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pedal ed essential jersey and team winter bib tights

pedal ed essential jersey

a worthy individual was once quoted as saying "the jersey maketh the man", though now that i come to think about it, that was quite possibly me, so you can probably dispense with the 'worthy' bit. however, even if 'twas i responsible for such a profound epithet, i doubt that makes it any less true. and when i said 'man', please be assured that, in these enlightened times, i was also referring to female ladies of the opposite sex. within the velocipedinal realm, jerseys are pretty much 'it', though for reasons of modesty and propriety, i also think bibshorts/tights maketh the man/woman.

pedal ed essential jersey

though i have seen the unenlightened, those naive in the ways of the bicycle, wearing a bona-fide, three-pocketed jersey matched with whatever pair of shorts or leggings they found hanging in the wardrobe, most of these have been of the archetypal team replica variety. (please note that i do not here refer to the particularly excellent retro jerseys available to the battle-ready.) though i can thankfully claim not to have indulged in anything that could be held representative of any contemporary race team, recollections of the genre bring to mind fabrics through which it was possible to see the rest of the world.

let's just be clear; those are not the jerseys that maketh anyone at all.

pedal ed essential jersey

a jersey that does fit the bill is one of the latest to appear in the pedal ed wardrobe, one which they have had the perspicacity to name their essential jersey. it follows a pre-set trend to construct cycling's haute couture from a merino-based fabric. this not only aids its cosiness and, in my opinion, its form factor, making it the ideal companion for both autumn, winter (with a bit of help from a waterproof jacket) and the time of year in which i have been riding the principality, dressed thus.

i would surely be wasting your valuable reading time were i to relate the capaciousness of the expected three rear pockets, however, in this day and age, it seems something of a glaring omission not to have included a fourth, zipped example. sad to say, it's the one minor discrepancy that undermines the title 'essential'. however, i am willing to acknowledge that this hardly renders the jersey any less efficacious; the full length front zip ends satisfactorily in a zip garage, closing the commendably high collar to fend off unwanted draughts when push comes to shove.

pedal ed essential jersey

i revelled in the length of the sleeves, the cuffs comfortably meeting the elongated cuffs of pedal ed's thermal gloves and offering luxurious comfort 'neath the recently reviewed nachi jacket. this comfort is immeasurably enhanced by the fabric's stretchability, easily fitting smoothly atop a thick, winter-weight merino baselayer. and in similar manner to that baselayer, the merino percentage of the material provides an integral odour suppressant. just what the peloton (and other lunchtime customers in debbie's) ordered.

pedal ed team winter bibtights

but no matter how essential pedal ed wish this jersey to be, there's no denying that it is also essential to match it with appropriate netherware which, in this case, meant an essential pair of pedal ed team winter bibtights. it is only a matter of days since i was bemoaning the current trend for particularly close fitting ankles on modern-day race-fit bibtights, purely on the basis that they all but excluded the ease with which it was once possible to don a pair of socks. rolling up the legs from the ankles, generally stopped blood flow to those honed calf muscles, while wearing the socks prior to the bibtights elicits all manner of groans and puffing and panting from the early morning bathroom.

pedal ed do not mess with such iniquity; the ankles of their winter bibtights feature most welcome garaged zips, easing the aforementioned sock problem as well as divesting oneself of these insulated, windproof nether garments when a hot bath beckons. the more than comfortable pad, which hopefully only you will learn is two-tone grey, dances to the same groove as do you, while assuming the province of being all but invisible in use. the outermost front windproof coating, in addition to fulfilling its primary objective seemed also pre-disposed to fending off light showers. the bib section did seem rather highly placed at the front for the purpose of making an essential call of nature, but such is their impressive stretchiness, that in practice, it was a problem that didn't actually exist.

pedal ed team winter bibtights

an unexpected bonus.

i cannot deny that the essential jersey received some essential assistance from the waterproof nachi jacket during the review period, a situation about which i could do little. winter in the hebrides is no respecter of al fresco garmentage, no matter its autumnal colour presence. and i can't help thinking that pedal ed ought also to apply the essential description to their winter tights.

japan is evidently in its ascendancy.

pedal ed's long-sleeve essential jersey is available in black with black hoop, grey with black hoop, blue gray with maroon hoop and (as reviewed) maroon with blue grey hoop. the contrasting hoop colours also feature at the cuffs, as does vertically placed japanese writing between the shoulders. available in sizes from xs to xxl, the retail price is £105. the team winter bibtights are available in black only, in sizes xs - xxl at a price of £153.

pedal ed team winter bibtights | pedal ed essential jersey

sunday 11 february 2018

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