Rapha Spring-Summer '13

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Images

—01. Club Jersey.
—02. Arm Screens.
—03. Classic Jersey.
—04. Grand Tour Gloves.

Words

Rapha has recently added a number of spring items to their online store featuring lightweight fabrics, merinos and a refined palette. From the Sky Pro Team range to the classic Rapha pieces to the City Riding range, there are a number of great looking, functional garments for professionals and amateurs alike.

—Rapha

City Riding Rogues by Rapha

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Featured Items

—01. City Rain Jacket.
—02. City Riding Trousers.

Words

Rapha has just released a two-part editorial on their website produced by Neil Bedford and Stephen Mann. Featuring items from their City Riding collection, the clean styling and strong tones look very nice, providing just the right amount of colour and more than enough functionality.

—Rapha

Apolis Activism, Nepal

Over the last year we've seen Apolis Activisim take strides to build global relationships that result in both the aide of a foreign organization or working group and a fine product. The approach is refreshing to see, and we'll be taking a look at the most recent journey to Nepal. While teaming up with a couple members of team Rapha, they have been traveling through Kathmandu on two wheels for the trip. Shea Parton reports in on the latest news from Apolis  + Rapha journey: — "We spent the morning getting sun burnt while assembling bikes on the roof. We planned the next few days over breakfast and walked into town to meet up with Prakash Bhurtel, Nepalese manager of the Citta women’s center. With the extra traffic from today’s petrol strike we decided to head by Citta later in the week and spent the afternoon walking through the city. Our first ride this evening we were quickly reminded about the left side of the road while we making it through another traffic jam: rick shaws, taxis, livestock and motorcycles. With the daily power outage being right on time a few of us headed to the second day of the wedding, over one thousand Nepalese attended and gave us a new appreciation for Bollywood being real and alive."

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Rouleur | 14

The Rapha movement seems to be increasing cadence lately and for all good reasons. Their products are looking great, their photo essays are really beautiful and Rouleur magazine continues to impress. It still isn't easy to track down the quarterly printed magazine around here, but if you can it's definitely worth picking up. The design is sharp, the photography is top notch and issue 14 features some known great memories in bike riding. From collectors to documentary directors, Rouleur captures the essence of the culture in a really positive light. Besides being actually educational to someone like myself the magazine is inspiring and makes me want to get out of the office and hit the mountains I can see out of my window, right now.

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