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rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

the scots language, as opposed to what might be termed the queen's english has provided us with words that are every bit as descriptive as they are functional. at least as far as those of us north of the border are concerned. shand cycles have already made excellent use of one or two examples: stoater, bahookie, skinnymalinky etc., but as you might expect, there are very many more, a few of which i intend to impress upon you below.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

for instance, it is not considered unusual for mrs washingmachinepost to ask the children in her charge to 'wheesht', a word that implies they should become a tad quieter than caused her to utter the request in the first place. very much not a word you would expect to hear during the course of childminding day would be bevy (sometimes spelt bevvy) referring predominantly to any form of alcoholic refreshment. it can also be employed to describe a selection of more than simply a single bevy.

should you subsequently consume large quantities of bevy, there is every likelihood that you would become blootered or stocious, either of which describes a drunken stupour. thus, on receiving rapha's lines pro team flyweight jersey, mrs washingmachinepost was heard to exclaim that it had made her skelly-eyed, an exclamation with which it is hard to argue.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

english painter, bridget riley, was an inspiration to one or two of those with whom i attended art college. while several of us were impressed by the works of the fauvists and abstract expressionists, delighting in the application of heavy impasto oils (assuming we could actually afford another tube of winsor and newton oil paint) with more abandon than grace, there were at least one or two who spent inordinate periods of time decorating their canvasses with masking tape, soon to be followed by the application of thin areas of paint that would ultimately make our own eyes go skelly.

bridget riley commenced her best known style in the 1960s, presenting an adoring audience with the opportunity to experience sensations frequently described as approximating seasickness and often similar to sky-diving, sensations guaranteed to help you stand out in a crowded art gallery. of course, while those of us intent on reaching graduation had need of undertaking our own graft, from the early sixties, riley was merely the facilitator; the works were carried out by assistants.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

in 1967, riley commenced exploring the world of colour, while continuing to explore the oddities of so-called op art.

with the latest releases of their lines flyweight jerseys, if mrs washingmachinepost's reaction is anything to go by, rapha have successfully continued the artistic theme commenced by riley some five decades past. it's eminently possible that jerseys decorated in this fashion (the pro team range currently consists of the black and white variation, as reviewed, along with a black and pink alternative) might form the basis of the latest in hi-viz. the only fly in that particular ointment is that the casual observer may have to be a smidgeon closer than we'd like. however, though the lines range is mere surface decoration, for those with an artistic sensibility, it's pretty darned excellent.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

however, in these days of relatively low-cost dye sublimation, almost anyone with a blank jersey and access to the technology could do (almost) the same thing. designer jerseys are all very well, but at these prices, functionality surely ought to take precedence? with this in mind, on receiving news of the release of rapha's flyweight jerseys, i jokingly contacted their press officer to request small, medium, large and extra-large samples that i might layer them and keep myself warm enough to undertake a review. though i don't usually care for being proved wrong, in this case you'd scarcely comprehend just how wrong i was.

the hebridean climate is one that has singularly failed to understand consistency. despite heavy clouds and a smir of rain on the kitchen window last saturday morning, only a matter of kilometres after leaving home, i'd to remove my rainjacket, carrying on clad only in my skelly-eye inducing flyweight jersey and pro team bibs. over the course of the subsequent 80 kilometres, that jersey proved the ideal companion even into a sturdy headwind and alleged temperatures of 21 degrees. that may not be considered warm in the home-counties, but it passes for the height of summer up here.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

assuming you can concentrate vision long enough to discriminate between jersey and pockets, the latter are more than capacious. otherwise, where was that rolled up rainjacket to abide meantime? and though true members of the pro-team generation presumably have a skoda to do the heavy lifting, it was a comfort to discover a zipped security pocket on such an anorexic garment. as with all rapha's pro team range of jerseys, the fit can but be described as race; awkward in front of the mirror, but perfection when in the drops. additionally, it might be an idea to have lessened any untoward bumps in your physique prior to making the shift from sportwool.

that said, the lines flyweight jersey confers both style and illusion upon the pelotonese. with the presumed onset of improved temperatures sooner rather than later (unless domiciled in the southern hemisphere), opting for a graphically challenging jersey that vyes with tracing paper in the heft department, might well be the pertinent choice.

rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey

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