Gear Break: iGPSPORT Sensible Bike Lights, Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce bib shorts and coaching jersey, POC unveils brand-new street and mountain bike helmets, elevate your experience with the ENVE Melee LTD, Strava updates options to assist customers simply plan and share their actions and Bravur celebrates the Classics by including STR timepiece to its Workforce Heritage Assortment.
iGPSPORT Sensible Bike Lights
iGPSPORT might be an organization lots of PEZ readers don’t find out about (except you’re a reader in Asia or somebody who’s conversant in Asian manufacturers). However they’ve been round for some time. They launched their first bike pc in 2012 with new fashions ever since. In 2023, they launched their first good sport watch. And in 2024, 4-time TdF winner (in addition to having gained the Vuelta twice and Giro as soon as — so one in all solely seven riders to have gained all three Grand Excursions), Chris Froome, turned an iGPSPORT model ambassador.
iGPSPORT additionally makes bike lights and PEZ obtained their VS1200S Sensible Entrance Mild and SR mini Sensible Radar Taillight to check out.
VS1200S Sensible Entrance Mild – $59.90
Based on iGPSPORT:
- 108 x 30 x 29 mm
- 160 grams
- 1200 lumens max brightness
- 150 meter clear vary
- 4000 mAh battery
- 2.5 hour charging time
- 3-70 hour battery life
- 1.2 meter drop resistance peak
- IPX6 waterproof
Barely heavier than spec weight (iGPSPORT doesn’t say if their spec weight consists of the mounting band, which might account for the 5 further grams)
SR mini Sensible Radar Taillight – $79.90
Based on iGPSPORT:
- 77 x 37 x 19 mm
- 50 grams
- 30 lumens
- 1.2 kilometer seen vary
- 220 diploma gentle visibility angle
- 20 hour battery life
- IPX7 waterproof
- At all times on/respiratory/daytime flash/night time flash/single radar mode
- 160 meter radar detection distance
- 4-110 km/hr radar detection velocity
A couple of grams lighter than spec weight
Chuck Peña PEZ sez: As these are good lights, they’re meant for use in tandem with one in all iGPSPORT’s bike computer systems which are suitable with their good lights (PEZ obtained their latest BiNavi bike pc to check however that might be for a subsequent evaluate and I’ll be capable to remark extra about integration then). So my preliminary take is utilizing these extra as “dumb” lights. So think about this extra of a preview reasonably than in-depth evaluate.
VS1200S attaches by way of a quarter-turn mount. Connected to the included handlebar mount, it may be positioned both above or beneath the handlebar (however not going to work with built-in stem/handlebars).
Or in case your out-front bike pc mount has a GoPro mounting level, you may connect the quarter-turn mount to that
Operation of the VS1200S is pretty easy:
- First, absolutely cost the sunshine (the inexperienced gentle on the on/off button will blink whereas charging and be regular inexperienced when absolutely charged)
- Lengthy press (~1.5 seconds) the on/off button to show the sunshine on
- Brief press to toggle between brightness ranges
- Double press to vary from regular to flashing (or vice versa)
- Lengthy press to show the sunshine off
Inexperienced arrow: on/off button. Yellow arrow: USB-C charging port.
As a “common” entrance gentle, the VS1200S is loads vivid. At its brightest 1200 lumens, it’s basically the equal of a automotive headlight in excessive beam mode. Though I don’t experience at night time down within the Lowcountry (as a result of there isn’t lots of ambient road lighting), it’s vivid sufficient to gentle up the darkness. If I used to be again up in Babylon on the Potomac and driving in an city atmosphere, the VS1200S initiatives a beam far sufficient forward and extensive sufficient to either side that I might be be capable to see what I must see driving at sane speeds. And 1200 lumens is vivid sufficient to be seen by oncoming site visitors. As a entrance daytime operating gentle, the day flash mode is half as vivid at 600 lumens — mixed with the flash sample, it’s undoubtedly noticeable in daylight.
