Mr. Thomas Ennis, a customer from New York, sent us a letter regarding a jersey he had purchased, it read:

Hi There – 

Hope all is well.

Three weeks ago, while wearing my favourite country jerseyww.rapha.cc/country-jersey-09,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Christmas Party 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-christmas-party-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Coach of the Year 2008" is what it read on the back of the hired transportation to take 20 of us from Rapha London HQ to Newport Velodrome on Tuesday. The driver ferried us swiftly (but not necessarily safely) down the M4 whilst we enjoyed a few dri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transit Elite Sweater - Day of the Maoist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/transit-elite-sweater--day-of-the-maoist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We continue to follow Dave, Cole and crew as they compile photos and writing with the guys over at Apolis Activism.ww.apolisactivism.com/?event=source This time their adventure gets a little tense, but ultimately turns into another great day on the b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Cyclocross National Championships]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/us-cyclocross-national-championships</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we here at the Rapha North America put on a little Cross rideww.rapha.cc/pro-visit-with-tim-johnson with Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld racer Tim Johnson. It was a short Friday morning ride around Forest Park which would be his warmup for...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diabolical Double]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/diabolical-double</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the Appalachian Mountains along the Upper Potomac, the roads boil and roll like a winter storm on the high seas. The surfaces of Garrett County in Western Maryland rise in peaks and crests. These pavement waves are several hundred feet high and co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big in Japan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/big-in-japan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You can view more pictures hereww.flickr.com/photos/daisukeyano/sets/72157622880314989/ from last weekend's Cycle Mode International show in Tokyo where our man in Japan, Daisuke Yano, put together an excellent exhibit featuring Independent Fabricati...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[I am a visitor here myself]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/i-am-a-visitor-here-myself</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't speak a word of Japanese, it turns out that it didn't really matter. This past weekend at the Tokyo Cycle Mode Exhibition confirmed what I suspected – riders are riders and we can all talk cycling", even if we don't fully understand one ano...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Print Sale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-print-sale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The launch of the 2009 edition of the Rouleur Photography Annual 2009ww.rapha.cc/rouleur-annual-2009/ took place last Thursday at the space beneath the Paul Smith offices in central London. It was a great evening, involving lots of wine and beer and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hemingway at the Velodrome]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/hemingway-at-the-velodrome</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist, lived and worked in Paris during the 1920s. In  A Moveable Feast, the book in which he writes of his time in the French capital, Hemingway describes trips to Parisian velodromes at the zenith of track...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Centre Ramble]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/centre-ramble</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Often because of the shape and nature of the landscape, topography will dictate the pace of a ride. Rouge Roubaix, for example, demands you to race, while the aptly named 86-mile Centre Ramble, suggests an easier-paced and, well… rambling kind of a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transit Elite Sweater]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/transit-elite-sweater</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This time we are teaming up with the kind folks over at Apolis Activismww.apolisactivism.com/?event=storeHome to produce the Transit Elite Sweater..bp.blogspot.com/mfMRTBDpgkM/SpdojRRongI/AAAAAAAAH9E/2hHYKSouCl4/s1600-h/rapha2SP10.jpg But to do so we...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cycle L’Etape du Tour for Autism]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-letape-du-tour-for-autism</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Autistic Society (NAS) is one of only three charities with places in L’Etape du Tour 2010. Previous Etape participants have chosen to raise funds for the NAS, but this will be the first year the NAS enters a cycling team. 

As part o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro Visit with Tim Johnson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/pro-visit-with-tim-johnson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Jeff Curtes

Red Bull Cyclocross Racer and former U.S. National Cyclocross Champion Tim Johnson stopped by the office this morning to go for a little cross ride with us. Somehow we finagled him into a Red Classic Softshell that we had emb...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lance's New Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lances-new-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong is on tour again. At the moment it happens to be on a book tour and not a bike tour. But when he stepped out on ABC's top morning show Regis and Kelly to talk about "Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal":www.amazon.com/Comeback-2-0-Up-...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London Courier for a Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-courier-for-a-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charlie Pearch is a Rapha Condor Club member and rider. Last Friday, as we sent Rapha Condor's Dean Downing and Matt Cronshaw out on to the mean streets of London to courier Fast Fridayoad.cc/content/news/11379-rapha-condor-pros-turn-london-couriers-...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Lost River Barn]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-lost-river-barn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When I look back at the most recent Rapha Continentalww.rapha.cc/lost-river-barn ride in West Virginia I think a lot of things. One of them is that it was incredibly hard. The terrain and never-ending dirt climbs were just a small part of it. The rol...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ronde van Cannings]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ronde-van-cannings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ah, Belgium, the land of pavé , sideways cloudbursts, terrible crosswinds, Trappist beer and excellent frites. There's plenty of other brilliant stuff besides, including the Ghent Six-Day and the cyclocross World Cup. 

Jon Cannings, Rouleur'sww.r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lost River Barn]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lost-river-barn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley~

The Host
Originally from Jersey, Jay Moglia moved to D.C. to attend American University. After school he worked bartending, playing music, and the odd construction job. During the summer of 1991, faced with no con...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Cooks: Rice and Beans]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-cooks-rice-and-beans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our newest monthly installment comes in the form of a recipe. We all know that food is an integral part of the cycling lifestyle so we thought, why not enhance that with a little help from our friends. Matt Card could definitely be called a man about...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mellow Johnny's Classic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mellow-johnnys-classic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This past September I saw Ted Lambert looking a little flustered on the Interbike tradeshow floor. Ted is one of the main gents at Mellow Johnny'sellowjohnnys.com/ and in the year of knowing Ted and the chaos of events and enjoyment with opening and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Christmas Shopping]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-christmas-shopping</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Late Night Shopping at Condor

On Tuesday 8th December Condor Cycles in London will be staying open late for Rapha Christmas shopping. As well as being able to enjoy wine and mince pies, Rapha customers will be able to take advantage of a 10 ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Talk: Off the Record]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-talk-off-the-record-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A young Dean Downing riding at the track

Last night 30 of Rapha's top customers were treated to an intimate question and answer session with Rapha Condor pros, Dean Downing and Chris Newton plus team manager, John Herety. Cycling commentator David...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fast Friday with Rapha Condor]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fast-friday-with-rapha-condor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Friday Rapha Condor riders Matt Cronshaw and Dean Downing will be pacing across the capital delivering Rapha orders to Fast Fridayww.rapha.cc/fast-fridays customers. If you are in the catchment area between 2pm Thursday and 2pm Friday, place an ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Cold Knob]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-cold-knob</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is kind of fun for me to look back through these photos as they go up each week.ww.rapha.cc/cold-knob Taking me back, if even just for a minute or two to that crazy trip that we did this summer. 

I also realized as I went back through my Embroc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cold Knob]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cold-knob</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Michael Loranty~

In West Virginia the physical and cultural landscapes are inextricably linked. Landscapes are defined by the physical and biological processes that shape them--the topography, climate, the geology, and the ecology.  Cultur...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cold Knob]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cold-knob-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Michael Loranty~

In West Virginia the physical and cultural landscapes are inextricably linked. Landscapes are defined by the physical and biological processes that shape them--the topography, climate, the geology, and the ecology.  Cultur...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Col d'Aubisque]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/col-daubisque</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Pyrenean hors catégorie, often clouded in mist, rises to 1709m. The second most visited climb in the history of the Tour de France, Octave Lapize famously declared the Tour organisers 'assasins' on his arrival at the summit in 1910.

Read abo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Boston with Love]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/from-boston-with-love</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Almost two weeks ago I left my post here in Portland to check back in with our East Coast Brethren. Pretty successful trip I have to say, and it looks, at least from a cycling standpoint that they are holding themselves down pretty well. The other be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Otto Miller - Round One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/otto-miller--round-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We did our first Otto Miller ride yesterday, something that we are going to be doing as a monthly adventure. If you are in the area on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, come ride with us. The highlight of the ride (some people say highlight, some peop...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Squad 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-squad-2010-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor announce the names for their new 2010 squad.

Britain’s No. 1 ranked team retain the services of National Road Race Champion Kristian House, Elite Circuit Race Series winner Dean Downing, Olympic bronze medalist Chris Newton, Darren ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Continental: Six Gap &amp; Brasstown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-six-gap-and-brasstown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Take a look through the photos from the 6 Gap Rideww.rapha.cc/six-gap-and-brass-town that just went up. I remember this ride well as it was the first one in a succession of many. Gander at the ride profile and cue sheet of the day.ww.rapha.cc/six-gap...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Six Gap and Brasstown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/six-gap-and-brass-town</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From a psychological standpoint when an aspect of an individual’s demeanor improves solely because they are being studied, it’s called the Hawthorne Effect. We sometimes call it the Ira Ryan Effect. Ira Ryan, in this case, is a verb and it can, h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tomorrow, We Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tomorrow-we-ride-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. The voluptuous pleasure that cycling can give you is delicate, intimate and ephemeral. It arrives, it takes hold of you, sweeps you up and then leaves you again. It is for you alone. It is a combination of speed and ease, force and grace. It is p...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Customer Writes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/a-customer-writes-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rain, wind, puddles, slippery metal drain covers, dirty spray, angry drivers, standstill traffic, pedestrians scurrying along pavements head into the wind. Perfection, the elements pushed the yellow jacketed, rugby short brigade onto the tube this mo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ahh…Summertime]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ahhsummertime-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's just mid-November, and as a native Oregonian who lives for the muddy, wet, cold days that are so perfect for cyclocross racing, I feel almost ashamed about what I'm going to say next. But, I just saw a new film from the Rapha Continentalww.rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Friday  Matinée]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-friday-matine-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We've decided to 'keep it reel' this week and offer you a selection of film clips from the web. Some intriguing, some nostalgic and some ridiculous. Enjoy the show.

