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...and if anyone justifies it by saying 'it's fashion dahling'....it looks like something you'd buy in Laura Ashley! :]

I don't know if this has been posted before as I'm not really a Rapha man, so tend to avoid this thread, but maybe one of the Rapha fans can explain to me why this bag is worth £225?

It's less than 2Oltrs, Isn't waterproof, has big gaping holes in the top corners, no padding, etc
Is it really as simple as the fact that it has Paul Smith's signature on the leather parts?
How the hell people can complain about well designed and properly waterproof courier bags being so expensive when this kind of shit is £225 is beyond me?

^ Says it for me too, my bag's bloody fantastic! Thank you Dan.

Just to show you all what you can get in a Greyhound, check this out..
Roxy 3yrs and Ossie 6mnths!

Ahhh...the obligatory 'kids in the bag' shot that everyone does when they get their first proper 'big bag'. :]

Even those without kids of their own!

As most of you know I closed Archie's Grobags for good a few months ago.
A lot of people were saying what a shame it was and offering help and advice on how i could avoid this tragedy. As i said to those who i spoke to about it face to face at the time, It's not a tragedy, or a shame...it's a good thing and it happened for a reason.

The reason is because for the past 7 months I've been working hard to create an entirely new bag company.
This new project has reignited my love of designing and creating things, something which had slowly disappeared throughout the course of Archie's Grobags.
Unfortunately it has also forced me to have to sell all my bikes and everything else i owned which had any value, as well as rely on the generosity of my family.

To cut a long story short, the new company is almost ready to launch.
I had originally hoped to have a whole range ready for the launch, but I've spent so much time and money so far that I find myself in need of an income again.
There is currently only 1 bag ready for production, and it's the biggest courier style bag in the range...not ideal for most people, but that's the way it is right now.
This project was about much more than simply reworking my old designs, but now that the first bag is ready I can go ahead and continue with the rest of the range...something which i wasn't prepared to do until i knew everything was going to work as i hoped on the first bag.

I don't want to go into too much detail about the new bags online just now until the website is ready to launch...which couldn't happen until i finished this bag and sorted a few more things out.
I also don't want the new company to have ANY association with Archie's Grobags, which is why I'm not mentioning the name here.
The new bags will be different in every way and deserve their own identity and the chance to build their own reputation, rather than just riding off the back of another company.

What this boils down to at the moment is that i need to start earning some money again before i launch the new company officially. So...if anybody is in the market for a BIG courier bag, approx 5Oltrs for the main compartment, that is unlike anything else on the market, get in touch with me and we can meet up so that i can talk you through the new bags finer points.
I warn you now, they won't be cheap bags, but then that's because they're not 'cheap bags'...If you know what i mean.

To all those people who have helped me out with this new project i am eternally grateful and will give proper thanks when the time is right.

All the best!
Scott

Got into a fight with a rambler.

Re drop handlebar mountain bikes. They have indeed been around for a while. I'm sure I saw someone doing one of the Gorrick races on one a couple of years back.

:]
Drop bars have been used on mountain bikes since they were first invented.
Google Charlie Cunningham, or Jaquie Phelan...or years later, even John Tomac.
WTB dirt drops were the first good purpose built drops for off road...decades before On-one or salsa mass produced them.

Kids these days! :]

That's a shame.
Rapha put all the effort and time into learning how to make coffee and serve cakes then someone comes along and just copies it without having to learn how to make coffee and serve cakes themselves.

This country!

So to summarize...

Those people who can afford to buy all the Rapha gear are now getting all stroppy because they can no longer act superior to those who can't afford it by being the only cyclists riding around with a white stripe on there jersey, and are now getting even more stroppy because it's getting harder for them to justify why Rapha 'choose' to set such high prices for items which are still mass produced.

Those people who obviously liked but either couldn't afford or couldn't justify paying Rapha's inflated prices are now very happy as they can also now ride around with a white stripe on their jersey and also feel superior but for a different reason...because they were able to buy essentially the same product for less money with enough left over to be able to order a coffee in the Rapha cafe and sit there gloating whilst wearing their Torm jersey.

