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Not bad. Its the sort of thing you chuck on for a downpour. So its not really designed with breathability at the top of the list. Its also not bike specific. So its probably too short at the back for normal heighted cyclists. Packs so small I keep losing it.

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Looks like the Montane Featherlite velo I keep stashed in a pocket for rain. Very light and keeps the chill off, though I wouldn't want to use it as an everyday winter jacket.

There are some discounted closeout shells in odd colours around town in Snow+Rock and the like at the moment.. quite tempted. eg Arc'teryx Beta SL, North Face antimatter 40% off. Still spendy but almost justified if used 5 days a week all through winter.

I've just heard that the cyclist is okay but will be losing a leg :-(
Horrible :(

Bright thoughts/

Actually, it's just a band in the same colour - no embroidered logo.

Received a polo in black and there is just the band, no logo.

Cheers, received today and yep, no exterior logo. Acceptable.

Ah crap. Didn't notice it in any of the product photos.. might wait for vulpine to get re-stocked.

Does the s/s polo have a rapha logo anywhere on the outside?

Fucking idiot on a brakeless dolan nearly got pasted 1pm today at the West end of Fenchurch St. Went around me (waiting) and straight into a 2ft wide space between bus and lorry just as they both began accelerating. If the lorry hadn't checked his mirrors and hit the brakes that would have been sticky. He then ran the next two lights and disappeared. If you're on here, I hope you remain so lucky.

I find CS7 strangely relaxing. I am but a leaf carried on the torrent of determined nodders and bug eyed racers.

Thought about doing the coach pickup back at the next village instead of at the beach? Sending a dozen coaches & lorries down singletrack with riders still coming and going + cars is pretty chaotic.

On the way up to London Fields for the DD on Saturday, encountered a young man enraged and wielding his d-lock in the middle of the intersection of Threadneedle & Bishopsgate. A second later three big blokes jump off one of those 10-person pedal powered keggers and they face off right in the middle before getting pulled apart. I guess probably don't pull out the d-lock unless you really intend to use it.. seemed like that really escalated some small slight into what could have become assault quite quickly. And give those pedal platform things a wide berth.

I read it as hefty did not expect the guy to run into him and the shove was just life preservation given the traffic on the other side. It wasn't retribution (which would be a whole other thing).

he shoulder checks, I'm sure he sees me

Slowing would have allowed the person to pul out oblivious to the danger they were causing and in a small way would reward his bad behavious and encourage him to repeat it.

^ this. Confirmation bias is responsible for half the incidents in this thread.

Near the deceptive "Dunwich (refreshments) 1km" sign on the corner? He was noodling around with a wide lens and flash then went walking off East down the road shooting as he went.

vv that's the guy. my rear in the sign photo.

Drop the people on the blingers and give them a snide sideways fart as you go past.
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To contribute, if you're craving a carbon jobbie and can afford it, go for it in my opinion. Nothing like wearing a new bike in for a few months to get a feel for it. I've been through steel, alloy, carbon and ti and I'd still love to have a carbon toy some days. n+1 and all that.

As a massive roadie really enjoyed riding that fixed, 46x16 was sweeet.
Every year I think about riding it fixed (44x17) and every year I end up geared and kinda thankful in that last rolling 30 miles.
/weakroadie

Something over 200k for two friends who ended up following the lights of some guys who weren't on the route (one of whom had no saddle??). Wound up stranded west of the a14 without a map until thankfully reunited in Coddenham.

The soup was brill

Train a complete clusterfuck due being oversold unfortunately. After missing the first ipswich-london sailing, saw the next load from Darsham spill onto the platform (plus direct riders) in time for next departure. Saw the writing on the wall and sprinted over to catch a train to kings x via Ely instead. £36 :-(. Saw the same mass of bikes still on platform 2. Will have to think outside the box for 2014..

Oh I saw a bat at last, on Coddenham. Excite.

Each to their own I suppose... As much as I admire his performance, I simply can't warm to Froome.

I know what you mean, but it seems likely that if anyone is going to win le tour clean, they're going to more head down watt-counting and less solo heroics. So if it's more boring but more believable that seems like a good tradeoff. Inspiring respect instead of warmth?

Edit: not implying anything definitely about anyone, obviously. WTF do I know. And sky have done the solo thing in this tour as we've seen.

Pretty sure I saw a support motorbike fend off a polkadotted fan earlier - pulled up between the front 3 and him and pushed him back onto the verge. Rabid.

Yes!

Punchy

^ that'll be it. They usually do at least two sets. 2013 Part 1.

Steephill.tv has a stack too: http://www.steephill.tv/2013/tour-de-france/photos/

Also today was an easy day compared to tomorrow

Was just thinking that. If sky are on the limit now it must give hope to the rivals.

vv and yeah, 20 seconds is light all things considered.

Sounds more like a professional foul. Dicks.