There is some great cycling-related footage on British Pathéww.britishpathe.com/r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quick, Make a Wishlist!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/quick-make-a-wishlist-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We have currently received 960 Rapha Wishlistsww.rapha.cc/account/wishlist.php since launching the function on the site last week. The 1000th person to create a Wishlist will receive the most expensive item on their list, absolutely free. Make your l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[And if you love Europe, you can love North America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/and-if-you-love-europe-you-can-love-north-america</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href="www.thewashingmachinepost.net/"&gt;The Washing Machine Post's&lt;/a&gt; Brian Palmer discusses cycling on the other side of the Atlantic:

Slate Olson has waxed lyrical over the European heritage that is ours, and ours alone. The years ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[French Broad River]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/french-broad-river</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From the gas station town of Dillingham, North Carolina, the road to Craggy Gardens is called Stoney Fork. Strewn with gravel, rocks and forest debris, Stoney Fork is seven miles of off camber turns, washboards and dirt

Less than ten feet from the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Wishlist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wishlist-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now is the time of the year that everyone comes out with their gift picks for the holidays. Everyone has one, a Buyers Guide, Gift Buying Guide or Wishlist. This is what you can pass along to your significant other, your mother or possibly Granny?
...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[If you love cycling, you love Europe]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/if-you-love-cycling-you-love-europe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Even if you don't understand it. 

It's interesting because I know there's a global audience likely reading this, and for many it might be so obvious that it seems hardly worth writing about. Still, growing up on the west coast of the U.S., the mon...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides to Grantchester]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-to-grantchester</link>
			<description><![CDATA[bq. “There’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England”
 - Rupert Brooke

On Wednesday a group of 17 from Rapha London downed tools and rode out of the city into the lanes of Hertfordshire, through rolling Essex countryside and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leipers Fork]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leipers-fork</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is officially fall when you reach for your Classic Softshell Jacketww.rapha.cc/classic-softshell-jacket/ before the morning commute. But that does not mean that the summer is just a memory long forgotten.

Every Tuesday from now until forever we...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Killing Me Softly]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/killing-me-softly</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~WORDS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley  PHOTOS: Daniel Wakefield Pasley~

Cycling is sport and transportation and transformation. And cycling is vantage. A position and condition that when combined, offer a Point of View. The position, seated on a bike, s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha x Andrew Todd]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-x-andrew-todd</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© Todd

Andrew Todd collaborated with Rapha in designing the recently released Gentleman’s Capsww.rapha.cc/gentlemans-cap/ and also the latest paisley pattern for the Silk Scarfww.rapha.cc/silk-scarf-1/. I talked to him about these idiosyncratic...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caps For Sale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/caps-for-sale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Once there was
a peddler who sold caps.
But he was not like
an ordinary peddler
carrying his wares on his back
He carried them
on top of his head.





First he had on his own
checked cap, 
then a b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World-Wide-Web Tours]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/worldwideweb-tours</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© Kevin Cyr www.kevincyr.net

Here is a selection of Rapha related web posts from the last few weeks and some general interest from the digital universe.

1. I can’t take my new Rainjacketww.rapha.cc/rain-jacket/ off at the moment. Not only do...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/you-dont-need-a-weatherman-to-know-which-way-the-wind-blows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[©Daisuke Yano

Rapha Condor’s Tom Southam gives us his view of racing Down Under

Two things spring to mind when I think of racing in Australia, neither of which fit in to the vision some people may have of it. One is being freezing cold, not ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bicycling Magazine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bicycling-magazine-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The new issue of Bicycling Magazine showed up the other day. Not only is our pal Ira Ryan'sraryancycles.com/bikes-home.html bike on the cover (check out his new website) but the issue is chock full of Rapha as well. The top of the magazine also inclu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mississippi Delta]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mississippi-delta-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the three years of Continental riding, this is the worst road ever. We’re lost and stopped at an intersection in the middle of nowhere.

Stopped collectively, unsure of where this odyssey ends, quiet, empty and bemused looks reflect a ride lik...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Put a Lid On It]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/put-a-lid-on-it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha's renowned photo stories have depicted cyclists traversing through various landscapes around the globe. These cyclists range from pro racers to randonneurs to serious amateur riders. We shoot them riding as they would ride a bike in such enviro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Classic Softshell Madness]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/classic-softshell-madness-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Cross Bundle is out. Just in time too. On our weekly ride Friday morning I looked over at my friend Jeff. He looked comfy in his new Cross 3/4 Bib Shorts.ww.rapha.cc/-bib-shorts-1/ My bare legs were hating me for making a bet. A bet that will see...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newton in Motion]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/newton-in-motion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[© chrismaher.co.uk

You'd have to ask Rapha Condor's Chris Newton himself  if he bears any relation to Sir Isaac Newtonn.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsaacNewton, the man who described the three laws of motion and the theory of gravity. Regardless, Chris Ne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adventures with Ira Ryan.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/adventures-with-ira-ryan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have no idea how Ira Ryanraryancycles.com/ finds the time to build bicycles, but somehow he does, and they are always beautiful. Slate's new West Hills" bike arrived today and confirmed everything in that line of thinking. Check out the red drop sh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:42:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fixed: Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fixed-global-fixedgear-bike-culture</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This book on the worldwide phenomenon of fixed-gear riding isn’t just a fanfare for ‘fixie’ hipsters in the major cities of the western world. Certainly, the book details the growth of the now ubiquitous track bike and prevailing fashion. But  ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:17:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouge Roubaix]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouge-roubaix</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are not racing the “Rouge Roubaix”, a now somewhat famous event which takes place every year in March, we are simply riding it. Though like any other Continental or Gentlemen’s ride we are inclined to ride it hard. However, we quickly learn ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:36:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sun Tour Roundup]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sun-tour-roundup</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Australia’s longest established road race took place last week and Rapha Condor were there to compete in what for many of the team will be their final race of the season. For an excellent stage-by-stage report of this visit the Cycling Tips Blogww....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[L'Eroica Bike Auction]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leroica-bike-auction-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are currently holding an auctionww.rapha.cc/leroica-bike-auction of four vintage road bikes. Sourced by London bicycle boutique Tour de Villeourdevillelondon.blogspot.com/ these gorgeous machines were recently used by a group from Rapha to partici...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:18:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oregon. We love dreamers." 

It's a catchy slogan from Travel Oregon, the organization that is responsible for marketing the state as a tourist and vacation destination. Long before tourism boards or marketing budgets, Oregon represented discovery ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:31:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bomber Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bomber-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bomber Jacketww.rapha.cc/bomber-jacket, an update to the popular Fixed Jacket comes with a few special features. Re-enforced Cordura shoulders (prevent wear from bags) and a low cut collar to make your casual ride all the more pleasant. While the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:03:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In The News]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/in-the-news-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Quote of the Week: 

bq. If you're ready for an indulgence that won't disappoint, treat yourself to some Rapha"



I feel like I might be a just a little behind on all of this, but it is nice to see some mention from people around the interweb ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:50:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Favourite Shirts Exhibition: Tokyo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/favourite-shirts-exhibition-tokyo-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To mark this October’s Japan Cupww.japancup.gr.jp/,  Japan's annual race featuring top Pro Tour riders, the Paul Smithww.paulsmith.co.jp/ shop in Shibuya, Tokyo is hosting an exclusive exhibition of classic cycling jerseys. Hosted in conjunction wi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Rapha to launch riding holidays  ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/exclusive-rapha-to-launch-riding-holidays-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today sees the launch of the 2010 Etape du Tour route. The historic stage from Pau to the Tourmalet is bound to get the blood racing. But, if you're starting to plan your riding targets for next year, you might prefer to take on an even greater ridin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:17:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha at the Races]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-at-the-races</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was more than thrilled to see Dan Sharp out racing his bike this past weekend. After a slight mishap during the Wednesday night training race at Alpenrose Dairy we were unsure if he would find a rig in time for Sundays action. 



Turns out Dan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:03:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jasper Disaster]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jasper-disaster</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since its popular debut in the 1972 movie Deliverance ‘Dueling Banjos’, originally called ‘Fuedin’ Banjos’, has become synonymous with hillbillies, backwoods, banjos and the musically-inclined simpleton. 

Deliverance was not filmed in Ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:06:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Frank Vandenbroucke: 1974 - 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/frank-vandenbroucke-1974--2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Belgian racer Frank Vandenbroucke died yesterday in Senegal at the age of 34. The Mouscron-born rider was considered the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s. Turning professional in 1993, Vandenbroucke won 54 races during his career includ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bec CC Hill Climb 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bec-cc-hill-climb-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wei-Ho Ng digs deep

The 54th Bec Cycling Club Hill Climbww.londoncyclesport.com/News/AllNews/BecCCHillClimb3407.html took place on Sunday 11th October. Held on White Lane or ‘Titsey Hill’ near Westerham in Kent, the event is a 700yard dash up ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:47:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Condor Race Down Under]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-race-down-under-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor have flown south for the final race of the season. Taking place in western Victoria, the Jayco Herald Sun Tourww.heraldsuntour.com.au/ is Australia's oldest road race. The team are racing against some top riders including Bradley Wiggins...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:07:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race Northwest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-northwest-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been a fantastic amount of coverage on the Gentlemen's Raceww.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-northwest in the Northwest this week. Blogsww.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-race-september-12-2009 and news-sites everywhere have been celebrating the 137 mi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:33:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest: Top of the Hill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-top-of-the-hill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There were two checkpoints en route to the finish of the Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge presented by Rapha. The purveying idea was that the race would be something to the effect of everyone riding to a party. The racers had to carry their par...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:05:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race Northwest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-northwest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6863635&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:44:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides L'Eroica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-leroica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last weekend Rapha sent a party over to Tuscany for the vintage-style sportive L’Eroicaww.eroica.it/indexen.php. Ridden partly along the ‘strade bianche’ or white gravel roads of the Chianti, Valdarbia and Valdorci regions of Italy, this ‘fre...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:14:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest: Constructors Challenge Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-constructors-challenge-race</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Back to the regularly scheduled Oregon Manifest coverage. Steve Francisco was the easiest target for the early coverage because I know him so well. CEO, maybe, but family man first. We rode hundreds and hundreds of miles together this summer so it is...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:58:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Merino Base Layer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-merino-base-layer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Depending on which end of the Planet you reside, presently you will be gearing up for either winter or summer conditions. Excitement or despair… Whatever the weather, most riders will know the value of wearing a base layer. The Rapha Merino Base La...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:16:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest: Steve Francisco Style]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-steve-francisco-style</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve Francisco was geared up for his bid at the first ever Oregon Manifest Constuctor's Challenge Race (presented by Rapha.) The Parlee custom trailer that he is towing uses a Chris King headset for the pivot point on the trailer hitch. Interesting ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:24:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest: Day One]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-day-one</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Manifest is here. By 6pm tonight it should be in full swing. However, a couple of the bikes have stopped by the Rapha office offering a sneak peak into what looks to be a pretty amazing show. It is great to see some of the innovations that...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge photostory]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-photostory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Billed as the ‘ultimate sportive’, the inaugural Cent Cols Challenge saw 22 riders complete a gruelling but truly epic route from Thonon les Bains to Annecy, across the French Alps. Taking place between the 14th and 24th September 2009, it requir...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:55:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Paint Job]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-paint-job</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Portland will be bringing you updates and news on the month-long Oregon Manifestww.oregonmanifest.com/ over the coming weeks and so we decided now is a good time as any to celebrate the beautiful machine. Jeremy Dunn will focus in on some mouth...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yellow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yellow</link>
			<description><![CDATA["10/2, the day it all changed." - Lance Armstrong



