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Product talk - November 21, 2013

Some fresh winter clothing

The winters officially started, while I’m sat here writing this blog outside the rains lashing against the windows and the sun never quite rears its head, and to top it off yesterday was the first day of a thick frost. Its days like this when venturing outside on the bike doesn’t seems quite as appealing as it did why back in the summer. A summer that already feels a light year away when all you needed to kit up was shorts and a jersey. This time of year you need that extra little push, that bit of encouragement to get out the door. Luckily for me that little bit of push came in the form of a some fresh winter clothing, here was an excuses to get kitted up and see what a grim British winter could throw at a few pieces of the new Castelli range. Please don’t read this as review blog, that would be foolish. You guys out there just wouldn’t take it serious. A Castelli blog reviewing Castelli clothing! Nope, instead I’ll just pick a few pieces that have stood out from the array of goodies that arrived to get me through the winter and beyond. First up ...

Castelli Custom Clothing – The Fastest Teamwear

Castelli is dedicated to making the fastest clothing in the world. We know that race results come through relentless attention to the smallest of details. So we approach every garment questioning how we can make it faster. We do the basic research, then we test the concepts internally, then we test them with Team Garmin-Cervélo and in the wind tunnel. Only then are they available in Castelli’s Servizio Corse program. And you can have the exact same pieces as Team Garmin-Cervélo. Not less expensive replicas, but the exact same pieces made using the same fabrics, components, fit and finish, by the same people who produce the pieces you see on the pros on TV. If you’re serious about your cycling, and serious enough to want to turn those many thousands of kilometers of training into race results, here’s your clothing : WWW.SERVIZIOCORSE.COM

No-compromises, cyclocross suit

Cyclocross is all about going all out, running dismounts, flying remounts, and pedaling no matter what – snow, rain, mud. It takes a special breed of rider, and equipment, to thrive. Partnering with some of the best CX athletes in the world, including Team Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com, gave us the ideal proving ground to make the most innovative cyclocross apparel to date. With the ‘Cross Sanremo Speed Suit, we’ve incorporated all the features of our best racewear in this no-compromises cyclocross speedsuit. The SanRemo construction frees you from bib straps while giving you an open front for maximum ventilation. The lightly fleeced top portion provides the extra warmth you need in frosty or wet conditions. Stand up in a typical road / time trial skinsuit and the zipper starts to pull. The bottom of the zipper is the most common area of failure, leading to tears or the hidden zipper coming apart. The Castelli’s Cyclocross Suit, a jersey-and-shorts combo, the upper part is essentially a full zip jersey with an improved fit is designed to enhance range of motion dynamics unique to this demanding discipline. Details include a longer center front and more shoulder room for off the bike flexibility when ...

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News, Product talk - June 2, 2013

Renewing My Cycling Wardrobe

The recent winter was extreme and one could have thought, that spring will never arrive. Looking at the statistics, it was the sulkiest winter with least sunshine in the last 50 years in most parts of Europe.

Video: Garmin’s special weapon for epic mountain stages

Creating clothing for athletes at the highest level of the sport is the most demanding proving ground for Castelli. Ryder Hesledal will not only be reaping the benefits of his lightweight Cervélo R5ca bike on the epic Giro mountain stages, the super light weight and quick drying Castelli Inferno shorts and Climbers jersey gave him an extra advantage in the big mountains. CLIMBERS JERSEY – its almost impossible to see the difference between the Garmin Aero Race jersey and the Climbers jersey on television. Made from our super light weight Strada Light 3D mesh, and an aero Velocity fabric, it’s cut to hug the torso and to eliminate any excess fabric flapping when battling into the wind. It’s 90 grams of next-to-nothing, our quickest drying jersey ever, and it gives up just 3 watts at 40 km/h compared to the Aero Race jersey. Super light weight and fast drying Strada Light 3D mesh. One of the jersey’s advantageous properties is that it hardly absorb water. After all, what good would a lightweight jersey be if it soaked up water like a standard cycling jersey. So it’s light whether wet or dry, and the fabric is knit as a mesh. This ...