Is that about right?

You can maybe have a 'Half decade appreciation' badge?

I love 29ers since 2005,
can I get a prize?

Considering they've been available commercially for 12 years i doubt it. ;]

If you count Bruce Gordon's 'Rock n road' bikes it's about 2Oyrs. ;]

If anybody is after some suspension forks...
http://www.lfgss.com/thread53589.html#post1730052

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It's interesting to see how many people couldn't get their hands in their pockets quickly enough to buy the distinctly 'Raphaesque' Torm jerseys...praising the guy for being able to produce something which did the job just as well but for far less money, and yet here we have the same situation yet people have criticised Simon's effort...banging on about how it won't be as good quality etc, without even having seen it.
It may not be the same wood, but it doesn't mean it's a shit quality knockoff.
Plenty of people were ordering those jerseys without having seen them or knowing how well they're likely to last.

All just my opinion of course. ;]

All the overshoes that fit over my shoes leave a big gap at my ankle, so water just flows down and in.

Just ask the PC if you can sit in their car while you give him the description and reg details. ;]

I haven't ridden further than 5 miles since the D.D :[

I used 3/4's with leg warmers underneath last year and it was ok...it's my hands and feet where i feel cold in a painful way, my legs don't normally suffer too bad.
I have a feeling I'm gonna be too busy to even ride a bike for the next few months though.

I started using some windproof tights with leg warmers underneath last winter, but i found that the pressure they put on my dodgy kneecaps was worse than the cold. :[
I ended up ditching the windproofs.
I think it was the lack of stretch in them compared to regular lycra.

And where you ride. Last winter, though it was cold and snowy, riding about in the forests and trees wasn't too bad at all. However, up on the bare hills and down on the coast (New Year's Day South Costs sticks in the mind in particular) was an entirely different matter.

My point was that it's not as simple as just where you ride or in what country...different people feel cold more/less due to poor/good circulation.

If my feet and hands are agony at minus 5 then it makes no difference if i'm standing in the UK or the Antarctic. :]

they look overkill for the u.k.

The UK can still get cold enough in winter to make life miserable for those with poor circulation.

Plenty of people have said that heated gloves are overkill too, but i personally couldn't have got through last winters riding without mine.
As usual, it's dependant on the individual.

As usual Tommy is right.
I know from years of miserable cold weather rides that once somebody describes winter cycling clothing as 'overkill' i'm looking at the right section.
Also, unless the person classing the product as overkill can back up his claims with evidence of riding in sub zero temperatures and horrendous storms on more than just a couple of occasions then he's maybe not the ideal person to say whether a certain product is overkill or not in my opinion.
If they're basing it on their own sub ten mile commute which they don't even do if the weather is 'too bad' then a certain product may well 'look' like overkill to them, but if they were wanting to keep warm at 6am every day of winter on a 4O mile ride, or when riding a century and getting stuck in the middle of a ruddy typhoid then they may change their mind. :]

As usual it all comes down to personal choice as to how badly you feel the cold and how badly you would prefer not too.

yes.

If you don't have them fairly tight the flippers start sticking out and it's just a big fucking hassle.

Start with a notch of ratchet, and a few mm of velcro fronds(?)...

true
feet get colder in tight shoes, they need to breath/move about a bit to keep warm

Seems my 'Sealskinz' joke was too subtle. :]

Get her to loosen the fastenings.

If you don't have them fairly tight the flippers start sticking out and it's just a big fucking hassle.

People that call certain winter boots and gloves 'overkill' are the people i ignore.
I'd much prefer my feet and hands to be 'too warm' and 'too dry'...and know that i can use those same products anywhere in any conditions without worry.

I've had plenty of gloves that have been classed as 'too warm' for our winters in cycling reviews which were useless for me.

As for the Sidi's...Bendix has still had cold feet on some occasions with the Sidi's...even with sealskinz underneath.