William, FYI I'm exactly your height and weight and wear XL in Rapha Jerseys, L in the shorts and baselayers. I could wear L jerseys if not for my freakishly wide shoulders. The skincare stuff does smell nice, but contains tea tree oil which gives me a nasty rash. Glad I read the fine print before slathering it on my chamois!
Ryan On Jul 1, 2011, at 13:04, William <[email protected]> wrote: > Report so far. I ended up getting a grip of stuff. A brevet jersey, bib > shorts, armwarmers, kneewarmers, and their skincare bundle. The jersey > looked great, but it was too small. I bought a Medium in everything. I'm > 5'10" 175lbs. The shorts and kneewarmers fit well, but the jersey and > armwarmers were too small. I've returned them and will exercise the Rapha > customer service. They had provided a return label, and the online > instructions were really easy to follow. We'll see how that goes. > > No feedback on the skincare stuff, except that I like how it smells. > > The bib shorts are really nice. I've always had several pair of regular > shorts. Bibs are just a lot nicer around the waist. Those of us with a > muffintop boiler appreciate it. I dread to think what it'll cost me to > totally convert, but for now I have two sets of bib shorts (the others are > Pearl). Bib knickers are definitely on my want list. The shorts are made in > Italy for the sweatshop handwringers out there. A nice bonus was they came > with a tiny tub of Rapha chamois cream. The pad appears to be very high tech > according to the attached literature, but dude is it thick. I've always > hated people who call padded cycling shorts 'diapers'. It's actually a major > pet peeve of mine. That said, this pad is really thick, like...um...well... > it's thick. I'm sure I'll grow accustomed to it, but it is different than > anything I've used (mainly Descente and Pearl). I'll have to do a 200k or > 300k with these to see if it makes a difference. On the 35 mile commute to > the office, they were great, but overkill on the padding side. Maybe I > should put an unpadded <150g saddle on :) > > The kneewarmers worked great, and have a nice reflective accent that I > appreciated. > > That's it for now. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Mh0b6FCDC_MJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