It's tough to be a cyclist and not somehow have Lance Armstrong come into topic somewhere along the way. When you talk with people who don't ride, most of them (especially if they are Americans...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:09:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interbike 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/interbike-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We here at Rapha North America packed up the Van and headed to Las Vegas, Nevada last week for the annual Bicycle Industry Tradeshow known as Interbike. Each year the bike industry descends upon this desert wasteland to get together and talk about th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:47:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Final Col List]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-final-col-list</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The final list of cols ridden by Team Rapha et al for this year's inaugural Cent Cols Challenge. Sent over by the organiser, Philip Deeker. A grand total of 106 was clocked up. Now that is Epic....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:29:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 10 (Fin)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-10-fin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Montmelian to Annecy

Details
Distance 112k
2700m ascent
Ave speed - 14.2mph (including the Lake Annecy champagne-addled cycle-path)

Weather
A cold start to the day, but we could tell it was going to be another perfect afternoon. The tempera...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:21:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Manifestww.oregonmanifest.com/ kicks of this weekend. With over a month worth of events this ambitious program could be the biggest bike show/party, well, ever. 

One of the premiere events this weekend will be the Constructor's Challeng...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:17:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Talimena Loop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/talimena-loop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are deep in the woods on a supposedly scenic two lane byway in the Ouachita Mountains (pronounced wosh-i-taw) just outside the town of Mena, Oklahoma where a month earlier a tornado turned half the town upside down, killing three. The reverent mis...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:59:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inside The Team Car]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/inside-the-team-car</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some interesting footage from in and around the Rapha Condorww.raphacondor.cc/home team car filmed by RC Club member Kevin Franklin at this year's Tour of Britain. Look out for a smoking cameo from Rouleur photographer, Camille Macmillanww.rouleur.cc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 9]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-9</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Vassieux-en-Vacors to Montmelian

Details
208k 
4700m

Weather
Starting on the plateau town of Vassieux at 1250m meant it was pretty chilly at daybreak, and we left the quiet village in drifting morning fog. We climbed up out of the mist into ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:16:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over the Rainbow]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/over-the-rainbow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Cadel Evans who was crowned World Professional Road Race Championews.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othersports/cycling/8277775.stm yesterday. A major top spot has seemed to elude Evans until now. He defied his critics with this performance, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:21:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: à la vôtre]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge--la-vtre-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The view from the top of the 106th Col, the Cret de Chatillon (Hotel Semnoz).

Everyone back home safe and sound.

Cent Cols Challenge complete: 

- 106 Cols
- 40,600m of climbing
- 2071km covered

Team Rapha 2nd overall team.

G. Raeburn...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:21:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 10. It’s a Wrap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-10-its-a-wrap-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=520" height="384"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6756123&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:50:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 9. Col des Dix Cartons]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-9-col-des-dix-cartons</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=520" height="384"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6754688&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:43:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Endorphin Rush]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/endorphin-rush</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the joys of a hard day in the saddle is that warm, satisfied internal glow you feel in the aftermath of your ride. It amplifies the sense of achievement you get from climbing or descending a mountain, finishing a race, completing a sportive or...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:41:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Classic Softshell Jacket]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-classic-softshell-jacket</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~Test Rapha's Classic Softshell Jacket today with a no quibble 30-day free returns offer. We are confident you will be completely satisfied by the unrivalled performance and style it offers.~

Rapha’s Classic Softshell Jacket arrived in this worl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:50:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 8. Ten Legends/Ten Words]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-8-ten-legendsorten-words</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are giving away a Gentleman's capww.rapha.cc/gentlemans-cap/ to whoever can come up with the most worthy 10th and final challenge for Friday. Post your challenges below.

1. Bernard Hinault
Le Blaireau, Dauphiné Libéré, Gitane, Le Patron, La...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:38:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 8]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-8</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bedoin - Vassieux

Details
209km
5000m climbing
15.4 mph ave

Weather
A perfect, late summers day - the temperature rose in the afternoon, but was never uncomfortable, the only minor complaint was the occasional strong headwind going on the f...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:19:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day. 7 Great North Punishment]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-7-great-north-punishment</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Essentially we are cheating including this challenge. However, I did run over 10 miles (13.1 miles in fact) in the time of 1 hour 52 minutes. Fairly respectable for someone who has not done much running (or training) since high school. And just like ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:15:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day. 6 Tour D'Amour Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-6-tour-damour-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="520" height="384"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6701887&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:53:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Closer....Closer....]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/closercloser</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:46:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kings of Hearts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kings-of-hearts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[4.10pm, Saturday 19th September. Sitting outside the Liberal Club in Whitehall, national champion, Kristian House, is signing autographs as he is towelled down by the Rapha Condor team soigneur. Surrounded by fans in Rapha T-shirts and caps he's all ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:16:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[337]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/337</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many rides, especially the most memorable and heroic, are remembered, defined even, by deeds and events. Often the route, especially in a race, is reduced to a collection of roads, topography and various opportunities, and is at best a back drop. Of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:33:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 6]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-6</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Carros, Nice to Gorges du Verdon

Details
250km, of which 40km was an accidental 'embellishment' to Phil Deeker's exceptionally scenic route. It ran from nearly sea level NE, up to the dramatic Gorges du Verdon. 

Weather
Great start to the day...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:43:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 5. Imperial works Criterium Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-5-imperial-works-criterium-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=520" height="352"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6685282&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:40:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekly Round Up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/weekly-round-up</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the launch of the new line Rapha has been in the news, or on the web quite a bit these days. A quick peruse down the lines of the Google Reader always turns up a few hits, but the big ones stand true. 



Washingmachinepostww.thewashingmachi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:54:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mid Ride Fag Break]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mid-ride-fag-break</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jon Cannings, ex-racer and Rouleur soigneur, took a cycling trip to Greece and took this picture of what looks like a discarded packet of cigarettes (produced by a company some riders may be familiar with)....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:10:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sisteron to Valberg

Weather
A cool crisp start with cloud hanging around the all sections of the 26km climb. The day got progressively hotter and clearer, the only respite being the cool breeze which came with altitude.

Notes
It was over the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:43:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Briancon to Sisteron

Details
169km
climbing TBC
Ave speed 18.3mph

Weather
A cool, clouded start to the day, heavy rain overnight meant spray on the road, but visibility good. As the day progressed and the altitude dropped, the sun peeked th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:18:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Directeur Sportif Playlist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-directeur-sportif-playlist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[John Herety, Directeur Sportif of the Rapha Condor team, is a big music lover and so I asked him to send me a list of some of the tunes he will be listening to in the team car at this year’s Tour of Britainww.tourofbritain.co.uk/. The nature of the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:48:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drag Race Vegas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/drag-race-vegas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:37:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 4. Col d'Apparel  Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-4-col-dapparel--challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=520" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6632187&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haute Savoie]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/haute-savoie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I recently took a trip with some friends down to the Haute-Savoien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Savoie region of France to spend a week camping and riding amongst the mountains surrounding Lake Annecy. This area offers some magnificent Alpine routes and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:14:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[333 FAB Cross Bike]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/333-fab-cross-bike</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can we say that Cyclocross is in full swing? I don't know about out here on the West Coast (I rode my road bike this morning) but back East they can't stop talking about it. And from what I can tell the MFG Series Starcrossed Raceww.starcrossedcx.com...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:50:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Col de Espresso Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/col-de-espresso-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha London recently acquired a gorgeous espresso machine, courtesy of Rocket Espresso Milanoww.rocket-espresso.it/. The commemorative, limited edition Giotta machine is providing ample stimulation (perhaps too much!) for the Rapha crew. Today’s 1...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:41:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Details
160km - cut short from 209
5000m climbing
Ave speed 12.4mph ave… 

Weather
Cool, clear morning, early mist hanging in the valleys was burned off by 9.00.
Rain closed in as the afternoon progressed, cold drizzle on the top of passes +...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:04:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 2. Swains Lane of Pain Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-2-swains-lane-of-pain-challenge-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Swains Lane in Highgate, North London is a narrow road running between the grounds of Highgate Cemeteryn.wikipedia.org/wiki/HighgateCemetery, the Victorian burial site where Karl Marx rests. It’s not a long climb (840 metres) but is certainly one o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:54:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge: Stage 1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge-stage-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Details
197km
4750m climbing
Ave speed 14.7mph (







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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:27:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Enigma Machine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/enigma-machine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In-form man of the season, Graeme S-Works Destroyer Raeburn, has today begun the Cent Cols Challengeww.centcolschallenge.com/ as part of a plucky Rapha team of four that also includes Portland's Ira Ryan, RoadCyclingUK'sww.roadcyclinguk.com/ David Ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:02:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentlemen's Race: September 12, 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-race-september-12-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[23 teams started, and 22 teams officially finished the third running of the Rapha Gentlemen's Race this past Saturday in Oregon. Utilizing a proprietary seeding system where those expected to be fastest set-off last, the 6-person teams left the coast...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:33:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten x Ten Challenge: Day 1. The Fig Col Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ten-x-ten-challenge-day-1-the-fig-col-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="520" height="352"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6573728&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:07:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ten x Ten Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ten-x-ten-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In honour of Team Rapha, a group of riders representing Rapha at the inaugural Cent Cols Challengeentcolschallenge.com/ sportive, we have set out to document ten days of challenging ourselves to do ten things in a row. Whilst we will not be riding 10...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:27:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Maestro]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-maestro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Caricature  by J. Knight...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:26:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interbike]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/interbike-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every year the cycling industry descends upon Las Vegas. The land of neon and excess that houses the trade show we have been waiting all year to attend. Did I just say that?  

