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rapha explore winter cargo bibtights

rapha explore cargo bibtights

in my sixth year at school, when choosing a subject for my english dissertation, oddly enough, i opted to study comparative religion, despite being, essentially, a non-religious individual. happily, i found a compact and bijou volume in the local library entitled 'comparative religion'; how serendipitous was that? the author, it transpired, was a presbyterian minister, who carefully outlined the tenets of each religious belief system, including catholicism, jainism, islam, buddhism and several others of which i had not previously heard.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

the various chapters helped me greatly with my dissertation (which i passed, now that you ask), but, after explaining the intricacies of each religion, as a presbyterian cleric, the author would then point out the perceived failings or contradictions inherent in each. apart from, you'll be unsurprised to learn, presbyterianism. though all the world's religions feature quirks that are perhaps magnified to those who do not necessarily subscribe to such beliefs, the weirdest of the lot, from my point of view, was zen buddhism.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

this denomination, to an agnostic teenager at least, seemed rife with not only contradictions, but factors that seemed positively bizarre. for instance, who amongst us could satisfactorily provide an answer to the query 'what is the sound of one hand clapping?' and even now, i'd struggle big time to explain where my lap goes when i stand up. but one saying that is reputed to belong to that of a zen buddhist master, has subsequently become a poignant reminder of one of humankind's principal failings. "don't mistake a finger pointing at the moon, for the moon itself." it is, in fact, taken from the'shurangama sutra' and became more commonly used after bruce lee used it in the movie 'enter the dragon'.

though there are a circle of interpretations, depending on the circumstances in which it is repeated, one of the principle elucidations proclaims that by looking at the finger, you'll miss the moon.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

it's interesting the sort of things you discover while essentially looking for something else at the time. a bit like the recent review process for rapha's pro team, lightweight shadow jacket. so intent was i to make accurate representation of its magnanimous benificence, that i failed to notice the delight to be gained from accompanying said jacket with a pair of imperial works' explore cargo bib tights. i know you now think less of me, having admitted that, even before october has had a chance to promote its appearance on the distant horizon, i have already discarded bibshorts for bibtights, but honestly, there has been more than a single instance of a chilly day recently.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

and, despite being the wrong end of the year, i'm always cognisant of the late david duffield's on-air discourses regarding easter knees. you see the superpower proffered by the shadow jacket, is a propensity to roll raindrops off its surface with an insouciant joie de vivre. yet, at the very same time, the cargo bibtights were effectively doing the very same thing. i have enquired of rapha on several occasions, as to the likelihood of a pair of shadow bibtights (oddly enough, a garment that exists in their women's range), but i have been advised that the likely price of such male leg protection would be decidedly on the wrong side of exhorbitant. yet, here is a pair of immensely pragmatic bibtights that offers almost the very weatherproofing i'd fervently hoped might be encompassed in a shadow version.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

aside from the weatherproofing (which is remarkably impressive all on its own), the cargo apellation refers principally to the pocketage featured about its person. on the right leg is a mesh pocket similar to those you'll find on rapha's cargo bibshorts, augmented by another, smaller version, on the lower back. this is matched with an adjacent second pocket with a waterproof zip, almost identical to another zipped pocket on the left leg. though every rapha jersey you can order sports three rear pockets, at least a part of the idea behind the explore range is that the bibtights can be matched with a technical t-shirt (long or short-sleeve) for a more relaxed and considerably less formal demeanour. in fact, with due deference to victoria beckham's autumn fashion range, i might recommend matching the cargo bibtights with just such technical apparel, covered by a pro team, lightweight shadow jacket.

rapha explore cargo bibtights

you can thank me later.

meanwhile, with impending wet weather, dropping temperatures and autumnal wanderlust, in the cargo bibtights, i may have found my new mojo. flatlock stitching and a fleece backing, promise and deliver on warmth and comfort, while the pockets can carry enough to bring the tights over cabin baggage weight limit for your next flight to somewhere or other. the brevet style markings on the rear of each calf panel will bring you to the attention of any following vehicle or wildebeest. available in either black or dark navy, there's a high possibility that rapha's cargo bibtights are the very leg coverings you'd no idea you needed.

but believe me, they are, and you do.

rapha's explore cargo bibtights are available in sizes ranging from xs to xxl at a cost of £240.
rapha explore cargo bibtights

thursday 19 september 2019

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