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Rapha's new Trail Finale range is built especially for top-level gravity athletes

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Liam Mercer

Since beginning his mountain biking career while working as a resort photographer in Greece in 2014, Liam became a freelance contributor at off.road.cc in 2019. From there, he’s climbed the journalism job ladder from staff writer to deputy technical editor, now finding his place as technical editor.

Partial to the odd enduro race, heart rate-raising efforts on slim-tyred cross-country bikes, hell-for-leather e-MTB blasts or even casual gravel jaunts, there’s not a corner of off-road cycling where Liam fears to tread. With more than 40 bike reviews under his belt and hundreds more on MTB, e-MTB and gravel parts and accessories, Liam’s expertise continues to be cemented and respected by the industry.

3 comments

3 weeks 20 hours ago

Or. Rapha plumbs increasingly smaller niches in a vain attempt to make a profit on its overpriced kit. 

3 weeks 22 hours ago

"Using rider feedback, the jersey features a lower back for extended coverage"
Revolutionairy!

if, in 2025, as a cycling clothing brand, you need 'rider feedback' to tell you that the rear of a jersey should be a bit longer than the front, then have you even ever seen a bicycle from up close?

3 weeks 4 days ago

Does it appeal to the cross over road/mtb riders? If you had a choice of an endura or fox jersey or a Rapha jersey at double the money to fell less 'real' on the trails. A rapha jersey at half the cost of a FOX jersey is still not appealing to me.