Castellimas Competition

Castellimas Competition

It's almost Christmas and there are a few contests to celebrate the season.  Castelli Cafe (a UK Castelli Distributor) is having a competition online for their UK followers.  

Due Date: January 2nd, 2015 4:00 pm

Contest rules: 
"To win this bag of stuff and a few other bits I find laying around show your #CASTELLI fan status by sharing a picture of your #castellimass let's see scorpions in the tree snowy ride pics Turkey carving in skinsuits best one wins post here (Instagram) or on Twitter. Copy us in and use the hashtag #castellimass.  The one I like the best wins and have a great time."

Note: I think the hashtag is meant to be #castellimas 


Prize: 

Festive 500 Competition

For everyone else who doesn't live in the UK, there is another holiday challenge.  A Strava Challenge sponsored by Rapha is called the Festive 500.  Is anyone going to go for this? We're going to spend every second this holiday vacation with family and play sports for exercise.

Due Date: Dec. 31st for miles on Strava and Jan. 14th, 2015 for evidence/stories.

Contest Rules:

Share evidence of your endeavors using the hashtag #festive500. Prizes will be awarded to riders in the following categories: Most Inclement, Best Story, Prix de la Combativité, Best Photography, with a special Grand Prize for Creativity.  In past editions, stories have been shared in the form of photojournals, hand-bound illustrated pamphlets, videos, postcards, letters, blogs, and the old favorite, email. 

Prizes:

Newer Castelli Cycling Nanoflex Warmers Versus Past Thermoflex Warmers

 

The title says it all.  The newest and best warmers to buy are the Castelli Nanoflex warmers that were released approximately 3 years ago (before January 2011).  There is no reason to reinvent the wheel so please check out a great review from CompetitiveCyclist.com (video link below)! 

Positive Notes from Castelli Nanoflex Review:

1) Double sided silicone gripper to keep warmers tight to skin and jersey/jacket

2) Snug

3) Warm

4) Water repellent

Negative Notes from Castelli Nanoflex Review:

1) In dry conditions, shorts over warmers tend to ride up

2) Less water repellent if warmers stretch too much

Click link below for video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAzmy1w-f8U

What is your name buddy?  This fellow gives the warmers, "two enthusiastic thumbs up," although the bloke doesn't smile once during the review.  (FYI--We've had great customer service with CompetitiveCyclist.com)

Older Castelli Thermoflex Warmers

"Fleece lined thermoflex fabric with silicone grippers"

Newer Castelli Nanoflex Warmers

Photos from instagram thanks to @c888, @sallard.meridafactoryracing, @jsprhrmsn, @ratchet_girlie, and @instazellman. 

Added Note: A Castelli Cycling blog talks about how some winter bibshorts come in Nanoflex fabric.  However, there are no Nanoflex jerseys.   Instead, if you want waterproof jerseys, check out the Gabba series.

Photos of Castelli Women's Elegante Dress

Photos of Castelli Women's Elegante Dress 

Summer 2014

Castelli likely released the Castelli Elegante Dress in Summer 2014.  The dress was sold out online to USA customers by the end of Fall 2014.  Once in a while, the dress shows up on Ebay.  I'm curious to see if the dress will be released next year?  Anyone from Castelli Cycling want to email me and let me know?  I'm also curious what colors it might come out in?  Blue? Green?  If Castelli doesn't release another run, this dress could be the new "170 BPM jacket,"--sought after but never found.

Thanks to zoe__wilson, and rosannac7 on instagram for the photos.  You ladies rock the dress!

The shorts come with the dress.  They have a kiss pad.   These shorts are slightly transparent if worn without the Castelli Elegante dress which is likely why Zoe is wearing them in winter for mountain biking.  

The grippers on the shorts also aren't very good and so the shorts tend to slide up or roll.  This is why they look so short.  As you can see from the photo below with wrinkles, the shorts are about twice this long before they ride up.