The SR mini additionally attaches by way of a quarter-turn mount. However as an alternative of a seat publish mount, it comes with a mount that attaches to the saddle rails.
Operation of the SR mini is much like the VS1200S:
- Lengthy press the on/off button to show the sunshine on
- Brief press to toggle between the completely different modes
- Lengthy press the on/off button to show the sunshine off
Inexperienced arrow: USB-C charging port
The SR mini works for me as a vivid sufficient daytime blinky gentle to assist drivers take discover. Driving solo, I exploit the Day Flash mode that’s 25 lumens with repeating triple flashes for max impact. However IMHO it’s just a little blinding for group driving, so I discovered both the Excessive Brightness Regular (12 lumens) or Medium Brightness Regular (6 lumens) simpler on my driving companions’ eyes relying on whether or not it’s vivid daylight or extra cloudy/overcast skies. If I used to be night time driving, the Night time Flash, Comet Flash, and Waterfall Flash all present vivid at night time gentle with noticeable patterns to draw drivers’ eyes.
Inexperienced arrow: on/off button
I stated on the high that the VS1200S and SR mini had been good lights. One side of that’s which you could obtain the iGPSPORT app to regulate them reasonably than utilizing the on/off button. I’m not going to go over all of the ins and outs, however listed here are some display screen photographs to present you some concept of what the app can management:
So one cool factor I found simply enjoying round with the app is which you could create customized gentle settings/patterns for each the VS1200S and SR mini. Given my above remark in regards to the the SR mini for group driving, I used the power to create a customized setting that I assumed can be noticeable sufficient for automobiles however wouldn’t blind riders behind me:
One other factor I used to be capable of do with iGPSPORT app was simply join the SR mini radar detection operate to 2 completely different non-iGPSPORT head items (Hammerhead Karoo and Coros Dura) to have the ability to reap the benefits of the unit’s automotive detection security characteristic. (NOTE: the connection is ANT+.) As a former bike courier, I’m pretty comfy driving in site visitors/with automobiles, however being extra conscious of automobiles (particularly with out having to show my head) is at all times a security plus.
Double-click the on-off button to toggle the radar on (blue gentle) or off (inexperienced gentle)
Total, I’m impressed with the VS1200S (when you want one thing brighter and with a couple of extra good options, take a look at the VS1800S) and SR mini lights. Not solely are they useful and excessive tech, they’re additionally very competitively priced to comparable merchandise available in the market. (NOTE: I’m unsure if and the way any proposed tariffs will have an effect on pricing.) I’m actually wanting ahead to full integration of the lights once I check the iGPSPORT BiNavi. Keep tuned!
Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce Bib Shorts and Coaching Jersey
Rapha most likely modified the world of cycle clothes again in 2004. The corporate was began in London in early 2004 by Simon Mottram and Luke Scheybeler. The title Rapha was taken from the Sixties biking staff Rapha, named after the apéritif drink firm Saint-Raphaël. They’ve equipped clothes to Workforce Sky, Canyon-SRAM and now the EF Training First males’s and girls’s groups. Their newest launch for 2025 within the Males’s Professional Workforce Bib Shorts III, we matched them up with the Professional Workforce Coaching Jersey.
Finally the climate is getting higher
Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce Bib Shorts III
Alastair Hamilton PEZ sez: ‘Inexperienced is the brand new black’ or one thing. Inexperienced just isn’t my favorite color, not only for biking garments, however for nearly all the things. That stated, it’s beginning to develop on me with this equipment. Rapha is one more high model that I’ve by no means used earlier than, clearly I had seen the equipment and knew all in regards to the firm’s story, however I’ve by no means worn and ridden in any of their clothes.
