Rapha

Price: $290 Weight: 165 grams Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, and XXL Colors: Black, Orange, and Blue Web site: www. rapha.cc New from Rapha, a high-end producer of

VeloNews | The Journal of Competitive Cycling 2009

Rapha is a British company that makes elegant if expensive clothing for cycling, and for three months, it operated a fetishistic "pop-up" store on the Bowery, where a curious rider could try on jerseys, drink a proper cup of Oregon coffee, or simply elevate his or her shaved calves upon a table and watch a bike race on TV.

Despite Contador, NY Cyclists Roll On Jason Gay 2010

For those of you new to the team, Rapha is a fashionably conscious clothing company from London and the Brits love Rapha clothing only third to their mums and tea.

Chris Jones diary: Culinary finds on the cyclocross circuit 2010

You couldn't exactly call Rapha co-founder Simon Mottram psychotic, but one tour of the cycling apparel maker's office could easily convince you of an alternative reality where obsessive biking is the benchmark for "normal."

When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do Tina Gaudoin 2011

If I happen to come across a cyclist wearing anything "Rapha" I will kick them in the ass and take their "Rapha" garbage from them and give it to the neighborhood cats for bedding.

Extra-Ordinary: From Publicity to P-Fars BikeSnobNYC 2008

VeloNews and Rapha partnered to produce videos about the stages.

VIDEO: VeloNews and Rapha Continental ride stage 6 of the USAPCC 2011

Editor's Note: Earlier this year VeloNews tech editor Nick Legan rode with the Rapha Continental team to scout the stages of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado.

VIDEO: VeloNews and Rapha Continental ride stage 6 of the USAPCC 2011

Two of my favorites are the Feed Bag from British cycling-gear maker Rapha and the Plain Musette from Archival Clothing, whose strap is the same material used on M16 rifle slings.

A Manlier Man Bag? 2010

View of the bay of Son ServeraSuggested lunch stop ManacorDinner Es Coll d'Os (+34 971 564855) in Cala RatjadaOvernight Hotel ses Rotges (+34 971 563108, sesrotges.com)Cala Rajada to Pollença (130km, 1,222m climbing); mapmyride.com/routes/view/30136956Features Rolling roads north through the heart of the Mallorcan countryside to the picturesque resort of Pollença, also the location of the Rapha Cycle Club pop-up store (rapha.cc).

Cycling gastro tour of Mallorca: meals on wheels 2011

View of the bay of Son ServeraSuggested lunch stop ManacorDinner Es Coll d'Os (+34 971 564855) in Cala RatjadaOvernight Hotel ses Rotges (+34 971 563108, sesrotges.com)Cala Rajada to Pollença (130km, 1,222m climbing); mapmyride.com/routes/view/30136956Features Rolling roads north through the heart of the Mallorcan countryside to the picturesque resort of Pollença, also the location of the Rapha Cycle Club pop-up store (rapha.cc).

Cycling gastro tour of Mallorca: meals on wheels 2011