Le Café & Le Breton Perhaps as obvious as night is day and day is night, since the inception of Café du Cycliste the Breton stripe has featured in our range.It has been well documented that Coco Chanel brought the marinière into the fashion world. Artists, actors, and other designers followed suit throughout the twentieth century to take this French design beyond the tipping point and transform it into an icon not only in the fashion world, but also in the public consciousness. Cycling was late to the party.The original Suzanne. 2012. Bold naval stripes against white. A classic design straight off the bat. The Suzanne was the first Café du Cycliste breton-style jersey to make it on to the drawing board in 2011 and into customer's hands in 2012. Since then the stripes have evolved from bold breton, tennis-inspired, swim-suit-esque nods to the past and long-sleeved nailed on the mast. Add accessories in the shape of neck-warmers, socks and bidons to bring stripes from top to toe or as the perfect accentuation to block colours or other french design features.The Henriette. 2012. This jersey played with stripes in classic tricolor colours, a specially developed textured fabric and was the first hint at tennis inspired style. The Antoinette. 2012. More from vintage style as modelled by swimsuit wearers on the Côte d'Azur perhaps, but a shared marine-inspired heritage that results in striped design.The Francine. Since 2013. The mid-weight summer jersey that has been through multiple design evolutions. Originally simple in design, playing with the width and colour of the stripes has taken us from white to green, to grey tones and tennis stripes to multi-width stripes.The Claudette. Since 2015. Simple, elegant, technical design. Originally with a merino and silk mix. It stands out for autumn winter rides.The Monique and the Arlette, since 2016. Breton on the périphérique of the long distance. The Audax summer and winter merino cycling jerseys share the same detailing on the sleeves. Monique with extra-long sleeves for more variable conditions experienced over distance. Arlette's left-hand Breton piping includes a pocket for your Brevet card.The Genevieve. Since 2016. Inspired by the Breton fisherman's wool knit cycling jersey but with a modern merino wool blend and crewneck form.Loulou neck warmers. Since 2013. Breton stripe socks. Since 2012. The little details that make up the whole aesthetic or add a touch of je ne sais quoi to block colours and classic styled cycling jerseys and jackets. Bidons. Since 2014.

Toile de Jouy HommeJouy-en-Josas to the Cote d'Azur. It's a design as French as France, as iconic as the Tour Eiffel. Now re-imagined, reconstructed and used across a range of high performance apparel for riding high climbs in high style. The SS19 Toile de Jouy pieces bring a touch of a la Francaise to the roads ridden, wherever they may be. LOOKBOOK

Heidi édition limitée Channel your animal spirit. Heidi luxe is a limited edition of a signature classic. Show your stripes and ride with flair this winter.

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Toile de Jouy FemmeJouy-en-Josas to the Cote d'Azur. It's a design as French as France, as iconic as the Tour Eiffel. Now re-imagined, reconstructed and used across a range of high performance apparel for riding high climbs in high style. The SS19 Toile de Jouy pieces bring a touch of a la Francaise to the roads ridden, wherever they may be. LOOKBOOK

La Riviera ‘La Douceur de Vivre’ on Cap Ferrat

Lookbook SS18 Morocco From the streets of Marrakech to the heights of the Atlas, Maroc delivers that special feeling.

Lookbook SS18 La Corse A long weekend covering the coastal perfection and challenging mountains of Haute Corse for some unrivalled riding.

Lookbook SS18 Canaries A favoured warm weather destination. Or Nice (west) if you will.

Sur le zinc Un petit noir, sur le zinc.

Make it rain The mac, for your head. Lightweight and slimline, to easily fit under your helmet. Top cap shelter from above.

Claudette: La mode française From the French Navy to Coco Chanel to a steadfast global icon. White and blue stripes should have been trademarked by La France. With the original Claudette we brought Breton to two-wheels in a performance package of merino blend embellished by an added dose of silk.BLEU BLANC ROUGE Tricolor combinations, technical innovations - beneath the look are fabrics and details with eyes firmly fixed on performance.SILK ROAD Silk has a history in cycling for aero gains both contre-la-montre and at the velodrome, but combined with merino wool it takes comfort and breathability to another level in the great outdoors.LAYER CAKE Silhouette race fit profiling enables the addition of gilets and jackets, for a temperature range to follow the most malicious met.BLUE BASE Adèle bibshorts are made to match not only in aesthetics but in heat and comfort for all but the coldest rides.

