Road Rags Clerkenwell women's merino jersey

Both your post and your username unnerve me.

Forget the clothing, i absolutely adore the figure on this woman!!

She is drop dead gorgeous, perfect curves.

She makes the clothing look much better than it is

Christ that's an ugly item of clothing. Expensive grey sack. Always assumed all female cycling kit with v neck had been designed by pervy men.

Just looked at a woman's long sleeved jersey on Planet X, made from 'New generation' 200 gram merino wool (I'm sure all the merino experts will know how expensive that is to produce?).
Looks very nice with giro trim for fifty quid.
How about giving that a review?

Thumb holes on the cuffs mean that the cuffs will be destroyed by your bar grips after a few rides.

That logo did catch my eye on that garment I must admit, it's more the logo style than the fact it's there to be honest.

John Smedley doesn't brand his classier knitwear like this, and it's that sort of look they've went for.

I have Merino from Aldi....it's not 100% .....or branded !

What I am more concerned about is the V neck, never a good idea on a bike, unless you're restricted to 10mph.

Merino isn't better than synthetics, just different. I find Merino itchy, regardless who made it. It isn't as durable as synthetics either. On the plus side it is warm even when wet, and it doesn't retain odours like some synthetics. I have a few Merino garments, but prefer my synthetic lycra ones as these hold their shape better and just feel better. Marketing and price can make you believe Merino is better, but really its just different, not better. Not worth the high price IMHO.

Also just realized I happily ride in planet x / on-one arm warmers, even though they've their name stitched into them. But they're £5.

Another -1 for the logo / branding.

I discounted this brand when shopping last year because of the hideous and overly prominent logo.

If you think merino wool products should command such high prices good for you, we should agree to disagree.

Wiggle's merino is a mix it's not 100% is it? None of the dhb merino kit I have is 100% and I'm pretty sure none of the current range is - we went to see them to discuss their latest range this week.

All merino wool isn't the same it comes in various mixes and grades and weights.

Plus there is a massive difference depending on the size of the run you're making top end merino is even more expensive if you're only buying it in small batches for short round of garment.

I've got a Planet X merino jersey, howies merino base layer and a Rapha sport wool jersey and they are very definitely not all the same material or the same quality something that was made even more clear to me when we had our own road.cc merino jerseys made a couple of years back.

Check out Planet X, wiggle's o/b etc. But what I really meant is Merino wool itself is much cheeper to buy than the best technical material, yet they try and charge the same price.
So by all means say it's expensive because of the design, brand etc, but not the material.

Lets clear something up now, Merino wool (even the very best stuff) is not that expensive.
Rant over, thank you.

Having read the review, I sought the opinion of Mrs Fishface, on whose behalf I am perpetually on the look-out for non-spandexy girls' cycling kit, since she pays little or no attention to the cycling press.

She ventured that nice as the finishing and the overall design look, the cut looks terrible - particularly the unflatteringly narrow shoulders and too-long arms - and it's sadly much less appealing than less-pricey equivalent jerseys from Rapha and Vulpine (such as the l/s polo she received for Xmas).

I can only concur with her assessment.

Edit: Correction, it's actually even more expensive than Rapha's l/s women's merino. Blimey.

stylish? I wouldn't dream of buying this for the missus, at any price.

Another quality review from road.cc, lots of useful attention to actual details of fit and finish.

125 is steep, but it is merino, and looks incredibly well designed and finished. 40 quid will get a horrible, stinky plastic top with short sleeves and dodgy colours which will last a couple of seasons. Merino well looked after can last for many years.

Going to show this to the wife now and see if she wants one.

For what it is, and the quality of material used - £120 is pretty good value. The only thing that puts me off some of their men's Merino is how prominent the logo is - be better if if was just on the label inside.

IT'S A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE QUID. WITH BRANDING.

There, fixed that for you.

(if they want me to wear their logo, they should subsidize the purchase price. Unless they really think the logo adds value for the wearer? Looks terrible, IMHO).

IT'S A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE QUID.