tour de france discovery team clothing

andy610
andy610 Posts: 602
edited July 2007 in Pro race
i have noticed that the discovery team have a new kit on which is different to the latest 2007 kit, is this just for the tour de france race or the new kit it has green on it

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It's cos the team has gone carbon neutral.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/to ... /jul06news

    Presumably the peloton will slow down at the feed zone each day so Levi can hop off and plant a tree.
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    afx237vi wrote:
    It's cos the team has gone carbon neutral.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/to ... /jul06news

    Presumably the peloton will slow down at the feed zone each day so Levi can hop off and plant a tree.
    what does carbon neautral mean
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset

    Basically, the team works out how much carbon dioxide they are emitting into the atmosphere with their team cars, flights etc, and plants trees to offset the emission. The trees absorb the same amount of carbon that the Disco boys use, thus saving the planet.

    What with that and Saunier Duval's human rights pledge, cycling is at risk of being labelled a bunch of lily-livered, librul, hippy, commies!
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    I would imagine all the bullshit is a green positive
  • mspoke
    mspoke Posts: 29
    Noodley you stole my line 15 minutes ago.
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  • Steve Austin
    Steve Austin Posts: 1,803
    Its still a monstrosity :roll:
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  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    ive just bought all the 2007 discovery kit the black and blue one and now they have changed it to the green stripe does anyone know if they will be going back to the black and blue team colours, if not i will be contacting trek
  • bigdawg
    bigdawg Posts: 672
    like Hincapies top though...similar to my Brooklyn jerseys...

    anyone know whos selling them, or why his is different??
    dont knock on death\'s door.....

    Ring the bell and leg it...that really pi**es him off....
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    bigdawg wrote:
    like Hincapies top though...similar to my Brooklyn jerseys...

    anyone know whos selling them, or why his is different??

    He's the American national road champion.
  • Moose11
    Moose11 Posts: 235
    I actually like it a lot. Reminds me a little of the Honda F1 team actually.
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  • sloxam-alt
    sloxam-alt Posts: 10
    guess their madones are made of alu or titanium then! :wink:
    is it on yet?
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Disco are the Man Utd of the peloton

    And just as Utd change their kit every few weeks and expect their hordes of fans to stump-up for new jerseys, Disco are doing the same.
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    the kit only came out this yr its cost me a fortune ill think twice now when buying another team kit, so much for supporting your team, im going to ask for a full refund
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    afx237vi wrote:

    Presumably the peloton will slow down at the feed zone each day so Levi can hop off and plant a tree.

    You bastard. You made me spill my coffee
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    yes funny
  • Peacenik
    Peacenik Posts: 292
    Steve Austin wrote:
    Its still a monstrosity :roll:

    I like the green bits.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    afx237vi wrote:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset

    Basically, the team works out how much carbon dioxide they are emitting into the atmosphere with their team cars, flights etc, and plants trees to offset the emission. The trees absorb the same amount of carbon that the Disco boys use, thus saving the planet.

    What with that and Saunier Duval's human rights pledge, cycling is at risk of being labelled a bunch of lily-livered, librul, hippy, commies!

    Tosspot greenwash of the highest (ie worst) order.

    At our environmental impact survey work at the Tour this weeekend I realised each motorised vehicle in the Tour has a unique, sequential number.

    The highest number I saw was 4067 :shock:

    I love the Tour but no planting of trees is going to offset 2.5 million tons of CO2 every year...
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  • Wildoo
    Wildoo Posts: 11
    afx237vi wrote:
    It's cos the team has gone carbon neutral.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/to ... /jul06news

    Presumably the peloton will slow down at the feed zone each day so Levi can hop off and plant a tree.

    And it's got nothing to do with the fact that they are losing Discovery Channel as their main sponsor at the end of the year and maybe they could be courting the co-sponsor AMD who's corporate colour just happens to be that very same shade of GREEN!

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