‘RAPHA’ in white on the left leg
I knew the bib shorts can be high quality, and they’re. The appears and stitching is completely executed and the design and match is nice. Straightforward to say, however I’ve seen sufficient equipment through the years (too a few years), to see when one thing has been properly thought by, designed and made to a excessive customary. Sure, you need to pay for high quality, however Rapha isn’t the most costly equipment in the marketplace any extra, there are a handful of different top-end clothes producers on the market in the identical bracket. OK, again to the bibs. It was the small particulars that hit me essentially the most. Mesh on the again and the edges of the bib for breathability, the formed panels, the non-aggressive leg grippers, the comfy, extensive straps and the white ‘RAPHA’ on one leg and the matching inexperienced ‘RAPHA’ on the opposite leg.
Numerous padding within the right locations
Then there’s additionally the seat pad, or ‘chamois’: You may really feel the padding is in two sections for the thicker components, however there’s a thinner layer throughout the entire pad. I assumed it is perhaps an excessive amount of, particularly between the legs, however as soon as on the saddle, you may really feel the cushioning was within the right place. There’s additionally a thinner, however nonetheless padded part on the entrance, so no chaffing of the gentleman’s components. The Rapha bibs handed the Zwift check with none issues, each on a easy saddle and a 3D Printed saddle.
A contrasting ‘RAPHA’ on the fitting leg
The bibs I’ve the longer leg, not my alternative, however you may put on them lengthy or pull them just a little increased for us ‘old skool’ varieties. The leg size is a alternative factor, however when you’ve got that further size you should utilize it… or not. The panelling is completely different from different bibs on the entrance, which feels very comfy, as the form matches extra naturally. You may see the form because of the darker thread used on the panel joints. As talked about earlier than, the leg gripper could be very comfy. The bib straps are comfy and robust, with further energy part on the decrease again and the form will go well with everybody, additionally using a mesh materials might be nice for the hotter climate, when it comes. One query: If they’re ‘Professional Workforce’ bibs, why is there no radio pocket?
Consolation and an amazing match
My Ideas on the Bib Shorts: It is best to anticipate a high merchandise of clothes from a high model and the Rapha Professional Workforce Bib Shorts don’t disappoint. I might say they’re a luxurious merchandise of biking clothes and are available at a value, they’re across the €260 mark (test the Rapha web site for native costs), which isn’t low-cost, however common for the highest manufacturers.
Model in inexperienced
Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce Coaching Jersey
The ‘Professional Workforce’ jersey can be in inexperienced, two-tone, with a darker shade on the again and facet panels. The fabric used on the entrance and sleeves is a extra open weave, with the rear constructed from a more in-depth weave. Each supplies will take the sweat away and preserve you cool. There’s a small collar, which is double thickness, as is the sting of the sleeves. A full zip with flap on the within and ‘zip home’ on the neck.
A correct collar
Strengthened pocket stitching and coaching directions
The jersey has my ‘will need to have’ small zip pocket on the fitting facet of the three rear pockets. It’s simply so useful for free change and a card, secure and useful. The three pockets are double stitched with further strengthening patches on the within of the jersey and an elastic strip on the within of the pocket tops. There’s additionally further materials on the backside of the pockets for growth, I don’t assume I’ve seen this element in different jerseys, usually they’re stitched flat. Bellow the pockets there’s an elastic gripper strip to maintain all the things in place. The logos are fairly refined, with ‘RAPHA’ at an angle on the left sleeve and their six strains on the center rear pocket and on the zip flap.
Zip pocket
My Ideas on the Jersey: Just like the bibs, the jersey is comfy and really properly designed and made. You may really feel the standard of the supplies and the care that has gone into the manufacture. The worth (€135) isn’t excessive for one of many high clothes manufacturers. There are 9 different color variations out there, so one thing for everybody.
Camouflage?
My Total Opinion: Top of the range equipment and spending extra money on the shorts than the jersey is smart because the shorts are a very powerful a part of your clothes, most likely alongside together with your footwear. All the things has been properly made and, barring accidents, ought to final a very long time. The color is refined and so are the logos. There’s an total look and feeling of sophistication and never ‘in your face’ model. You probably have the cash and just like the Rapha ethic, then why not?
Properly designed pockets
Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce Bib Shorts III
Rapha sez: Totally rebuilt for 2025 round an all-new bespoke Professional Workforce chamois, these elite-level racing shorts are exactly engineered for mastering your hardest efforts.
