Dark skies and a rainy city most often rhyme with melancholy. For me, it’s the beginning of a saga. When the pavement shines and the city lights shimmer in a special way, I know that an adventure awaits me outside. With ferocious determination and a heart full of boldness, I leap into the unknown, welcoming every raindrop like a greeting coming directly from the metropolitan area itself.
The streets, transformed into mirrors of water, reflect an altered version of reality. As I go through such a gleaming sight, I rediscover myself. Whether moving about hurriedly between skyscrapers or at a slower pace to admire a quiet park, every moment is charged with electricity.
In these pages, I invite you to follow me through damp mazes, where the frontiers between human, machines and nature become muddled. Let yourself be swept away for a dance in the rain, where each splash tells a story, each bend becomes an emotion. In a ballet of light, reflections and sensations, I seek to capture that fleeting instant, and celebrate the present moment. Come share this quest with me as, through the fog and raindrops, the city has never appeared so alive.
The mate concerned by this Seasonal Influence is the Wing mate, which is the Decathlon personality that addresses the Community composed of those WHO HACK AND REINVENT THE CITY through an experience in terms of mobility.
Their main motivations in practising a sport are: REBALANCING, MILITANT, BELONGING. Compensating for one’s excessive physical activity is one of the means they have for finding, in their daily lives, a way to let off steam and be in good physical and mental health. Moving about in their urban world thanks to their body energy, that’s their way to fight for their environment! It’s their way of life, one chosen and shared with their community.
The products are all-purpose and timeless. They make the mate visible to ensure its safety.
“Kick out the jam” sets out for an urban ride.
Urban Ride comes in a harmony of colours, where the city unravels its palette as the hours go by, day or night, according to the whims of the weather. Waterproof dark neutrals fade into urban agitation, evoking nocturnal chiaroscuro harmonies with patina effects. Notes of metallised silver and charcoal dance, reflecting into the shimmering atmosphère, adding a touch of mystery at every corner. Authentic shades of beige and ochre, and a greyish acqua, contrast with a dissonant visibility green, thus creating the chromatic density that resounds in the tumult of the city. At every corner, the Urban Ride colours vibrate with energy, where the chill and thrill of discovery adapt to our changing daily climate.
My motif is revealed in different manners, whether appearing or disappearing, camouflaged or unraveled via a flap. It evolves in time, but above all according to my activity and weather environment.
This neutral motif goes everywhere in my daily life, becoming visible and truly making an impact when interacting with day, night, rain elements, etc. I can then be seen through evolving textures or ever-changing functional typography.
In Urban Ride, we are speaking of mobility, the priority is given to technical components with combined properties that adapt to varying weather conditions. These are in the same vein as the ultra functional goggles designed with a photochromic lens with flexible branches that change according to the intensity used in one’s practice. Taking on the city in daytime or at night, the components and accessories must be visible, with reflective parts or glossy finishes with changing effects. Our rider is resolutely urban, and this can be found in resistant and waterproof components with geometric structures on rubbery surfaces and ultra regular micro-motifs that evoke building facades. To counterbalance this highly regular side, greyish flecks add their mineral touch in a concrete version, either to evoke the street, or they are discreet and homogeneous for a more traditional side. What’s more, irregularly raised textiles, natural or tone-on-tone, add tranquillity and serenity when facing all the urban agitation.
This ultra matte, smooth to the touch, ripstop reveals its satiny sheen via its highlighted check. This contrast adds a luminous reflection, making it elegant and technical for multipurpose lightweight and waterproof outdoor products.
More responsible, this component is a green version of the Karibou used mainly for outdoor pants. To lessen the global environmental impact, this fabric has been made by simple dyeing. This alternative gives it a new, highly interesting marled appearance, for a more urban effect that evokes the mineral aspect of concrete.
This ultra functional pair of glasses is equipped with a photochromic lens that varies according to the light, for allday practice, whatever the weather conditions. Its flexible branches and adjustable nosepiece enables adjustable tightening according to the intensity of one’s practice, to remain mobile and secure in all circumstances.