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New A/W 09 Range Preview

Von Joe Hall • 28th August 2009 10:54am • Geposted in Products

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

Tested across the route of the Tour of California and beyond by the Rapha Continental riders, the Rapha Rain Jacket offers the highest performance in the wettest conditions. Designed to keep you dry on the bike, the Rain Jacket is constructed with rain-proof panels. A lighter material is used for the side panels that extend up the inside of the arm for maximum breathability. It is entirely windproof with a long cut tail and side-swept front zip.

Rapha Trousers
Created for the urban rider, these smart, slim-cut trousers are tough enough to survive the rigours of the winter commute but also stylish enough to be worn off the bike. Features include a reinforced seat panel and key-fold pocket. A long awaited product.

Rapha Overshoes

A technical product designed for the serious rouleur, Rapha Overshoes will help outride the most punishing winter conditions. Rapha’s overshoes are made from 100% neoprene and are robust enough to endure all of the elements.

Gentleman’s Cap

A new interpretation of the classic cycling biretta, the Rapha Gentleman’s Cap is designed for the urban riding dandy. Available in three exclusive designs, each cap boasts its own unique style and combines innovative fabrics with exquisite finishing.

Rapha Legwarmers
Made from fleece-backed Roubaix fabric, leg warmers offer more extensive coverage than Rapha’s popular knee warmers and are designed for hard winter training rides.

Essentials Case
Ideal for training and social rides, this latest edition to Rapha’s luggage range is the perfect storage for vital riding items. Made from a robust leather, the case easily fits a spare tube and multi-tool and protects phone, money and cards from the elements.

Knitted Hat

Inspired by the classic Belgian style, this new version of a winter hat is made from luxury lambs’ wool and feature a contrast stripe and foldable earband. Looks good on the cobbles or in the Café.

Kommentare

Jon Moss

28th August 2009 01:17pm

Congrats on the new products - look forward to seeing the caps in particularly! When is everything coming onto the site?
Best,
Jon

Marc Sullivan

28th August 2009 01:20pm

loving the innovate and refine, always good stuff, so tantalising

charles Carabello

28th August 2009 02:41pm

Looks fab - very excited about the rain cape and new hat

andrew macdonald

28th August 2009 02:45pm

Niiice hat! (I think) Looking fwd to seeing that.

Nick Blow

28th August 2009 03:22pm

Oh well. Just when I thought I had everything covered you go and develop a whole load of must have for the winter. As someone living in wet brussels I can see the rain coat and shoe covers getting hammered in a few weeks!!!

Tim Bishop

28th August 2009 03:29pm

More vivid colours, I like it! The red/white hat will go perfectly with my bike! Marvellous! Hope the rain capes on view in st 13 of this yr's TDF weren't the inspiration for cape..

Romuald MARIE

28th August 2009 03:40pm

Knitted hat looks great! Also looking forward seeing the trousers
Thanks rapha for all these new items…
Cycles Seize

Peter Disley

28th August 2009 03:46pm

The rain jacket looks very nice, filling the gap left by the 2007/08 Stowaway jacket. Not sure that white is the right colour choice, however!

Ben Brown

28th August 2009 04:41pm

There will be a more expansive range preview, with items becoming available, from next week. The Rain Jacket will be available in a darker colourway too. Testing revealed that if you rode fast enough, the Winter White Rain Jacket didn't actually get dirty at all, very much.

David Vo

28th August 2009 06:38pm

It seems silly but I am really looking forwards to the essentials case. I know it's dumb to be caught without money, ATM card and insurance card so I carry them around but they get bulky. I usually leave my wallet at home so that means putting the cash and cards in a plastic baggie. I am curious what the Rapha case looks like. Hopefully it's lightweight, thin, and waterproof.

I MOORE

28th August 2009 07:00pm

i too am intrigued by the essentials case - is this a saddle bag , a top tube bag " ironman style " ? or is it for the back pocket of your jersey ? can't wait to see one . and i am definitely having a hat !!

Paul Etherington

28th August 2009 07:03pm

1 of everything please!
;-)

J Paul Searle

29th August 2009 04:43am

If the essentials case is a saddle bag or seat post attachment then it would be really cool, however it sounds like an item to go in a Jersey pocket. OK for the winter perhaps but summer/ early autumn rides in humid Japan are so hot and sweaty that leather turns to a mouldy mess in minutes if it's anywhere near the body. Even a wallet in a Rapha bonk bag yields sopping wet bank notes after a short ride. Like the 'sound' of it though, even if it's only useful two seasons a year. If it's up to the great standard of other Rapha luggage items it will be nice. Put one in my shopping basket please! Trousers sound just the job for the ride to work. Bung a pair of those in too! How long will we be kept waiting before the launch? Last year it was October I think.