Key Options:
- Re-engineered – Totally overhauled with WorldTour rider enter for supreme stability and luxury for essentially the most demanding race circumstances
- Proprietary chamois – Subsequent era, light-weight, seamless development and reticulated construction that conforms to the physique and wicks sweat quickly
- Highly effective help – Elevated foam density within the chamois for improved stability, energy switch and decreased weight
- Italian supplies – Constructed with a woven cloth with a excessive compression-to-weight ratio and wonderful thermo-regulation
- Light-weight minimalism – Fewer panels and a laser minimize hem for decreased bulk and most consolation
- Examined to the restrict – By WorldTour and elite-level riders over 400,000km in all circumstances
- How To Put on: To be worn in reasonable to scorching circumstances | 10–35ºC / 50–95ºF
- We suggest pairing with any jersey within the Professional Workforce assortment
- Leg size: These bibs are available two completely different lengths. Our lengthy leg size is measured to the identical size as our Powerweave Bib Shorts. A shorter model is on the market, which is 3cm shorter. Jun (pictured high) is 172cm / 5′ 7.5″ and wears a dimension small. Duke (pictured beneath) is 174cm / 5’8.5″ and wears a dimension small.
- Match: Compressive really feel for max engagement and aerodynamic beneficial properties
Supplies
- Primary Physique 78% Recycled Nylon / 22% Elastane
- Aspect Panels 71% Nylon / 29% Elastane
Rapha Males’s Professional Workforce Coaching Jersey
The subsequent stage of efficiency jersey constructed for all-day driving. Developed with elite racers from EF Professional Biking.
Key Options:
- Refined development – Fully up to date design
- Breathability – Twin-material mixture designed to maintain you cool in gentle to scorching circumstances
- Supplies – Italian front-body cloth affords high-stretch for optimised on-bike match
- All-day consolation – Low profile collar reduces irritation on lengthy rides
- Storage – Three rear pockets plus a further necessities zip pocket for conserving valuables safe
- Discover the total Professional Workforce assortment and uncover extra in our Males’s Jersey Information
- How To Put on: To be worn in gentle to scorching circumstances (18-32°C / 64-90°F)
- We suggest pairing with a sleeveless or brief sleeve Rapha base layer to maximise efficiency
- Match: Designed to sit down near the pores and skin for a variety of physique varieties
Supplies
- Primary physique: 87% Recycled Polyester / 13% Elastane
- Again: 100% Recycled Polyester
POC Unveils Model-New Street and Mountain Bike Helmets
New POC helmets ranked #1 for mountain and street helmets in VA Tech impartial testing course of.
POC, the Swedish safety model identified for its popularity for security, innovation and design, is releasing two brand-new helmets: Cytal, a brand new street helmet with an built-in wing and distinctive efficiency steadiness, and Cularis, an MTB path helmet that brings a brand new that means to cooling and security.
The Cytal and Cularis, each completely new developments, will complement POC’s vary of award-winning street and mountain bike helmets and lead out POC’s new 2025 Biking season assortment.
Commenting on the brand new Cytal and Cularis, POC’s Chief Product Officer, Oscar Huss, stated – “Our security mission is crystal clear, and it evokes us to enhance and continuously query the established order. We all know the right way to develop extremely ventilated, comfy, aerodynamic and extremely protecting helmets; with the Cytal and Cularis, we wished to problem ourselves to take one other step ahead. Particularly, we wished to combine extra of our real-world testing and analysis information to refine particulars and improve helmet efficiency. And the Cytal and Cularis are a real embodiment of this method.”
CULARIS
Cularis (proper) is a trail-focused mountain bike helmet. It’s constructed on a wealthy heritage of POC mountain bike helmets, particularly Tectal and Kortal. Cularis maintains the well-known POC silhouette and head protection, which ensures riders are suitably protected throughout path driving. As well as, it’s a helmet that encourages important airflow and cooling, a course of that has been impressed by CFD evaluation and lots of of POC’s extremely ventilated street helmets.
