Rapha make a Thermosuit

bendertherobot

And it's a tad more expensive than Castelli's one.

http://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/pro-team-thermal-aerosuit/product/PTA01

mrb123

Nice bright colour for winter!

Bobbinogs

Not much between that and a wetsuit. Just needs a snorkel and the look is complete.

homers_double

Pass the eye bleach please.

ddraver

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19740401#p19740401]homers double[/url] wrote:

Pass the eye bleach please.

Seriously? How can anyone find that bad - there is nothing to it...

IanRCarter

I actually quite like it, although it's funny that this gets so much attention when Castelli have been selling something similar for a while now and nobody bats an eyelid. They should definitely rename it the Rapha Winter Onesie though.

bendertherobot

It's an odd one. I rated the Pro Team Softshell as being poor. Rapha suggest that the top half is based on the pro team jacket. To me it looks like the Pro Team softshell. Which would mean it's not really as warm as the Castelli. IF that's the case. Otherwise, meh. No idea why anyone would choose it over the Castelli.

dodgy

For a bit of extra visibility, you could add a Sam Brown belt from Halfords.

fenix

Would it have killed them to add some reflectives for the legs ?

I can see they have reflective on the top - but thats no use for cars joining roads on your left.

Almost reasonably priced for Rapha - I was expecting more.

simon_masterson

I'd buy it if I could afford it

luv2ride

Can't see that it offers anything over the Castelli Thermosuit, which is quite brilliant by the way...

ddraver

Is it supposed to?

ic.

Can't understand why they make it black then make a big deal out of reflective stripes. If you want it to be more visible, don't make it black! Never really like the idea of a onesie though, not my sort of thing.

ddraver

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19741962#p19741962]IC.[/url] wrote:

Never really like the idea of a onesie though, not my sort of thing.

They hark. back to the All in One ski suits too much for me...

luv2ride

Just been out in my Castelli "onesie" and think the concept is great in use. I'd said earlier I couldn't see what the Rapha version offered over the Castelli. To carry on the comparisons to frogmen outfits, maybe the Rapha is more US Navy SEAL to Castelli's homage to the Cousteau Aquanauts of the 70's. I loved those funky underwater "flying saucer" subs and cool frogman helmet things, so maybe that why I like my Thermosuit so much! Only downside to either is if they get totalled in a crash. That's an expensive item to write off in one go, whereas normally either the separate bottoms or top may take the brunt leaving the other relatively unscathed...I still think they belong on the "cool wall" though

thegreatdivide

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19742496#p19742496]Luv2ride[/url] wrote:

Only downside to either is if they get totalled in a crash. That's an expensive item to write off in one go

That only applies to the Castelli. If you crash wearing a Rapha item you send it back to them free of charge, they fix it for free of charge and they mail it back to you free of charge.

amack

I like the look of the Castelli one, but the Rapha pad is much more comfortable, I really don't get on with the X2 pad that much. I wish Rapha had added a bit of colour to the top half or more reflective bits. I quite like the onsie concept for winter riding.

fenix

It sounds like a lot of laundry though ?

In winter the kit next to the skin gets washed every time - but the outer layers can do a few journeys really ?

If you're washing this each time you're in it - is it that durable ?

I think Separates are more versatile - I mean god knows how many combinations of kit you go through at this time of year.