21/09/2014

Rapha AW14: Black on Black, & Peppermint

Matching sports kit can be immensely satisfying. Increasingly I'm defaulting to black for my cycling gear; accessories like gloves and arm warmers, helmets, bidons and bibshorts. Of course this does leave room for some carefully chosen colour, say a subtle flash of chartreuse on the jersey, repeated on the socks, or the shoes, or (even) both.

Rapha tend to keep their seasonal colourways pretty classy and pretty tight. Case in point, my SS13 maroon club jersey goes perfectly with my AW13 brevet socks. For their new Autumn/Winter collection they've really nailed a couple of colourways - black on black (nothing makes black look blacker than contrasting it with another black) & peppermint (can't get enough of it). Heres my pick of their newness, focusing on those two classic shades:





From top:
Winter Jersey
Winter Gloves
Winter Hat (sadly no knitted merino version this year. Was too slow off the mark last year.)
Merino Socks
Merino Sweatshirt
Essentials Case

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