What do you do when you are at Interbike? 

Check out the new line of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wednesday Matinee]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wednesday-matinee</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6505448&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:03:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bike Feature at 100% Design 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-bike-feature-at-100-design-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This year at 100 design, the UK's leading architecture and design event, Jam Productions have put together 'The Bike Feature'. The exhibition is a showcase of leading bike design as well as experimental and participatory exhibits. On Sunday there wil...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:14:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mark Cavendish: The Brand]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mark-cavendish-the-brand</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During World War II pin up girls were painted on bombers as a means of boosting the ‘esprit de corps’ of the airmen flying into battle. This year at the Tour de France Mark Cavendish, the British sprint specialist who won a record six stages, spo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:02:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magazine Rack]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/magazine-rack</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The newest edition of Bicycling Magazineww.bicycling.com/0,6608,,00.html showed up the other day. At first I was enthralled with the section about new Cyclocross bikes. That kept me busy for a minute contemplating what tyre choices I needed for the u...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:58:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gourmet Century]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gourmet-century</link>
			<description><![CDATA[October 17, 2009. 

Now here is a ride that I can get into. The Gourmet Centuryhrisking.com/events/eventsgcmmddyy presented by Chris King Precision Components is being held this October 17th. From what has been said about the previous Gourmet Centu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:49:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music on the Road V]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-on-the-road-v</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.last.fm/user/rapharacing/library/playlists/3bktjcinematographer25E225802599splaylist

ww.last.fm/user/rapharacing/library/playlists/3bktjcinematographer25E225802599splaylist

 The Hold - Woods
 Your Weather - Dinosaur Jr.
 Human - Lloyd Cole...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:43:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Breaking Away at the Bicycle Film Festival London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/breaking-away-at-the-bicycle-film-festival-london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2009 is the 30th anniversary of the film Breaking Awayww.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/, and luckily for those in the UK, big screen showings are not just for Austin TXww.rapha.cc/breaking-away-with-mellow-johnnys. The London Bicycle Film Festival will be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:59:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blog Roll]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/blog-roll</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since I'm sure that you missed me on Friday I thought that something to peruse over your Sunday morning coffee would be best. As a fellow cyclist here in Portland told me recently The only reason I go to bed at night, is so that I can wake up and hav...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:01:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New A/W 09 Range Preview]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-aorw-09-range-preview</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks we have been giving you some sneak peeks of the new Autumn/Winter range. Today we reveal some of the new product names soon to be launched. Keep your eye on the Rapha Blog and weekly email for more news.

Rapha Rain Jacket
...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:54:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A/W 09 Range: Sneak Peek No. 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aorw-09-range-sneak-peek-no-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bomb Proof

Revamping one of the new and innovative entries to the range from last season. A colourway informed by the jacket’s ‘ancestor’ and inspiration. Tough, practical and a piece that looks just as good on the bike as it does about town...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:41:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music on the Road IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-on-the-road-iv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The style of this Playlist is a little different. The Continental guys started to hear, out the windows of the Rapha van, strange sounds coming from the towns and Camaro's around them. 

We decided that a musical scavenger hunt was more interesting...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:03:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wanted]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wanted</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Don't get too excited, this is old news. Carey was cleaning out the office yesterday and found a bit of ephemera from the first year of the Rapha Continental.ww.rapha.cc/rapha-continental/



It is neat to look at these ideas and how they evolve,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:15:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vuelta Ciclista]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/vuelta-ciclista</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The final Grand Tour of the summer begins this Saturday. The Vuelta a Españaww.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/mapa.html?e=p or Tour of Spainn.wikipedia.org/wiki/VueltaaEspaña will feature some beautiful routes such as the climb up to Sierra Nevad...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:52:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sleeping Beauties]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sleeping-beauties</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A shot from the finish of the Dunwich Dynamon.wikipedia.org/wiki/DunwichDynamo earlier this summer. The 'DD' takes place each July on the Saturday closest to a full moon. This unsupported, nocturnal ride sets off from London Fieldsww.qype.co.uk/place...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:10:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Ireland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-ireland</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Picture by worldwidecyclesblogww.flickr.com/photos/64631229@N00/3850183900/

Rapha Condor competed at the Tour of Ireland over the weekend, riding against some of the biggest names in pro cycling. The third and final gruelling stage saw National Ro...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:24:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[All Sold Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/all-sold-out</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The end of season sample sale at Condorww.condorcycles.com/ took place last Friday and Saturday. Customers were all smiles in the London sunshine as they walked out of London's famous bike shop having bagged some bargains. 

Reports are that this s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:42:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekly blog roundup]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/weekly-blog-roundup</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Time for the weekly roundup of blogs and whatever else we've found out in the waves of the web. 

First up is an archive of Tour de France images from the Dutch National Archive on Flickrww.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/sets/72157620769456464/...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:05:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boise, ID]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/boise-id</link>
			<description><![CDATA[150 miles.
One hundred and fifty miles.
No matter how you say it or write it, 150 miles is a long day on the bike, especially with 12,000 feet of climbing attached to it.

Boise, Idaho was the last ride of the Rapha Continental summer tour, and a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:46:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A/W 09 Range: Sneak Peek No.3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aorw-09-range-sneak-peek-no3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pedalling Essentials

Why am I thinking about the Spring Classics in the middle of August? It may seem a long way off but those wet and windy days out on the cobbles of the Low Countries will require a different approach to sunny summer-time tootle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:25:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bonneville Salt Flat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bonneville-salt-flat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This weekend 42 US riders will meet, greet, tell tales and enjoy a well-earned rest in Los Angeles, CA. As part of the 42-Below Vodkaww.welikebike42.com/index.html bike summer to build a buzz amongst vodka-drinking cyclists (and why not?), the 21 rid...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:03:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[House Proud]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/house-proud-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Road Race Champion, Rapha Condor’s Kristian House, stopped by at the office on Monday to do a fitting for his new Champion’s jersey and also collect some very special race mitts. Based on the Rapha Grand Tour Glovesww.rapha.cc/grand-...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:52:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Follow Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/follow-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are several ways to pursue Rapha on the web. Follow us via the Rapha Blog, RSS feedsww.rapha.cc/content/rss/all.xml, Facebookww.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7191799180&amp;ref=ts and Twitterwitter.com/rapharacing. We can also be found out on the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:01:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Postcard from Eastbourne]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/postcard-from-eastbourne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Temperature in London right now is 29°C and the sky is as azure as it gets. As soon as I sat at my desk this morning I thought ‘Why aren’t I out on my bike?’ The more pioneering individuals took their work privileges with relish today, particu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:35:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rebour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rebour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Daniel Rebour was a French illustrator of the post war era. During the 1940s, 50s and 60s Rebour created precise line drawings for catalogues and magazines documenting the innovations, intricacies and curiosities of bicycles and their components. His...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:28:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It takes 42]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/it-takes-42</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The other day I finally did something I should have done a long time ago. I put (or rather Andy, our team mechanic, put) a 42 tooth chainring back on my bike. After an absence of what seems like almost forever (9 years in fact) I feel truly reunited ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:06:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekly Round Up.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/weekly-round-up-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This round-up comes to you straight off the weekend. 



1) Cycling Blog Greatness. If you don't know who Bill Strickland is, you should. Use his blog Sitting Inicycling.com/blogs/sittingin/ as a jumping off point, but then quickly move to his bo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:34:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finale]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/finale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On the day of our Prologue in Sacramento, someone reflected aloud, “I can’t wait to see the pros ride that.” Those words, or at least that sentiment, were a constant for our team. 

It took everything we had to survive our tour of California....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[C.P. in Bermuda]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cp-in-bermuda</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charlie Pearch, a good friend of Rapha, Rapha Condor Clubww.raphacondor.cc/club/ member and keen racer has written a piece on a recent trip to Bermuda where he competed in the inaugural Father's Day Race.

Mr. Graeme Raeburn of Rapha emailed me ask...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A/W 09 Range: Sneak Peek No.2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aorw-09-range-sneak-peek-no2-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You may only race in this kit for an hour or so at each outing, but it will be the best apparel to wear as you get covered in sand and mudww.rouleur.cc/7artcross. A follow up to a new capsule range launched by Rapha last season, the leaves will be fa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:47:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tom and John go to France]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tom-and-john-go-to-france</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you don't follow the Rapha Condor Twitterwitter.com/raphacondor then you might've missed thiswitpic.com/dmzxp ... Tom got T-boned by a motorbike rider - ouch. Both riders are fine by the way, the wheel bore the brunt of the damage. 



It also...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:47:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over Breakfast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/over-breakfast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I hear people say things like Cyclocross is right around the corner." That, I would say, is one type of person. The other type knows that Cyclocross is always around the corner. Lurking, waiting, getting ready to spring from that dark corne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:53:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yuji Yamada]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yuji-yamada</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yuji Yamada, friend of Daisuke Yano (Rapha's Japanese agent), has created some paintings inspired by Rapha images - very smart indeed. Yuji has a number of other paintings depicting the pro peloton as well as other sports from around the globe. Click...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:43:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jordan Hufnagel]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jordan-hufnagel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Level Magazineevelmag.com posted up a pretty cool piece on Portland bicycle builder Jordan Hufnagelww.hufnagelcycles.com a while ago, but I only just realised that it included a video as well. 