Cularis is designed for path riders searching for unimaginable air flow and lightweight weight. Mixed with seamlessly built-in particulars, resembling a Mips Air node, Fidlock buckle, exact adjustment system, eye storage, and a break-away peak, it’s a mountain bike helmet that may improve your safety and assist you to go the gap.
Product particulars:
- Air flow — Impressed by the air flow efficiency of POC’s World Tour street helmets, Cularis has been created with the identical concentrate on capturing air on the entrance of the helmet and channelling it to make a extremely ventilated and funky helmet. CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) has been used within the growth course of to fine-tune and optimize air circulation and cooling
- Safety — The essence and basis of any path helmet is security. Cularis has an optimized form, a exact EPS liner, and a polycarbonate shell, creating a light-weight, balanced feeling optimized for angled and linear impression safety. It has been examined by Virginia Tech and achieves a five-star score and (as of March 2025) is ranked because the primary helmet in all helmets examined
- Mips Air Node — A seamlessly built-in Mips Air Node system enhances safety from angled (non-linear) impacts
- Break-Away peak — POC launched the ‘Break-Away’ peak, designed to fly off the helmet within the case of a fall, being caught by a department, and so on. The precept is that the height avoids any switch of forces or danger to the neck and permits the height to be reattached and reused
- Eye storage — Widespread for street biking and gravel, the Cularis options an built-in eye storage for storing eyewear when not wanted. As Cularis is designed for path use, an ideal instance of utilizing the attention storage is throughout a protracted climb or when the climate will get darker
- Fidlock — To boost simplicity and facilitate one-handed use, the Cularis contains a Fidlock buckle, which is sensible and handy
- Adjustment system — Consolation will at all times be one of the crucial vital points of any helmet. Having the ability to fine-tune a match to satisfy particular person preferences is crucial and enhances use and safety. The Cularis has a 360-degree adjustment system, adjustable straps (up, down, facet to facet), and a vertical adjustment on the rear cradle
- Weight — Small: 360g / Medium: 350g / Massive: 430g
- Certification — CPSC/CE/EN/AS/NZS
- Sizes — Small (51-54), Medium (55-58), Massive (59-62)
- Value — $240
CYTAL
Influenced by Cytal Carbon, which is at the moment utilized by many EF Professional Biking riders, the Cytal makes use of all of the pioneering aerodynamic and air flow information developed from Cytal Carbon and provides a refined steadiness and enhanced safety.
Developed to ascertain a brand new benchmark in efficiency, the Cytal makes use of an built-in wing to boost air flow and aerodynamics. Designed for street and gravel riders, it’s a helmet constructed for a exact and distinctive steadiness in efficiency and safety.
Product particulars:
- Air flow — The Cytal continues to make use of the Venturi impact, POC’s well-known and revered method to airflow and air flow in its helmets. The built-in wing creates superior air flow and cooling throughout the entire head. To encourage airflow and create exact strain zones contained in the helmet, the wing has a exact form that will increase air velocity and enhances cooling. Mixed with the linear inside channels to information airflow, huge quantities of air go by and out of the helmet, all cooling the rider within the course of
- Aerodynamics — Air flow and cooling are important for contemporary efficiency, as is aerodynamics, and the Cytal has benefitted from POC’s intensive CFD simulation, wind tunnel, and real-world testing. The built-in wing helps bigger frontal ports of exact dimension and angles. It permits the Cytal frontal air intakes to seize and lead air by the helmet as an alternative of round it, considerably decreasing the high-pressure zone on the entrance of the helmet and bettering a rider’s aerodynamic profile
- Safety — Security is the primary function of a helmet, and the Cytal has been developed with this as its precedence. The EPS liner has variable density throughout the helmet, which was created by warmth map proof analyzed by POC’s in-house tech and analysis staff. It’s an method that results in a light-weight and naturally balanced helmet. It additionally helps enhanced safety, and the Cytal has been examined by Virginia Tech and has achieved a five-star score. (As of March 2025, it’s ranked because the primary street helmet and quantity three in all helmets examined.)
