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Rapha Core Rain Jacket review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £100 on Rapha Core Rain Jacket, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Rapha Core Rain Jacket review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.0/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 541 products in the Jackets – Cycle category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

8.9

Price

8.7

Reviews

9.3

Overall

9.0

 

Rapha Core Rain Jacket reviews

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Rapha Core Rain Jacket Specification

Rapha Core Rain Jacket specs

Rapha Core Rain Jacket
Feature 1

Material: 100% Nylon

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 39

Feature 2

Waterproof fabric

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Extremely lightweight

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 4

Feature 4

Packable: easily fits in a rear jersey pocket

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

On-bike fit: longer arms, dropped tail and short front for on-bike fit

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Inner cuffs with lightweight stretch elastane fabric

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Off-centre zip to prevent draughts penetrating layers

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 8

YKK AquaGuard® water-resistant zip with zip guard and garage for comfort

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

Four reflective stripes: two on sleeves, two on sides

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 10

Six laser-cut underarm holes to allow heat to escape

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Feature 11

Shaped rear hem provides further water protection from tyre spray

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2

Spec 1

Colour: Red

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 39

Spec 2

Clothing Size: XS

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 2

Spec 3

Gender: Male

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 4

Spec 4

Age Group: Adult

Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 1

Price

£100

Number of Reviews
Review Score

/ 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • . The Core Rain Jacket from Rapha is the ideal outer layer for rides with a chance of rain and wind. Extremely lightweight, it folds down small to comfortably fit in your back pocket, ready to be whipped out when it starts raining or the wind picks up. Colour matched throughout, the jacket has a clean, refined finish with collar tipping and a subtly stitched-in Rapha armband The jacket has fully taped seams and an AquaGuard¬Æ zip for waterproofing. Six ventilation holes under the armpits allow heat to escape if you‚Äôre riding hard while the on-bike fit is aided by an adjustable draw cord at the hem and elasticated inner cuffs, which ensure a perfect fit on your wrists. Reflective elements have also been applied to the sleeves and rear for improved visibility on the roads Features: Material: 100% NylonWaterproof fabricExtremely lightweightPackable: easily fits in a rear jersey pocketOn-bike fit: longer arms, dropped tail and short front for on-bike fitInner cuffs with lightweight stretch elastane fabricOff-centre zip to prevent draughts penetrating layersYKK AquaGuard¬Æ water-resistant zip with zip guard and garage for comfortFour reflective stripes: two on sleeves, two on sidesSix laser-cut underarm holes to allow heat to escapeShaped rear hem provides further water protection from tyre sprayBuy Rapha Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles. The World‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 5055643709761
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No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Jackets – Cycle.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Rapha Core Rain Jacket or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 541 different products in the Jackets – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 94 products from Rapha (although only 13 of the 94 are in the Jackets – Cycle category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Jackets – Cycle. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Rapha Core Rain Jacket and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Rapha. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Rapha Core Rain Jacket to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Jackets – Cycle. There are 541 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 541, the average price is £113.49. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £14 and most expensive was £410.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Rapha. The average price was £79.78 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £8.75 up to £260 with Rapha products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Rapha products that appear specifically in the Jackets – Cycle category. So you can see that the price of Rapha Core Rain Jacket at £100 is great value considering the average price of Rapha Jackets – Cycle is £110.81 and the price varies from £50.75.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Rapha Core Rain Jacket during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £100 which represents a £ or saving against RRP. If you think Rapha Core Rain Jacket ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Rapha Core Rain Jacket Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Jackets – Cycle too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Rapha Core Rain Jacket is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Rapha. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Jackets – Cycle category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Rapha is 3.9 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Rapha in the Jackets – Cycle category the average review score is 3.9.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Rapha Core Rain Jacket such a high overall score of 9.0 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for Rapha Core Rain Jacket which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Rapha Core Rain Jacket or in fact any of the other Jackets – Cycle, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.