Albertine mountain mood MOULDED BY THE ALPS Albertine, like the cyclist within it, is shaped by the mountains. Set against alpine forests, pointed rock faces and grassy slopes, these textures inspired a two-piece construction to insulate and breathe just as the wind chills and the gradient heats. FRONT UPWindproof shell layered on Primaloft Active lining backed up with merino polar fleece. It's a surround-sound core temperature performance system. PICK YOUR PALETTE'Any time cycling and the outdoor industry begins to blur its lines in terms of product design, I get a little excited. When it’s executed like this, I get stoked.' The RadavistFULL MÉTÉO JACKETGo when others don't dare with the long-sleeve Albertine Jacket.CLIMATE CONTROLCombine sleeveless gilets with long sleeve Cosette and Yolande merino to cover base to summit. Layer for l'altitude.

Farah: Tribal winters North winds and great plains, vistas providing the variety of life. The energy of a continent refocussed for winter riding. Farah's duo of designs - Bamako and Tribe - are designed to stand out while standing up to the rigours of colder weather roads. TRIBEA contemporary camo base meets updated African wax iconography. Fleece lined performance fabric on the inside, hyper-style on the outside.BAMAKOBal de Bamako - an anthem for some. Brave blues and part inspiration for the entire Boubou collection.BOUBOU GOT BACKOut ahead each Boubou jersey reflects the inspirations behind it. Front to back and back to front.ONE THING AND ANOTHERHedonistic design faced with multiple modern touches. Reflective stripes strike a pose.LIGHTEN UPSplash Boubou with colour to refresh a winter wardrobe. Add Adèle bibs and Lola leg warmers to complete the style.

Madame Irma In French 'Madame Irma' is a fortune teller. All crystals, queens of club and confidences. For future adventures that are already foretold, the Café du Cycliste Irma helps you ride into the distance.POCKET CHANGE(S) Irma's innovative rear hold-all drop pocket adds extra storage capabilities outside the traditional three.PACK IT IN Easily store your rain cape, reflective gilet or extra fuel and go long.AX IS FOR AUDAX Our Audax Collection is detailed for distance. Inspired by, and built for, those who go long.

Lookbook AW17 Alpes Colour for cooler weather riding. AW17 mixes technical and technicolour.

Lookbook AW17 Canada We crossed the pond and headed north. Autumn Winter among the redwoods.

Shorts stories: Celine Why gravel ? Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the road for the smooth tarmac, the comfort of being that bit closer to civilisation and the practicality of knowing roughly what time I'll be home. But sometimes, I feel a little restricted.So I go back a step, to my other life. To simply looking at a mountain, seeing a trail and setting off to explore. The Alpine Line is the fortified sector in the Alpes-Maritimes where nearly every peak beside the Franco-Italian border has a fort. The military built roads to access them.The routes strategiques: dirt tracks which could not exceed an eight per cent gradient otherwise the horse carriages or trucks carrying the ammunitions and supplies couldn't get to the top. Unpaved roads where hardly anybody visits. The perfect playing ground for gravel bikes. I call a loop of gravel secteurs sandwiched between slices of road my Tour des Cols. Orme, Ablé, Farguet, Ségra, Banquettes, Castillon and St Jean.You may not be far from the road but on the loose stuff, in between the trees it feels wild and remote. Switchbacks in the Gorge du Piaon, the start of the Beccas track, 15kms of gravel leading to the Col de Cabanettes, the transition from Col de L’Orme and through Col de Braus.Another rolling gravel section that eventually gives up the first view of the Mediterranean, the fort at Saint Agnes towering above the azur water.And turning for home, endorphins still pumping, I ponder on mountain versus road and wonder whether maybe I have found the best of both worlds. Mary uses the flexibility of the bib-less Celine padded shorts on both double track and single track.

Lookbook AW17 Femme Scotland, Canada and closer to home.

Shorts stories: Odile Shorts, gloves and shoes. The cycling holy trinity, the three contact points, the three most important pieces of kit. Especially if, or maybe when, you choose, to ride across America. West to east, over four thousand miles, from the Pacific rollers to the Atlantic swell.A journey that guarantees the worst of times. Going hungry, sleeping rough, feeling so cold you can't change an inner tube, the seemingly constant presence of self doubt. But equally the best of them too. Extraordinary landscapes to feast the eyes, sleeping under the stars, food that never ever tasted so good. And the kindness of the human spirit.The weary fire fighter who somehow tracks you down at night to direct you to his station. Your fellow racers willing to share their burger, when it's all they have. The generous trail angel appearing out of the ghostly mist on a soggy evening with the promise of a dry bed.So many experiences lived, so many lessons learnt. Riding in comfort is essential. Small mistakes are magnified ten fold over such large distances. The best bib shorts are crucial, choose unwisely and your race is already over. Memories are powerful things, they really can last forever.Rebecca rode 4, 267 miles in the Transamerica bike race. Our Odile classic bib shorts went with her for each and every one of them.