- Mips — A seamlessly built-in Mips Air Node system enhances safety from angled (non-linear) impacts
- Match system — It’s important to have the ability to fine-tune a match to satisfy particular person preferences. The Cytal has a variable adjustment system, together with detachable entrance forehead pads for enhanced air flow, adjustable straps (up, down, facet to facet), and a vertical adjustment on the rear cradle
- Eye storage — The attention storage retains your sun shades securely in place, together with at velocity, when positioned on the helmet
- Sizes — Small (50-56), Medium (54-59), Massive (56-61)
- Weight and certification: CE/EN: Small: 250g / Medium: 270g / Massive: 300g; CPSC: Small: 300g / Medium: 320g / Massive: 340g; AS/NZS: Small: 260g / Medium: 280g / Massive: 300g
- Value — $330
Security Expertise and Analysis – The POC Course of
POC repeatedly pushes past typical testing to refine helmet efficiency utilizing real-world knowledge. POC’s Tech and Analysis staff employs superior instruments resembling:
- Finite Aspect Technique (FEM) modeling to simulate real-world crash forces
- The Dice, an inner database containing almost one million real-world knowledge factors
- Collaborative research with security specialists, together with Volvo, Autoliv and Folksam, to evaluate numerous situations, i.e. helmet-to-car impacts
- In-house video evaluation, a way pioneered in World Cup stage ski racing, to review precise crash dynamics
Our research instantly form product design — CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) optimizes airflow within the Cularis, whereas FEM (Finite Aspect Technique) modelling enhances security and luxury within the Cytal.
By designing helmets that may handle larger forces, usually seen in elite sports activities, we are able to higher shield elite athletes. The constructive advantage of this analysis and method is that on a regular basis riders will usually profit from the protection margin usually constructed into POC helmets.
In commenting on POC’s method to tech and analysis, Oscar Huss stated, “Through the use of the proof and knowledge from our tech and analysis initiatives, we are able to higher perceive real-world situations and forces. Creating merchandise designed to raised handle real-world impacts is essential, however equally vital is that helmets, like Cularis and Cytal, are extremely ventilated, aerodynamic, light-weight, and comfy. And that’s the optimum steadiness our course of and expertise deliver.”
Availability:
- The Cytal might be that can be purchased at www.poc.com and in chosen shops and on-line beginning March 25, 2025.
- The Cularis might be that can be purchased at www.poc.com and in chosen shops and on-line beginning on the finish of March 2025.
Elevate Your Experience with the ENVE Melee LTD
Introducing the ENVE Melee Restricted Version, a tribute to triumph and efficiency. This unique Paint Lab design attracts inspiration from Anthony Turgis’ victory in Stage 9 on the 2024 Tour de France, a defining second for each ENVE and Turgis that unfolded in France’s iconic wine area. Simply as champagne is synonymous with celebration and victory, this design embodies the identical spirit of feat.
Gold bands and typography, which counterpoint the particular design, accent the body’s champagne tone. The bundle features a paint-matched SES Aero Professional One-Piece Handlebar and an SES 4.5 wheelset with customized decals. Further particulars embody a Chris King Aeroset headset and an anodized bolt equipment. Solely 50 are being produced.
Strava Updates Options to Assist Customers Simply Plan and Share their Actions
Strava, the app for lively folks, immediately introduced a collection of product updates designed to boost how customers plan and share their actions. The newest enhancements span key areas of the Strava expertise, bringing extra personalization, visualization, and connectivity to its international neighborhood.
The newest updates embody:
- A Proprietary Map Rendering Engine (MRE): Strava has built-in key components of FATMAP’s superior mapping expertise to additional improve the consumer expertise. The MRE brings a brand new stage of element to Strava’s map and routing experiences, with sensible 3D terrain and informative terrain layers. It lays the groundwork for modern, proprietary map options, together with upcoming Winter Satellite tv for pc imagery.
