Friday Night Ride to Jersey, 31st June 2011

[arallsopp]

Yay! I have mine! Wow! These long sleeved ones are toasty. I may have to box it up until the frost comes back

Well done Simon. Thanks for all your efforts.

Andy.

 

[StuAff]

tbh, I think the narrative stuff is great, and often quite inspirational, but the product tests and back to back comparisons? They are just aimed at people with a much larger disposble income than me and their breathless enthusiasm for spendy stuff suggests they've forgotten what it is like to ride on the PAYE.

Yup, a lot of the tests are like that, but they do all sorts- test of entry-level road bikes (Raleigh Airlite, Carrera TDF, etc) a couple of months back, for example. The bits and pieces I've bought on their recommendations have been good..and as for the more 'aspirational' stuff, well...someone buys it, the rest of us can dream. And they can be quite scathing if they feel like it.

 

[dellzeqq]

Yay! I have mine! Wow! These long sleeved ones are toasty. I may have to box it up until the frost comes back

sexy! Rapha can kiss my candied shirt-deisgner arse!

 

[StuAff]

You wanna see some of the stuff the hi-fi mags come out with…

Oh yes......What Hi Fi keeps plugging overpriced HDMI cables even after they give a £5 one a rave review....and they make no difference whatsoever!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Yup, a lot of the tests are like that, but they do all sorts- test of entry-level road bikes (Raleigh Airlite, Carrera TDF, etc) a couple of months back, for example. The bits and pieces I've bought on their recommendations have been good..and as for the more 'aspirational' stuff, well...someone buys it, the rest of us can dream. And they can be quite scathing if they feel like it.

I agree that their recs are often a good guide to what is good, and often an equally good guide to what isn't in the shops yet or has already sold out.

But when they get scathing, or when they wax lyrical, I think they go over the top.... like the carbon decathlon bike this month. 80's throwback or some such. Err no, it is a 00's design, and for the money, a great deal. Way too much hyperbole in the reviews for my taste.

and I liked the guide in the back.... so there!

 

[StuAff]

I agree about the Decathlon- probably as good as a Focus Cayo!

 

[theclaud]

Yay! I have mine! Wow! These long sleeved ones are toasty. I may have to box it up until the frost comes back

Well done Simon. Thanks for all your efforts.

Andy.

 

[Aperitif]

I agree that their recs are often a good guide to what is good, and often an equally good guide to what isn't in the shops yet or has already sold out.

But when they get scathing, or when they wax lyrical, I think they go over the top.... like the carbon decathlon bike this month. 80's throwback or some such. Err no, it is a 00's design, and for the money, a great deal. Way too much hyperbole in the reviews for my taste.

and I liked the guide in the back.... so there!

I agree about the Decathlon- probably as good as a Focus Cayo!

Will you two ----- off into the corner - this is the 'Rapha is so yesterday' model thread, not the pipe smokers AGM.

Cobblers.

Happy cobblers.

Rapha floored by Stardom...

 

[frank9755]

yesterday

As the subject appears to have changed to Beatles songs, I thought I'd mention that I rode down the 'Long and Winding Road' on Saturday morning. I discovered that it is the B road to Campbeltown down the East coast of the Kintyre peninsula. And a splendid road it is to cycle on.

Alas it was very warm and sunny so, having gone for the long sleeved model, I was not in my Fridays jersey so no pics of it.

 

[Aperitif]

As the subject appears to have changed to Beatles songs, I thought I'd mention that I rode down the 'Long and Winding Road' on Saturday. I was not in my Fridays jersey so no pics of it.

A disappointment on two counts, Frank, as you are the epitome of sartorial elegance. I suppose it's different when it's your own stuff though...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I meant to say...

When I met the lovely Helen for coffee on Friday she took one look at the jersey and said "So, have you gone back to being a socialist then?"

I cannot think why.

 

[MacB]

being so good at playing to an audience I expect Andy has several rear view pictures in reserve...perhaps bent forward ever so slightly to make pert things even perter?

 

[theclaud]

I meant to say...

When I met the lovely Helen for coffee on Friday she took one look at the jersey and said "So, have you gone back to being a socialist then?"

I cannot think why.

I got a lot of friendly waves and nods in the Rhondda in mine . I'd better watch my back if I venture into Pembrokeshire...

 

[StuAff]

Will you two ----- off into the corner - this is the 'Rapha is so yesterday' model thread, not the pipe smokers AGM.

Cobblers. Did you mean 'audio visual equipment engineers'?

Happy cobblers. Man smoking a pipe....not a cobbler either.

Rapha floored by Stardom...

Pipe down!

 

[arallsopp]

being so good at playing to an audience I expect Andy has several rear view pictures in reserve...perhaps bent forward ever so slightly to make pert things even perter?

Al, if you want a piece of me, you've got to get in line behind Mrs Hall and the Lovely Helen. We will not tolerate queue jumping, no matter how alluring you find me.