Click hereevelmag.com/video/hufnagel/ for the video a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:21:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chain Links]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chain-links</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two links from Rapha today which are very much worth reading:

1. The first is a blog article by Rapha Condor’s Simon Richardson. To read Simon’s opinions on the etiquette of riding in a group click hereww.raphacondor.cc/blogs/cycling-etiquette...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Art of Peter Rubijono]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-art-of-peter-rubijono</link>
			<description><![CDATA[He goes by many names. Hans-Poot, Rubi, and even, when he worked on a fishing boat in Alaska, Billy Crystal."  Then there are the various and sundry mispronunciations, but either way you slice it, Peter Rubijono is a character in the truest sense of ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:07:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An interview with Phil Deeker]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/an-interview-with-phil-deeker</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For the amateur cyclist, whether racing, touring or just riding, climbing mountains is often seen as the greatest feat and the biggest challenge on a bike, and also the most rewarding. Phil Deeker, a good friend of Rapha, took up cycling some ten yea...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:13:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Missoula, MT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/missoula-mt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Benjamin Ferencz is the creative behind Freeman Transportww.freemantransport.com/, Tom Robertsonww.tomrobertsonphoto.com/index.phpa=0&amp;at=0&amp;mi=2&amp;pt=1&amp;pi=10000&amp;s=0&amp;p=2 is a photographer, and Selden Daume is the manager and baker...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:39:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Souplesse Style]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/souplesse-style</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Typography by Samuel Huddleston

Every rider has their own personal style of pushing the pedal strokes. Cadence, legs, upper body movement, saddle height and natural stance all contribute to the way we ride. The dancing jerks of Pantani, the rumbli...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:00:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekly Tool Roll. ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/weekly-tool-roll-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Weekly Tool Roll of Blogs.

We here over at Rapha North America thought that we should put together a few sites that we look at on a regular basis. It is my hope that we can make this a feature in the coming weeks. 

Cycling Related: 
Cervelo Te...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:32:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lightweight for Summer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lightweight-for-summer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Is summer starting to come to a close? Let us certainly hope not. But, that being said the departure of summer means the onset of fall...and we all know what that means, so there should be no complaints yeah?

Now, on to the Dog Days of Summer, I'l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:37:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A/W 09 Range: Sneak Peek No.1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/aorw-09-range-sneak-peek-no1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Exhibit A 
Sticking our neck out for the cyclist who isn’t afraid to show some flair, an adornment for the refined cyclist whose supplesse is as elegant as his attire. New pattern design for 2009 but already a popular product unique to Rapha.

...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:54:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Breaking Away with Mellow Johnny's]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/breaking-away-with-mellow-johnnys</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:27:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nocturne Series in Blackpool]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/nocturne-series-in-blackpool</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photos by Luke Bosmanww.flickr.com/photos/lukebosman/sets/72157621817113115/.

Over 4,000 spectators turned out for the Blackpool Nocturne on Saturday 1st August 2009. The third and final round of the series did not disappoint as cycling fans watch...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:26:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mellow-johnnys-bike-shop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[First and foremost, Mellow Johnny's is a bike shop. But it could also be described as an “experience. Just sit near the door and watch the people that come in, the looks of wonder, amazement and sheer feeling the shop evokes. And it’s all because...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:09:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dandyism]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dandyism</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Riding or racing a bicycle has, for many, a romantic aura. When the first precursor to the lightweights we now ride appeared, Baron Karl von Drais’ ‘Laufmaschine’, it was regarded as an eccentric accessory for the romantic gentleman or ‘dandy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beartooth Pass, MT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beartooth-pass-mt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As cyclists most of us are familiar with the word or concept of epic. People often use the term to explain why a ride is inherently hard, long, beautiful or heroic. Epic is the conviction that the Rapha Continental has been built upon and it is a con...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:59:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Racing: New York City]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-racing-new-york-city</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Between the realities of living in a hardened city like New York and the insatiable desire to ride bikes lies a chasm. A divide that leaves many aspiring bike racers sitting in front of computer screens all day while their bikes gather dust. This is ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:12:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Daily Tour Competition winners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/daily-tour-competition-winners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha is pleased to announce the winners of the Daily Tour Competitiondaily-tour-competition, which ran for the duration of the Tour de France. With a question read out every day on cyclingnews.com and bikeradar.com's Tour de France podcastideo.cycli...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:48:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/salt-lake-city-ut-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Blue skies, National Forest as far as the eye can see and a beautiful 25-mile descent saw us hit speeds over 50mph....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:53:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sponsors galore]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sponsors-galore-1-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor have secured three new and exciting sponsors for the rest of the season. Adorning redesigned jerseys (featuring some modish Union Jack badges) and Kristian House’s striking National Champ jersey will be Sharp Electronics, Paul Smith Je...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:34:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fueling The Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fueling-the-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The climate in Portland at the moment is scorching. In more ways than one. In terms of the weather, the past three days have been the hottest the city has ever experienced. However, the bicycle climate, which has been heating up in the past few years...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:07:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kristian House]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kristian-house</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From a fledgling road racing career in the US, to his recent coronation as the 2009 UK National Road Race Champion, Rapha Condor rider Kristian House speaks exclusively to Rapha.

What was your route into road cycling?

I spent a while living in ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[24 stats]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/24-stats</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A 24 hour ride deserves 24 statistics of epic proportion, revealing adventure, peril and …epicness. Here are nine.

• Start: tel. pole no. 8 cul-de-sac approx. 1/4 east of event HQ.
• Calories used: 28,000 (equivalent to 400 fig rolls or 152...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:39:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Holding onto the Tour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/holding-onto-the-tour-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tour has been over for two days now and I'm not sure what to do with myself. Perhaps you are feeling the same way? I have come into the office the past two mornings and have to stop myself from heading to the television to turn on the live covera...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:08:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ravitaillement]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ravitaillement</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Gels, bananas, fig rolls, espresso, ham sandwiches, flapjacks, pistachio nuts… Everyone has their own particular favourite (or hated) source of energy when riding. Graeme Raeburn, Rapha product designer and rouleur extraordinaire, rode a 24 hour TT...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:25:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colorado Springs, CO]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/colorado-springs-co</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5764425&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:55:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha 24]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-24</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha London's very own answer to Jack Bauern.wikipedia.org/wiki/JackBauer, Graeme Raeburn [ actually an anagram of Jack Bauer - Ed. ], has just completed his very own episode of 24: The National 24 hour Time Trial Championship.



Being Graeme's...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:19:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Shorts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-wrong-shorts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Of all the crimes against cycling fashion that can be made, I seem to have been literally exposed to the worst one of all over the past ten days. No it’s not black socks; I actually think that can be pulled off by the right type of rider. Nor is it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:33:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Les Cingles du Mont Ventoux]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/les-cingles-du-mont-ventoux</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, 22nd July, a crack team of Rapha Condor club members, led by Charlie Pearch, attempted to join the unique Club des Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux by riding the three different ascents of Mont Ventoux in the same day.

Club des Cinglés du...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:07:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boulder, CO]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/boulder-co</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=6427125&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:13:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Étape Reward]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tape-reward</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="www.flickr.com/photos/daisukeyano/3751635109/"&gt;&lt;img src="/content/uploads/daisuke-etape.jpg" width="520" height="390" alt="the last hairpin" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;em&gt;photo from &lt;a href="www.flickr.com/photos/daisukeyan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:01:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha News 24 July]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-news-24-july</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Next week, the Rapha Condor professional road racing teamww.raphacondor.cc/ will announce some exciting news regarding the rest of the season. 

With most of the team away racing in China, the team's directeur sportif, Mr John Herety, has been quot...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:05:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steamboat Springs, CO]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/steamboat-springs-co-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a place in Colorado where the bikes are made of Ti, the people are happy and the riding is truly amazing. Steamboat is the home of Mootsww.moots.com/ and Jon, Rob and the rest of the crew, were incredible hosts....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:13:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Café Culture]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/caf-culture</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As cyclists we all have our particular coffee house, café or bar we keep going back to. Maybe it is a pre-ride meeting spot, maybe it's a post ride watering hole. Either way you have some connection to it because of its proximity to your home, or th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:39:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-5</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We wake up in a motor lodge in Visalia. It’s misty and there is some light rain. Today’s route leaves from the center of town, which is easily rideable, so we meet over breakfast in room 115. 

We roll into town and commence with the too-many l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-5-saint-martin-dardeche--villeneuve-de-berg-115km-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although not the toughest stage of the tour, the peloton had to climb a 1st, 2nd and 3rd category climb, before the 15km climb to Villeneuve de Berg. Temperatures had steadily risen during the week, now topping 30 degrees and under blazing sun, the r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Conquered Giant]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-conquered-giant</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all those riders who participated in this year’s Etape du Tour. The roads and mountains of Provence provided for a spectacular 170km ride on Monday 20th July, with a climax on the gruelling slopes of Mt. Ventoux. Five of us from ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:39:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paint with Independent Fabrication]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paint-with-independent-fabrication</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=520" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5701946&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:35:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[42Below Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/42below-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It seems every summer we hear of a new team of riders traversing the mighty US of A. Each ride tends to have its own pace and purpose: The Race Across America is a fundraiser for charity and Rapha’s own continentalrapha-continental squad ride the s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:14:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Angel Fire, NM]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/angel-fire-nm-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5636267&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:39:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Library of Congress - Women on bikes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/library-of-congress--women-on-bikes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Library of Congressww.loc.gov/index.html, an archive run by the United States' Federal library, has an amazing collection of historical photographs. This post is the first in a series from these archives, digging out some of the best images from ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:15:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Etape du Tour 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/etape-du-tour-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Good luck to everyone who is riding this year's Etape du Tour. Taking in the sites and smells of Provence and finishing atop one of the most hallowed mountains in road riding, Mt. Ventoux, it should be a glorious day in (and out of) the saddle. Pleas...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[JOOP ZOETEMELK AND MT. VENTOUX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/joop-zoetemelk-and-mt-ventoux</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="352" height="270"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="player.nos.nl/nos/media/flash/nosvideoembed.swf?tcmid=tcm:5-533673"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:33:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Look of La Vie Claire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-look-of-la-vie-claire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the compositions of De Stijl artist Piet Mondriaan, the panels of blue, red, yellow and grey, broken up by black grid lines make for one of the most distinctive team kits ever seen in the peloton. The original jersey was designed by Itali...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:14:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Breaking Away w/ Mellow Johnny's]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/breaking-away-wor-mellow-johnnys</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:47:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[For the days you go out without the support car]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/for-the-days-you-go-out-without-the-support-car-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="520" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5499340&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:19:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chinle, AZ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/chinle-az</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We awake at 6:30am in the Thunderbird Lodge just outside Chinle, Arizona. However, its not really 6:30am so we’re off an hour, because we are in the middle of the Navajo Reservation and the Navajo Reservation is on Mountain Standard Time while the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:15:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[le quatorze juillet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/le-quatorze-juillet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Revolutionary tactics by the ASO on Bastille Day, banning race radios for the first time since they were introduced to the Tour over two decades ago. Will this make the racing more exciting? Some suggest it will make things more predictable than unpr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:16:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paul Smith &amp; Rouleur exhibition at T5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paul-smith-and-rouleur-exhibition-at-t5</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rouleur continues its collaboration with Paul Smith at his Globe shop at T5, Heathrow Airport. On display is a selection of Rouleur photography and accessories. If you happen upon T5 on your travels, please take a look.

