beyond parody!

Rapha need to get a life - their gear is not that great ....I bought their winter hat and it was pants for the cash and faulty - so back it went and their base layer top was no great shakes either.

Really guys come on your selling an imaginary lifestyle!

Now that is truly spectacular!

@mountain-nic If your hat was pants maybe you were wearing it in the wrong place?

@djahn400 - it's the polite way of saying it was $hite - very common in Wales boyo

oohhh suits you sir

As if £3k for a suit isn't bad enough some muppet decided it can be worn on a bike!! Who oh why...

For the person who has everything ... except a life!

It looks shit

Rapha have shot themselves in the foot with this one. We all like good gear and in a freemarket economy can buy what we like. But the 'price' has to have some relation to the 'worth'. Their £36 cap is no better than the £14 assos, which you also get the brand image.

Products must be attainable, driven by demand.

Rapha seek small volume@ high price.on the model large price means a desirable product .£3G suit is too far and smeers all the brand.

They are heading the way of mike ball's rock racing kit: when you see it, the mental tag is W@$kEr . Back to campaign drawing board

I don't understand who is going to buy this ? Rapha stuff is generally ok but wildly overpriced . I prefer proper cycling gear like Assos .

Eeeee, don't 'no what t'welrd is comin' too!

When I were a lad a good old British saddle bag t'were t'way ter carry yer suit t'werk.

Eeee them Carradice long flaps! Oh, those Karrimors,,,, er them Tikas. Put yer socks in one shoe, y-fronts int't'other, lay transversely int' saddle bag put yir slacks in next and shirt in last (triple folded, upside down with the collar rearward int' saddlebag).

Them Germans with their fancy ortliebs! Paa good old Brit know how!

Oh, get changed int' car park

So hands up how who knows how much a fully bespoke Savile Row suit cost? Oswald Boateng prices at around 4,500 GBP. Everest is one of the biggest names in Savile Row, certainly of the younger generation. 3K for one of his bespoke suits is not a big ask by any stretch of the imagination.

In a sport where people are willing and able to pay over the odds for the right label, it's no different to say buying a custom frame.

£3k is about what a bespoke suit costs, I can't see too many people wanting to ride their bike in it though somehow.

I'm not even convinced that the suit really looks that good to be honest...

One for the merchant bankers, clearly

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that is bent

i think it would go great with someone who was on a horse, not a bike