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Cafe du Cycliste - RA Cycles

Cafe du Cycliste

Cafe du Cycliste makes cycling apparel for riders who refuse to choose between performance and style. Founded in 2009 in the hills above Nice, France, the brand grew out of a simple frustration — technical cycling gear that looked and felt like a costume the moment you stepped off the bike. Co-founder Rémi Clermont set out to fix that, and the result is a line of jerseys, bib shorts, jackets, and accessories that perform when you're in the drops and still feel right when you're sitting down for an espresso afterward.

The collection at RA Cycles spans warm-weather essentials like lightweight short-sleeve jerseys and summer mitts to cool-weather pieces including thermal bib tights, Primaloft socks, and windproof gloves — with dedicated men's and women's fits across the range.

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About Cafe du Cycliste

Cafe du Cycliste was born in 2009 when Rémi Clermont started selling jerseys out of a friend's café in Châteauneuf de Grasse, in the hills above France's Côte d'Azur. What began as one rider's refusal to wear ugly kit became a full apparel label rooted in what the brand calls "tailored tech" — high-performance fabrics cut with the kind of restraint and attention to detail you'd expect from a French design house. Nearly 80% of production stays in Europe, much of it close to their Nice headquarters. As a certified B Corporation and 1% for the Planet partner, Cafe du Cycliste backs its environmental claims with external audits and programs like Recycliste, which gives used apparel a second life. The brand now operates stores in Nice, London, Mallorca, Paris, and Munich — but their roots remain on the Mediterranean. Visit Cafe du Cycliste's official site for the full story.

RA Cycles carries a broad selection of Cafe du Cycliste apparel and accessories — over 70 pieces spanning short-sleeve jerseys, bib shorts, long-sleeve jerseys, baselayers, jackets, gilets, gloves, socks, caps, bags, and water bottles. Both men's and women's fits are represented, with options built for warm-weather rides and cold-weather sessions alike.

Looking for more cycling apparel? Browse our full men's cycling apparel and women's cycling apparel collections, or check out our selection of cycling gloves and cycling socks.

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R&A Cycles - 50th Anniversary

50 YEARS AND COUNTING

From a Brooklyn storefront to flagships in Walnut Creek and Miami, from handwritten mail orders to a fully digital custom bike builder — RA Cycles has spent half a century doing one thing: serving riders who demand the best. That half-century belongs as much to you as it does to us. The riders who kept coming back, who sent their friends, who trusted us with bikes that matter — you're the reason we're still here. Here's to the next fifty.

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