William OShaughnessy

29th August 2009 05:08am

Now with a Condor Classico poised ready for Launch… perhaps a thread of Dandy would suite the cause.. Lotto here I come..

Cheers,

Willy Carmelo

Robin Hague

29th August 2009 07:08am

Having spent about 30 seconds inventing an equation that calculates bike-speed against rainfall against the colour white, I can sadly confess my soon-to-be-purchased white Rapha rain jacket will be grey within 43 seconds. Oh well. It's clearly the bike's fault. Hague Out.

marco roy

30th August 2009 12:06am

I'm completly addict to rapha product! i sure i,ll be surprise again and again. Please continue to innovate.
STAY DIFFERENT!

brian fung

30th August 2009 02:35am

can't WAIT for the A/W product drop…just like what Paul said, "1 of everything please!"

Lowell Baricanosa

30th August 2009 02:28pm

Like Paul and Brian, I third that, "1 of everything please." As for a white rain cape, you got my vote. Gilet and jerseys can testify; all you need is a good wash and a little TLC after 'merckxing them hills'!

Excellent work guys,
Lowell, aka Disco
London Baroudeurs

Eric Ruffing

30th August 2009 05:31pm

Ah, just in in time for my Sept. birthday.I agree w/Lowell-white is "right". Keep up the great products! Any idea when the brochures will be mailed?

Craig Fong

30th August 2009 11:12pm

Just when I thought I had enough apparel-related cycling stuff . . . I find out once again that I don't! Especially like the white rain jacket, but I'm likely to end up with at least one of most everything (like everyone else).

Chris Tree

1st September 2009 02:43pm

Can't wait to add the knitted hat to my collection.

As for the Gentleman's cap, am I a dandy??? Are bears Catholic?

Gary MacLean

1st September 2009 04:03pm

Drums fingers on table, whilst waiting patiently……

Tim Bishop

1st September 2009 05:17pm

The 1st of September has arrived and no new products! Dash it all, there are aspiring Dandies who at this very moment are familiarising themselves on the Marquis of Queenbury's rules!

Ben Brown

1st September 2009 05:17pm

"Are bears Catholic?" I think I have a new favourite saying.

brian fung

2nd September 2009 02:11am

@Tim…i'm with you…the first thing i checked this am was the rapha site…sadly, no new products.

rapha - any ETA you can provide? i think it's safe to say there are some very excited and anxious fans/customers awaiting the release!

Chris Tree

2nd September 2009 11:35am

"Are bears Catholic?" is slightly preferable to the other option about the head of the RC church using the woods as a toilet!

Did I miss anything?

Ben Brown

2nd September 2009 04:17pm

Hi everyone, we should have the first few products available for release at the end of this week. What will they be? All will be revealed! My satellite up-link with the Captain of the super-tanker of White Rain Jackets is a bit crackly (as he is rounding the southern most point of South Africa), but they are looking good for the end of this month. The crew of the ship love them.

Shiho Sumiya

3rd September 2009 10:55am

spare tube, multi-tool, phone, money cards??
It gotta be a saddle bag!
If not…., sew on the attaching-straps real quick!!
You've got nearlly a month to go!!

John Elkin

3rd September 2009 12:34pm

Rain Jacket - yes
Overshoes - yes
Knitted hat - yes indeedy
Gentlemans cap - really?
Essentials Case - maybe, need to see it, odd concept and saddle pack does it for me at the mo'.

But what I want most is some more long sleeve Fixed T's. Any chance? Mine are getting a bit ragged around the cuffs.

brian fung

3rd September 2009 03:33pm

thanks for the update Ben! Cheers.

Nigel Sanderson

4th September 2009 08:35am

Be interesting to see how waterproof and breathable the jacket is. Do Rapha provide a mm hydrostatic and a mvtr for the jacket? otherwise it will be interesting to hear feedback on the performance as too many products in the industry are described as waterproof when they are only water resistant.

Nigel Sanderson

4th September 2009 04:16pm

ha, now I get it, it isn't waterproof just water resistant. which is what the current stowaway is? maybe its more water resistant than the current one?

some very nice looking new gear up on the site now…can't buy it yet which, depending on how you look at it, is a good or bad thing!!!!

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