tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post8406542354274580472..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: Rapha Re-ImaginingsBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-46406035983754082212015-06-12T23:31:53.428-04:002015-06-12T23:31:53.428-04:00Rapha's original Team Sky kit was a joke. All...Rapha's original Team Sky kit was a joke. All black, all over, in the hardest race, in the hottest month. Only thing that wasn't black was the the "Sky" logo and the little fascist armband for brand recognition. The 3/4 length sleeves and crew neck looked terrible. Makes all the racers look like JV baseball players. Please let that jersey style die.<br /><br />SeanSTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938930457587263153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-11263575351710678602015-06-12T15:29:24.578-04:002015-06-12T15:29:24.578-04:00Rapha definitely is Epic... and very successful at...Rapha definitely is Epic... and very successful at tres chic marketing to a clientele that equates cost and exclusivity with value..Pimadudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345785381009488765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-62174328101315317722015-06-11T18:18:40.331-04:002015-06-11T18:18:40.331-04:00Stelbel did make them that way in the 70s and 80s,...Stelbel did make them that way in the 70s and 80s, but when people lusted after Italian race bikes in those decades, they were lusting after lugged beauties from Colnago, Cinelli, DeRosa, et al -- not TIG welds.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-20616269492486963142015-06-11T18:12:17.626-04:002015-06-11T18:12:17.626-04:00A TIG-welded frame with NOS Campy? Is that surrea...A TIG-welded frame with NOS Campy? Is that surreal or merely oxymoronic? Or a pure-and-simple bastardization?Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-16860246871311085522015-06-11T16:07:14.230-04:002015-06-11T16:07:14.230-04:00Thank you for calling out this and any BS-laden co...Thank you for calling out this and any BS-laden copy. It does get pretty tiresome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com