- Saved Routes Filtering and Search: Discovering your favourite routes simply obtained simpler. Strava customers can now search their Saved Routes by key phrase or filter by sport kind, distance, elevation, route proprietor, or floor kind. This replace is on the market to subscribers and simplifies route planning like by no means earlier than.
- A Redesigned Exercise Particulars Web page: A redesigned Exercise Particulars web page now affords an immersive, full-screen format that showcases your route, pictures, and movies in a extra immersive method. Customers can now simply view their finest efforts and section achievements, all mapped alongside their route.
- Strava Stickers: Strava customers can now export Stat Stickers of their actions on to Instagram Tales, or obtain them to be used on different platforms.
Strava is the app for lively folks. With over 150 million athletes in additional than 185 nations, it’s greater than monitoring exercises—it’s the place connection, motivation, and private bests thrive. Regardless of your exercise, gear, or targets, Strava’s obtained you lined. Discover your crew, crush your milestones, and preserve transferring ahead. Begin your journey with Strava immediately.
Be a part of the Strava Membership or observe Strava on Instagram, X, Fb, YouTube, TikTok and LinkedIn. Go to www.strava.com for extra data.
Bravur Celebrates the Classics by Including STR Timepiece to its Workforce Heritage Assortment
Paying tribute to the legendary St. Raphaël staff, the most recent addition blends classic inspiration with trendy craftsmanship
Bravur has unveiled its newest mannequin, the STR, a timepiece impressed by one in all skilled biking’s most iconic groups, St. Raphaël. Recognized for its daring red-and-blue equipment and as a pioneering power in the course of the Sixties, St. Raphaël stays an iconic title within the sport’s historical past. The STR builds on the Workforce Heritage assortment, becoming a member of the PEU, MER and REN fashions.
The STR’s design displays this heritage with a crisp white dial that includes the staff’s signature colors. A raised, convex purple circle provides dimension, whereas a blue accent stripe on the second-hand counterbalance subtly nods to the staff’s livery. The watch’s utilized hour indices, with lume at key positions, guarantee visibility in numerous lighting circumstances. The small Bravur biking cap motif at 6 o’clock reinforces the theme. Encased in 37mm chrome steel, the STR is available in both a pure or black PVD-treated end. The bead-blasted case, with its mixture of polished and brushed surfaces, balances a refined aesthetic with a nod to biking’s utilitarian roots. With 10 ATM water resistance and a screw-down crown, it’s constructed for sturdiness.
The Swiss-made Sellita SW200 computerized motion that powers the STR is housed beneath a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. The case again, individually numbered and embossed with a biking cap emblem, aligns the watch with the PEU, MER and REN watches of the Workforce Heritage assortment – an ongoing collection celebrating biking’s previous. Bravur’s newest launch continues the model’s exploration of biking historical past by watchmaking. It affords a chunk that blends mechanical craftsmanship with a deep appreciation for the game’s golden period.
Commenting on the brand new STR watch, Magnus Äppelryd, co-founder of Bravur, stated: “We’re happy to introduce the STR to the Workforce Heritage assortment. Designed for biking lovers, it options precision engineering, premium supplies, and a daring design that pays tribute to the golden period of racing. St. Raphaël has an iconic historical past in biking, and it appeared solely pure that the subsequent watch within the collection would have a good time this.”
Key Options:
- Swiss-made computerized motion (Sellita SW200)
- 10 ATM water resistance
- 37mm case diameter, 18mm lug width
- Screw-down crown
- Sapphire crystal
- Bead-blasted chrome steel case (out there in pure or black PVD end)
- Built-in rubber or leather-based strap choices.
Pricing and Availability
The STR is made to order in Sweden and is on the market in chrome steel or black PVD-treated chrome steel, with costs from $1,195 (excl VAT) / £1,095 (incl VAT) / €1,395 (incl VAT).
All orders embody a premium leather-based bar bag designed to be used on the bike, together with free worldwide delivery. The watches may be bought on-line at: bravurwatches.com
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