I live in the north suburbs of Chicago, and on a nice weekend morning in the summer time I might see a few dozen riders out, maybe more. Some people ride with their club or their team and they may have matching kit. That makes sense to me. I also see people out with rapha kit. That makes sense to me too.

What caught my attention was two guys riding with matching kit that I didn’t recognize, so I looked it up when I got home and saw that it was this RCC thing. It struck me as a little odd that two guys would pay to join this club that as far as I know doesn’t have anything going on in Chicago so they can look like the guys in [MENTION=52523]Disco Stu[/MENTION] ‘s photo. Maybe they go on the trips that [MENTION=333534]SpeshulEd[/MENTION] mentioned.

I found myself imagining what the conversation may have been like.
“Hey, I just found out that you can join Rapha Cycling Club and get the exclusive RCC team kit.”
“That sounds pretty cool. Let’s join so we can wear our matching RCC kit when we go for rides on Sheridan Road on Sunday morning.”
“OK, I’m in. I’ll text you when my kit arrives so we can make sure that we both wear it on the same day”
“This is going to be awesome”