The exhibition takes place ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:11:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[East from L.A.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/east-from-la</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cole and I wake up at his house in Pasadena. We pick up Hahn at LAX just after 9:00am and drive to Santa Monica. In a rapidly filling beach parking lot we empty the van across three parking spots. For 40 minutes we sweat, recycle and consolidate, and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:19:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monkey Doesn’t Know East From West]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/monkey-doesnt-know-east-from-west</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha Condor's Tom Southam just posted two blogs on the Rapha Condor siteww.raphacondor.cc.

Read about why he wants to be Lance and hang out with presidents and view his playlist for Rapha Condor's race trip to China.

Mondialisationww.raphacond...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:52:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magnum views of Le Tour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/magnum-views-of-le-tour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, Belgium—The arrival of the Tour de France, 1975.
© Harry Gruyaertww.magnumphotos.com/HarryGruyaert / Magnum Photos

Beautiful images from the Tour de France through the years by the Magnum photographers. See them hereodayspictures.sla...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paul Smith interview in Bicycling]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/paul-smith-interview-in-bicycling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Appears that Paul shares the Rapha London perspective on black socks on the bike.

While we have been told it's not right, the consensus in the US office is that dark socks look alright on the bike. It's not just Lance, just look at David Millar's ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:32:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides to Brighton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-to-brighton-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Working for Rapha is always a pleasure (even at Christmas when you have 500 orders to despatch each day or when the goods lift stops working). One of the best privileges is the company rides, which take place three or four times a year. We try and ma...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:45:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Breaking Away]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/breaking-away</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1979 saw the release of the film Breaking Awayww.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/. A film that spoke to the hearts of all the Euro-phile cycling fans embedded within American Cycling Culture. The film went on to win (out of five nominations) the Academy Awa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:25:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minneapolis Gentlemen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/minneapolis-gentlemen-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the middle of the first half of our summer tour, a few days after the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race outside New York City in the foothills of the Catskills. Rapha co-hosted a Gentlemen’s Ride with Hurl Everstone, owner, operator and proprietor of CRC...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music on the Road III]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-on-the-road-iii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[tunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=323015876 


tunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=323015876...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:46:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sometimes You Get Wet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sometimes-youre-bound-to-get-wet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There was never a question about the weather, it was going to rain and rain hard. As we headed for bed, the weather service was warning for tornadoes in the region overnight and calling for unusually hard and voluminous rain in the morning. Throughou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:28:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/happy-birthday-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha celebrated its fifth birthday on Friday at the London headquarters. Friends, family and colleagues enjoyed an exhibition showcasing the five years so far, a traditional Italian band, cakes and lashings of prosecco in the evening sunshine.
See ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:07:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black Socks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/black-socks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tacky finish line gestures from British sprint sensations aside, the most alarming aspect of Le Tour so far has to be the man in black socks getting 10th place in the opening TT in Monaco. He's certainly in the reckoning and today's team TT might eve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Screaming Neon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/screaming-neon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We had a shipment of dazzling euro team jerseys arrive on Thursday courtesy of Mr. AJ Cannings of Bristol. They were used alongside other jerseys, including a Johan Museeuw-signed Mapei number, as bunting  for the fifth birthday bash.
Highlights amo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:35:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New IF Rapha frames]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-independent-fabrication-rapha-frames</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cranky and North.

See more on the IF blog »fbikesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/rapha-frames-cranky-and-north.html...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:55:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[People Along the Way]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/people-along-the-way</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Futurism]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/futurism</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2009 not only celebrates the centenary of the Giro d’Italia, it also marks the 100th anniversary of Futurism – an artistic movement that embraced the bicycle as a symbol of dynamic modernity. The Tate Modern in London is currently holding an exhi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:53:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music on the Road II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-on-the-road-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[tunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=322326230 


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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:15:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sketches From the Road]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/sketches-from-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="365"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5395507&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Il Passo di Larch]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/il-passo-di-larch-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cold? Wet? Snow? It must be June 5th.

It’s possible that it’s simply a coincidence, but the last two June 5ths in Portland, OR have been miserably cold and unseasonably wet. Exactly how it should be. 

Since establishing North American Rapha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:38:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music on the Road I]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/music-of-the-road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[tunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=321188272&amp;s=143441&amp;v0=575

On every road trip that I've ever been on music has always been a focus. The Rapha Continental tour around the US was no exception. In fact, we probably experi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spearfish, SD]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/spearfish-sd</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“If you gentlemen still wish to see a Tatanka sometime today lets get this Black Hills Vision Quest started, shall we?” Blinking into the slowly climbing sun on the dew-wet lawn in front of his downtown Spearfish home, Perry is ready to go. Luke,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:34:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 4]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This 6:00am start is the darkest yet. We begin the day with breakfast for the team, which still includes Chad, our godsend SRAM mechanic, and The Oregonian newspaper’s Stephanie and Laura. Just outside the door, under an awning, Carey crouches over...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gentlemen's Race New Paltz, NY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-new-paltz-ny</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5168107&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:54:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lincoln, NE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/lincoln-ne</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width="540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5136922&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;sho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:51:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smithfield Nocturne 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/smithfield-nocturne-2009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday, 6th June, saw a balmy evening in London’s historic Smithfield when a record 10,000 spectators turned out for the third annual Smithfield Nocturne. With some of the best riders in the UK set to do battle on the city streets, special g...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:47:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asheville, NC - Short Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/asheville-nc--short-film-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;object width=540" height="304"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clipid=5054931&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:34:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Elusive Prize]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-elusive-prize</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 2009 edition of the Etape du Tour is the most hotly anticipated to date. The coup de grace of this year’s event will be the Giant of Provence, Mont Ventoux. Featured 13 times in the Tour’s history, ‘Le Geant’ is infamously tough and one o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:26:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/madison-wi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[6:30 am: We're in full kit and seated at a diner, which, I think is called The Diner", not sure. "Aaronaaron-erbeck isn't here yet, but his mother is slated to drop him off at any moment. It's evident that the other Diner patrons have never seen so m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Onekama, MI]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/onekama-mi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't like crashing. 
I do not like it in any sense. 
I especially don't like it when it is my fault.

One way to look at it is that the more time you spend on the bicycle, the greater your chances are for taking a little sit-down in the middle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haymarket, VA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/haymarket-va</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Graeme Raeburn, designer for Rapha is on loan from London to experience heat, humidity and riding in America. Unfortunately for Graeme we are all oddly excited to share some convenient sources of replenishment to beat the heat....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deep Creek, MD]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/deep-creek-md</link>
			<description><![CDATA[130 miles, 16,500’ of climbing, 9 hours on the saddle, that’s what makes this diabolical. Not fun per se, but certainly it’s own flavor of “epic”. 

Our host Kyle the “Savage Man” is a local legend of the 3-sports (triathlon), and eve...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mont Ventoux]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mont-ventoux</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2010 the second volume of Rapha's 'Great Road Climbs' series will be published. Written by Graeme Fife, with photographs by Pete Drinkell, the new volume will cover the climbs of the Southern Alps and Riviera.

To celebrate the return of the Tou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:13:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State College, PA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/state-college-pa</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Known as a great college town, the team was looking forward to a night out before the ride at State College. Arriving early enough to shake the travel from their legs, a few of the guys went out for a quick spin. Jeremy and Steve spent more time appl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California Film VI]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california-film-vi</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mathias, WV - Film]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mathias-wv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“The moonshine is from my banjo teacher who is actually a taxidermist. But he won’t sell it to me. It has to be a gift, he will give to me if I ask for it.”
– Audrey (girlfriend of ride host, Jay Moglia)


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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[White's Ferry Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/whites-ferry-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The C&amp;O Towpath. 

