Fiandre: perfect for autumn conditions

There’s a chill in the air, the days are getting shorter and the leaves are dropping, Autumn is here. Time to put some of the ultralight kit back in the wardrobe and get the layers out. The in between seasons can be difficult to dress for, early morning starts at sub 10°C temperatures with dew …

Milano – Sanremo: The Classicissima

Milan Sanremo – an odd race… extremely long, yet often finishes in a sprint… mostly flat, yet features 3 three climbs designed to make it harder for the sprinters… finishes in a sunny beach resort, yet famed for terrible weather… The first editions of the race were notable for their extreme cold, the first race …

We Thrive On Harsh Winters

“We thrive on harsh winters” – Taylor Tulip-Close / Late November 2014 This is one “ballsy” statement but say it enough times and you start to believe it; before you know it you’re clipped in and ready to roll. It’s the encouragement to get me out the door when common sense should prevail. It’s raining; …

Inside the Tinkoff Saxo kit bag

By now many of you will have seen Global Cycling Network’s latest video with Matt Stephens asking Matti Breschel of Tinkoff Saxo to show them all his kit (at last check it had over 50,000 views!) If you haven’t you can see it below… We thought we would go into a little more depth on …

Tinkoff Saxo & the Fiandre Jackets

We didn’t make the Fiandre jacket specifically for Tinkoff Saxo but when they tried it they knew they had to have it… Their first real test of the Fiandre Light WS jacket came on at the Giro d’Italia in the horrendous conditions that the riders faced as they scaled both the Stelvio and Gavia. Non …

FIANDRE DAY

Lashing rain, hailstones and 100kph gusts…perfect weather! We had arrived in Oudenaarde, Belgium. The plan was to allow a select group of journalists from the UK, Germany and Benelux, test the new Fiandre range of clothing in the place it’s named after, Fiandre, Flanders, Vlaanderen. A name given to this clothing because the weather in …

FIANDRE

FIANDRE – The Italian name for Flanders, an area famed for tough races, tough weather and even tougher riders. The perfect name for a line of clothing designed to give the ultimate performance in the worst of weather. FIANDRE LIGHT WS JACKET For 2014-15 we’ve  taken our popular Fiandre NoRain jacket, well known for it’s foul weather …

Hell and High Water – The ‘Fiandre’ hits Flanders : TDF 14

They thought the weather in England was going to be the problem… When the route for the 2014 Tour de France was announced many of the teams had one thing on their mind – ‘British weather’. The variable summer weather of the British Isles had the pros fighting over their rain bags to make sure they …