Club Kit Beauty Parade...
sylvanus
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I'm beginning to think about designing some kit for a new Road Cycling Club and so I've been looking around at sportives and races for examples of really good-looking club kit. One good source to check is Dennis Sacketts excellent pages of photos that lists 764 (!) clubs:
DGS List of Clubs
I'm well past the days when I could look good in lycra but I'd like to make sure its as beautiful as possible for some of the more svelte and attractive members of the club. I'd be interested in what others think?
Posters on this forum seem to like Agiskoviner, Archer RC and London Dynamo kit. I've always admired the understated lines of the Army CU and Rapha - Condor - Recycling.
Are there others I've missed that are even better (or a lot worse)?
DGS List of Clubs
I'm well past the days when I could look good in lycra but I'd like to make sure its as beautiful as possible for some of the more svelte and attractive members of the club. I'd be interested in what others think?
Posters on this forum seem to like Agiskoviner, Archer RC and London Dynamo kit. I've always admired the understated lines of the Army CU and Rapha - Condor - Recycling.
Are there others I've missed that are even better (or a lot worse)?
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I've always liked the Addiscombes kit, and the Team Quest boys always look sharp.
As for worst...Audax UK has always saddled itself with awful jerseys http://www.impsport.com/direct1/index.p ... ductId=503
And sometimes you do need to ask.....WTF? on edit: the link is broken so the the DGS site go to 'London Irish' and select the Reading CC 25 Mile TT set :shock:0 -
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OK, my thoughts on the subject
Preferably a black panel over the crotch, as some members might be averse to showing the member!
Keep it simple, some club kits just look messy.
Taylor your design to your membership. Lots of young cyclists who all joined the Eurocyclist group on facebook, then go for a white-ish design. Lots of guys who still hark on about the League of Racing Cyclists vs. whoever it was, then go for a more conservative design.
I always thought this was pretty nice club kit TBH, but then my club went and changed it, and I don't really like the new one!
http://public.fotki.com/VeloPhoto/2007- ... ew-36.htmlYou live and learn. At any rate, you live0 -
Jez mon wrote:Lots of young cyclists who all joined the Eurocyclist group on facebook, then go for a white-ish design.
Bad idea. Light colours tend to go translucent in the wet, giving everyone riding behind you a good view of your bum cheeks. :oops:
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Unfortunately most British club kits seem to have been designed in the '80s and inspired by pavement pizza. Everyone likes something different, but to my eye the best kits are simple - two or max three non-garish colours in basic geometric shapes (eg stripes not swirls). Manchester Wheelers looks good.0
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Cheers for the DGS link - I took the opportunity to see if my old club Hillingdon CCs kit had moved on from purple and yellow :shock: . Yes, it's now maroon and yellow :shock: :shock:0
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Can't bet Red, White and blue
http://public.fotki.com/VeloPhoto/ras-d ... sta-8.html
or Mostly white
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/imageBan ... odium1.jpg
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Thanks - I hadn't seen Manchester Wheelers and you're right it looks good - quite understated:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivslack/2 ... r-wheelers
They tackle one of the more difficult challenges by sticking to black shorts - a lot of clubs seem to forget that shirts and shorts are worn together!0 -
What about team LPR , very nice,plain ish, and stylish
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bramhall/2850381239/0 -
What about team LPR
True although as David Belcher has commented, white lycra in the wet stretched over an ample behind and sprayed with mud up the "middle" is not the most attractive sight!
The Italians don't have to deal with quite as many muddy country lanes as we do although I'll admit the almost effortless style they manage. Just wandering the streets of Milan can leave me feeling like a scarecrow at times!0 -
The simpler the better for me, especially in the retro slightly mute colours. My favourite of all time has to be http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?typ=tea&fkid=27&ID=1220 though.0
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I quite like this one (but then I would say that wouldn't I)
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I know I'll get slated for this but my team Met Police CC has a lovely kit. If I can find some piccies I'll stick it on here.There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday...
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Slightly biased but ours is pretty smart. The shape of the black panel is also very flattering
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(I reckon showing a laydee to a forum of sex-starved men will mean we'll win the beauty parade)0 -
I think you're probably right
Wins style and grace and landscape points all over with that hint of exotic mystery we all saw revealed in the boddingtons ads - I've never been able to resist a Manchester lass...0 -
that website with all the clubs kits on makes ours (stone wheelers) look a lot worse than it is now on the photos
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home?hl=en&tab=wq0 -
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Im not a member of a club as of yet, but a club down my neck of the woods have a rather nice looking kit. Which in my opinion makes a nice change as most club kit ive seen is just nasty.
http://www.sheffrec-cc.org.uk/modules.php?name=Kit0 -
drewfromrisca wrote:I know I'll get slated for this but my team Met Police CC has a lovely kit. If I can find some piccies I'll stick it on here.
Please tell me it's white with a 'jam sandwich' chest band
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