It's possible to ride 180-miles from Washington DC to Columbus PA on a dirt, multi-use path paralleling the Potomac river. We didn't ride it, but it is possible. In fact, you can extend the journey another 100-miles all the w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California Film V]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california-film-v</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California Film IV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california-film-iv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Frankford, WV]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/frankford-wv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It takes five hours to make it to Hillsboro, West Virginia and our cabin in Watoga State Park. We couldn’t feel deeper or any more tucked into the hills of rural Appalachia. The cabin is hewn and rough, and every surface, structure and contour is m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asheville, NC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/asheville-nc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a scenic and mountainous four-hour drive from Dahlonega, Georgia to Asheville, North Carolina, we pull into the parking lot of Liberty Bicycles with most of the beautiful afternoon to spare. As luck would have it, Kevin, the service manger at L...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dahlonega, GA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dahlonega-ga</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Six Gap Plus Brass Town Bald", while certainly a catchy title, is an elaborate way to reference seven very definite and distinct climbs put together for today's ride. Some of you will recognize the name from the Tour of Georgia, it's a climb that th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Favourite Shirts Exhibition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/favourite-shirts-exhibition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To mark this month’s Giro d’Italia, the Paul Smith shop on Melrose Avenue in L.A. is hosting an exclusive exhibition of classic cycling jerseys.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:10:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leipers Fork, TN]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/leipers-fork-tn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Early Saturday afternoon we pull past beautiful, freshly mowed estate lawns and into the lot behind Gran Fondo Bicycles, a high-end, independent bicycle shop in the Belle Meade neighborhood of Nashville, TN. Within minutes we’re treated to a spread...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mississippi Delta]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/mississippi-delta</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We make it to Memphis, Tennessee in time for a home cooked dinner prepared by Scarlet Maness, Cole’s mom. She’s made fried catfish, hush-puppies, coleslaw, deviled eggs, roasted peppers, four whole beer chickens (two with barbecue sauce and two w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:10:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[St. Francisville, LA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/st-francisville-la</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s 8:45pm when we arrive to the town of St. Francisville, LA. We’re hungry and stop three congregants outside a Baptist church for directions and recommendations. This late, there’s three options; Qué Pasa?, Sonny’s Pizza and Wings &amp; T...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jasper, AR]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jasper-ar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The two-hour drive to Fayetteville, Arkansas from Oklahoma is a series of small rural roads lined with abandoned gas stations and not much else. Once into Arkansas on the far side of Ft. Smith, on Interstate 540, yesterday’s leftover low clouds cle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Muse, OK]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/muse-ok</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The radio announces a tornado watch and flood warning is in effect as we’re driving for Muse, a small town (population 30) deep in rural southeastern Oklahoma. The sky is filled with lightening and intermittent rain, heavy at times. The lightening ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California Film III]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california-film-iii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Camp Verde, TX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/camp-verde-tx</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We awake at 6:30am to head for coffee at the Hill Country Cafe, a Texas legend according to the sign in the window. The waitress is short, blond and her skin is oddly orange. Like the cafe, she is clearly a legend herself, an institution. She loves u...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/austin-tx</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ryan, Greg, Cole and I are at Mellow Johnny's in Austin. The Rapha Continental summer tour begins. We started the morning with an easy ride around the West Lake Hills with Louie, our host, and Christopher, our driver, just to shake off the travel. Th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha and Timothy Everest Three-Piece Cycling Suit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/timothy-everest-and-rapha-threepiece-cycling-suit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Designed for the sartorially-minded city rider, Timothy Everestww.timothyeverest.co.uk/ and Rapha’s bespoke three-piece suit raises the bar for urban cycling apparel. Inspired by gentleman riders of the 1930s (with a nod to country farmers in their...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California Film II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california-film-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Rides Andalucia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rides-andalucia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Held from 14th to 22nd of February, the Rapha Condor training camp in the south of  Spain was a final get together for Britain’s number-one ranked team ahead of their first action of the season, the Giro Del Capo in South Africa’s Western Cape.
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cent Cols Challenge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/cent-cols-challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Cent Cols Challenge involves climbing 100 Cols in ten days, cycling approximately 200km each day with an average of 4,000 metres of ascension on each stage. The first edition was held on the 14th-24th September 2009 in the French Alps. This year ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ahead of Stage Two, in front of Café Trieste in Sausalito, the Continental riders catch up with Michael Robertson, a local photographer, writer and, for today, our guest. As the team get dressed and ready for riding, Michael briefs them about riding...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 3]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a trip to Kelly’s Bakery in Santa Cruz to start the day, we’re on our way to San Jose for the start of Stage 3: an even 100-miles long and with a total elevation gain of 4,500 feet. It’s in San Jose that we meet up with a reporter, Laura ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Redwoods Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/redwoods-ride-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When we arrived in the dark at Palo Alto Bicycles at 6:15 Monday morning, we weren’t sure if more than a handful of the registered riders would actually show. It wouldn’t have been a surprise to see a thinned group since we had all witnessed the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stage 1]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stage-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today’s ride is effectively a double. Our ‘Prologue’ was followed by an hour’s drive –  in full kit, not to mention a suspended state of readiness –   to the town of Davis and the start of Stage One. With 100 miles ahead of us, we will ne...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Redwoods Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/redwoods-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join Rapha for a day of riding, racing, suffering and glory. On Monday, February 16th 2009, a team from Rapha will ride a 65-mile course (approximate) from Palo Alto to Santa Cruz, finishing in time to watch the finale of the second stage of the Amge...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Season ahead]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-season-ahead</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2009 promises to be an exciting year for cycling. With Lance Armstrong set to return to the fray, the sport will also remember another champion, Fausto Coppi, on the anniversary of his greatest season. Amateur riders everywhere will be setting their ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of California 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-california</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tour of California is as close as we get in this country to a Grand Tour like the Giro, the Tour de France or the Vuelta. What it lacks is the history, the legend and lore. It’s not because California is inadequate in any way, or the route is w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prologue]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/prologue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are not professionals. We were reminded of this daily, sometimes hourly, thanks to the contrasts and disparities which were inescapable. Some were even painful, like the occasion when Jeremy’s IT-band (a recurring leg injury) forced him into the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Acadia]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/acadia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A chilling rain pattered down as we emerged from our motel rooms early Sunday morning with dead legs and dampened spirits. As if the 130-mile ride of the previous day hadn’t been enough, the untimely breakdown that had left a car full of exhausted ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Cascades Highway]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/north-cascades-highway</link>
			<description><![CDATA[North America doesn’t have a Col d’Izoard or a Mortirolo. Our mountain passes aren’t inhabited by ghosts of riders past, at least not French or Italian ones. No echo of  “piano piano piano” can be heard between our rocky canyon walls. The t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baxter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/baxter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There we were, sitting having breakfast in middle-of-nowhere Maine, quite unaware that someone had not only recognized us but was taking the trouble to let us know. It was only when we stepped out of the café on our way to the day’s ride that we s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yakima]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/yakima</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oregon Manifest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ww.oregonmanifest.com/

Rapha’s pioneering spirit will be on display during the Oregon Manifestww.oregonmanifest.com/ weekend of hand-built bicycles, cyclocross and US Northwest cycling culture. 

Join the team in Portland for a weekend of beau...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Gentlemen's Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-gentlemens-race-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t completely sure what to expect when we came up with the idea of the first ever Rapha Gentlemen’s Race. I sold it to the racers as an unsupported, unsanctioned, unmarshalled, six-rider team time trial meets alley-cat, meets ‘Cannonball ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fremont Peak]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fremont-peak</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Unshaven and smiling, and leaning back into a chair with his feet up, wearing only bib shorts and a dirty cycling cap, Ryan Thomson knocks back a shot of Laphroaig. Aaron, on the phone with his wife but watching Ryan, grins big. Greg, still on the fl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flamingo Grande]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/flamingo-grande</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Twelve uncomfortable hours into a thirteen hour drive and I finally admit to myself, out loud just in case either Greg or Carey are listening, that I will be in no condition to ride 100-miles the next morning. Especially considering tomorrow will be ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Walden Pond]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/walden-pond</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Those of us that reside in the Boston area had done this ride hundreds of times, leisurely cruising out and around the roads surrounding the Lexington/Concord area. At times pushing each other up Strawberry Hill, or sprinting for the Lincoln town lin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Palo Alto]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/palo-alto</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sunday, August 17th, somewhere in the pre-scorching, but already uncomfortably hot foothills just west of Palo Alto, California. I turn to the athletic looking guy who’s riding beside me. He’s on a black carbon bike and likely pedaling against hi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[D2R2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/d2r2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'd been hearing about the fabled D2R2 for a couple of years before I actually had the chance to do the ride. The stuff of legend, stories were passed around like folklore at a couple of the local bike shops where I was working.  Dirt roads for over ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tour of Lombardy Prize Draw]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/tour-of-lombardy-prize-draw</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This autumn, Rapha offered the opportunity to win a luxury weekend break to attend the last Classic of the 2008 ProTour season, the Giro di Lombardia. As part of their prize, the lucky winner got to ride with ex-pro, Eros Poli, and also had the chanc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Six Gap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/six-gap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;images/sixtitle.gif!--&gt;



Climbing is difficult. For many, those first encounters with hills come early in life. A reluctant BMX ride to a friend’s house or mini-mart perched atop the neighborhood’s highest ‘mountain’. During these...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fitchburg]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/fitchburg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: JEREMY DUNN



Charged to deliver an epic New England ride, something quintessential and something hard. There was only one person to call – Dick Ring.

Laugh about it. No really, have yourself a good little chuckle. But then get over ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Litchfield]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/litchfield</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“There is no spring in New England” the saying goes.  One day you are experiencing the bleak cold of winter (some years lasting well into June.)  The next you are in the full grip of summer.  Most times not even a day separates the two, the weath...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/austin-tx-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The morning after was heavy and dull and clouded by dreams: of drag queens; mavens; and track heroes all drilling, 20-odd seconds at time, for gold. And for pride. And to amaze, stupefy and entertain more than 200 spectators. The Austin Rapha Roller ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snoqualmie Falls]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/snoqualmie-falls</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We lay about on the green, grassy mound between the shaded valet stand and a parking lot packed with fast sports cars and European SUVs. On the counter inside the valet stand are two Igloo coolers, one full of ice water, the other ice-cold lemonade. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stevens Pass]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/stevens-pass</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are times when no matter how hard you wrangle, coax, coerce and try to ply the day into behaving and delivering, it doesn’t. It’s a phenomenon of celestial proportions and it cannot be overturned or bargained with. And when things go so hor...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dufur]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/dufur</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s 94 degrees and unusually humid. My helmet has been off for most the day and my jersey, splayed and slapping my back, couldn’t be more unzipped. I lost count of water bottles somewhere in the mid-teens and I’ve had at least three Cokes. I'v...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Crazy Bet]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-crazy-bet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, a team of leading cycling journalists are seeking to inspire road riders everywhere by taking Rapha up on a crazy bet – to attempt to ride the two most gruelling cyclo-sportives in Europe on two consecutive days. And Rapha is offering you ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Events in Austin]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-events-in-austin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and Mellow Johnny'sww.mellowjohnnys.com/ are joining forces during the Tour de France to stage a long weekend of cycling culture, racing and gentleman's riding.





Rouleur magazineww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=94 sets new standards for cycl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smithfield Nocturne 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-condor-smithfield-nocturne-2008</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The weather gods were clearly smiling on Saturday 7th June as a 5,000-strong crowd converged on central London for the second Rapha Condor Smithfield Nocturne. In contrast to the thunderstorms of Biblical proportions that saw last year’s inaugural ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[L'Étape du Tour 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ltape-du-tour-2008</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After choosing monster stages for the Etape du Tour in 2006 and 2007, the organisers of this year’s Etape have been much more considerate. This is a beautiful and legendary ‘parcours’, including two of the most spectacular and legendary climbs ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Paltz]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/new-paltz</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s 4:45 in the morning and I’m four stories above a well-stocked bodega in Park Slope, a neighborhood in Brooklyn. From my horizontal vantage on a couch in Richard Bravo’s living room, I see that every surface from floor to ceiling is covered...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bear Mountain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/bear-mountain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Inside the Cadence Café, thirty-five or so guys, head-to-toe in tasteful kit, are duck-walking about, moving anxiously between bagel boxes and the espresso machine. It’s a classic pre-ride scene with lots of clacking and strapping and the filling ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Roller Race International Series]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-roller-race-international-series</link>
			<description><![CDATA[RESULTS NOW IN

 Male team resultsww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=465
 Female team resultsww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=466
 Have-a-go competition resultsww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=467




A sellout crowd packed into the Imbibe bar in Central London ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ronde]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-ronde</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Early on the morning of April 5th, the West Coast Continental Team met at 3811 N Mississippi in North Portland. Cole and Ben flew up from Los Angeles, Greg came down off the mountain and Aaron and Hahn drove in from Seattle. Ira, Ryan and Daniel live...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Exhibition NY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-exhibition-ny</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rouleur magazine sets new standards for cycling writing and photography. The best work from the six Rouleur photographers will be on show at Cadence Cycling &amp; Multisport Centeradencecycling.com/ in Tribeca, New York, from April 25 - May 18, 2008....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Art of Assembly - building a race bike]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-art-of-assembly--building-a-race-bike</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 26th March 2008, Rapha is presenting an evening with professional bicycle mechanic and regular Rouleurww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=94 contributor Rohan Dubash. Rohan will be demonstrating how to assemble a Colnago race bike from scratch. Joined by R...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[West Hills Continental - Feb. 10, 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/west-hills-continental--feb-10-2008</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha and The Rapha Continental Riders hosted an unsanctioned 39 mile Brevet-style ride in Portland’s very special Northwest Hills. The route, a classic selection of surfaces, scenery and climbs organized into something approaching a figure-eight, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tour de Headlands]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-tour-de-headlands</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s nearing 8:00am in an industrial parking lot in Sausalitoinyurl.com/3yt8ou, two days before Stage One of the Tour of California.  Aaron Erbeck, in a helmet and bib shorts, is scrunched-up and peeing into a bush watching the traffic on Bridgeway...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Events in Portland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-events-in-portland</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over a long weekend in February, Rapha staged a number of events in Portland, Oregon. This was a unique opportunity to meet the team, ride with us and see the full Rapha range and Rouleur photography. 

Great reports, video and photography from the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Hell of the Ashdown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-hell-of-the-ashdown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Having ridden last season's closing Exmoor Beast sportive, The Hell of the Ashdown seemed an appropriate title for the start of this season's. Graeme notes below his remembrance of Pooh Bear in connection with Ashdown Forest, yet I don't recall Pooh ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rapha Roller Race: Culture Clash II]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/the-rapha-roller-race-culture-clash-ii</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Roller race record falls. It was an amazing night of roller racing and music on Saturday in central London. The courier team came from behind to win the competition, with sometime Rapha model and messenger Seb winning in great style. The long standin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ride to the Catford Hill Climb]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ride-to-the-catford-hill-climb</link>
			<description><![CDATA['The route to Yorks Hill is mostly flat', it reads below and I was reminded of this more than once on the 24 gradient section of Church Hill en route to the 112th Catford Hill Climb, the oldest event of it's kind in the country. Clearly we have a sen...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[London to Brighton Night Ride]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/london-to-brighton-night-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha ride from The HOST Galleryww.hostgallery.co.uk/ to Brighton through the night of Friday 19th October, was a great success as part of the activities surrounding the Rouleur Exhibitionww.rapha.cc/index.php?page=336. As a cold night began to t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rouleur Exhibition London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rouleur-exhibition-london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha is holding a unique cycling event in London this October. Combining a photography exhibition, Rapha boutique, evening events and organised rides, the Rouleur Exhibition will be an essential attraction for all cycling fans.




 Photography ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smithfield Nocturne 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/smithfield-nocturne-2007</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Who needs Alpine peaks or fields of sunflowers? An urban backdrop to a cycle race can be equally dramatic, and the setting for the inaugural Rapha/Condor Smithfield Nocturne helped put the event on the cycling calendar in spectacular fashion.

Smit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beauty and the Beast]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/beauty-and-the-beast</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many of us thought that the 2006 Etape du Tour took suffering beyond the limit. The broom wagons were heaving and the drips and paramedics on each one of the 21 hairpins to Alpe d'Huez are a vivid memory. We assumed that ASO and Velo Magazine would c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Majesty and Misery]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/majesty-and-misery</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In July 2006 the Etape du Tour took in some of the monuments of road racing: the col d’Izoard and Lautaret plus the legendary Alpe d’Huez. We’ll be riding 187km through the highest mountains of the Alps, a land of glaciers and waterfalls, cicad...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alllez! Poulidor and the ETAPE 2004]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/alllez-poulidor-and-the-etape-2004</link>
			<description><![CDATA[22.5km east of Limoges, start for this year’s Etape du Tour, lies the village of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, birthplace of a Tour legend: Raymond Poulidor. He still lives there. His parents were métayeurs (share-croppers); the family moved from tied...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kings of Pain]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/kings-of-pain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[THIS EVENT HAS NOW FINISHED

This summer Lance Armstrong will attempt to become the first rider to win six Tours in a row. To coincide with this event Rapha is holding a unique exhibition called ‘Kings of pain’.
	
‘Kings of pain’ will run...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/home</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continental]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;h1 class="heading" data-title="About the Rapha Continental"&gt;About the Rapha Continental&lt;/h1&gt;

The Rapha Continental began in the US in 2007 as an antidote to the clinical aspects of road racing. It was conceived as a more creative expr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Films]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/films</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;h2 class="heading" data-title="SS13 Range Films"&gt;SS13 Range Films&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 class="heading" data-title="Rapha Continental"&gt;Rapha Continental&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 class="heading" data-title="Editor's Picks"&gt;E...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 1974 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Men's Sizing Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-sizes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Rapha products have a slim, cyclist’s cut unless stated otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Jackets&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="/content/uploads/sizing-body.png" class="floatRight" height="243" width="300" alt="Sizing diagram" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;R...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[About Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/about-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha creates the finest cycling clothing and accessories in the world. Designed without compromise for the most discerning rider, Rapha products blend optimum performance, the finest fabrics and modern style. A passion for road racing means Rapha is...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Retail Partners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/retail-partners</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You can see the Rapha collection at the following exclusive stockists, dealers and retailers. Official Team Sky merchandise can also be bought across the UK in selected Evans stores, a full list of which can be found here »team-sky-at-evans-stores
...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ordering and Payment]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ordering</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You must be registeredregister to order with Rapha. If you have previously registered and forgotten your password click herepassword.



All payments made on the rapha.cc website are encrypted using secure technology and your card details are not ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Work at Rapha]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/work-at-rapha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As a result of exceptional sales growth in the last 12 months, Rapha is looking to hire full time staff for a number of exciting positions.

Available positions:

 Head of Technologyob20
 "Head of Sales and Marketing: Asia-Pacific":job5
 Logist...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FAQ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/faq</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pricing and currencyaq1
 Items out of Stockaq2
 Deliveryaq3
 Returnsaq4
 Repairsaq5
 Products and Sizingaq6
 Sponsorship and eventsaq7
 Retail partnersaq8
 Why do the riders in your photographs sometimes not wear helmets?aq9



 Q. Do your...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rapha Products]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-products</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Road riding is tough enough without having to compromise on quality. The Rapha range uses only the finest materials, components and detailing to create exceptional apparel and accessories.

Every Rapha product is conceived and developed by active r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Company]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/company</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha is a small but rapidly growing company. With our main headquarters in London, we also have a United States office in Portland, Oregon and representative agents in Japan, Germany, Scandinavia and Australia. All Rapha employees are active cyclist...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[International Editions]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/international-editions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This website is published in a number of Editions, localised for different areas of the globe.

With the exception of the Japanese, French, Spanish, Dutch and German Editions, all content is currently published in English. Choosing the right Editio...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:26:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Repair Service]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/repair-service</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rapha offers a free repair service where a crash or accident has damaged a garment or a failure has occurred even after significant usage.

This service also applies to garments outside the 90 day return policy, and where the damage is not due to m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Day 1: Opening Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/day-1-opening-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WORDS: Kansas Waughww.rapha.cc/kansas-waugh  PHOTOS: Brian Vernorrianvernor.com/home.html 

It was WAY colder the previous night than any of us had expected. It of course was cool in the evening and when the sun went down it was cold enough to alwa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jersey Downsize offer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/jersey-downsize-offer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you have purchased a jersey this year and lost weight through riding, Rapha would like to offer you a 50 discount on your new size jersey. Simply download, print, and complete the form below, then send it along with your old jersey back to Rapha. ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:20:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Industry Purchase Program]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/ipp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rapha Industry Purchase Program has been created to provide fellow cycling industry professionals with exclusive discounts on selected Rapha products. Membership benefits include a saving on classic Rapha apparel and accessories. The Program also...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:29:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wear Your Story]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/wearyourstory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The people, events and clothing that create a story.

Tell us your riding stories on Rapha’s Facebook pageww.facebook.com/rapharacing and win a pair of Rapha Jeansww.rapha.cc/rapha-jeans. &amp;nbsp;

Rapha have always celebrated stories. Storie...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:55:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Classics Guarantee]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/classics-guarantee</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Take advantage of our 30-day guarantee on any of the Rapha Classic products below. If you aren't 100 satisfied after 30 days of riding in these products, you can send them back to us for a full refund/ credit. See the collection »shop/classics-colle...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shipping]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/shipping</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A range of shipping options are available depending on how quickly you need your products. Simply select Standard or Express delivery at checkout. You can check the status of your order at any time on your account pageaccount. All UK orders ship dire...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Returns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/returns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you are not 100 satisfied with your purchase you can return it for an exchange or refund, provided it is within 90 days of receipt of your order and in saleable condition.

Faulty items will either be replaced, repaired or refunded following eva...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's Sizing Guide]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rapha.cc/womens-sizing-guide</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lt;img src="/content/uploads/sizing-womens.png" class="floatRight" width="300" height="231" alt="Body sizing" /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Jackets&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rapha jackets are relatively slim cut. If you would like your jacket to have a bit more room ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:18:57 +0100</pubDate>
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