Team GB Cycling GEAR

lfc_westy
lfc_westy Posts: 87
edited May 2009 in Road beginners
hey guys im looking for some new lycra and stuff and i really want to get some Team GB but i just cannot find it anywhere and ebay doesnt have any in my size(Large)

Any Ideas ?
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Get on the GB track squad?
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    be warned you'll probably get laughed at wearing team gb gear (you have to earn it!) but seeing as youre a kopite youre probably used to getting laughed at! :D
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  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    fast as fupp wrote:
    but seeing as youre a kopite youre probably used to getting laughed at! :D

    oof! harsh. :wink:

    (I can't talk, being of the nufc persuasion :(:( )
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    You can find it on eBay.


    However - unlike most other countries - GB do not publicly sell their cycling kit. It's a supplier issue, but it also adds to the mystique of making the team and EARNING the clothing. It also means that more often than not - if you see someone out riding in GB kit - they actually MADE the team.

    The stuff you find on eBay usually is the real deal, being sold by former or underfunded squad riders trying to earn some xtra cash. :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Don't do it man, scorn will be heaped upon you from a great height and in volume. Its the same with the guys who buy the KOM jerseys and world champ kits, they are earned.
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    be warned you'll probably get laughed at wearing team gb gear (you have to earn it!)

    Maybe if we ditched this pathetic attitude, then selling GB team kit would create more funds for Team GB and less of...
    former or underfunded squad riders trying to earn some xtra cash

    Just an idea!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    be warned you'll probably get laughed at wearing team gb gear (you have to earn it!)

    Maybe if we ditched this pathetic attitude, then selling GB team kit would create more funds for Team GB and less of...
    former or underfunded squad riders trying to earn some xtra cash

    Just an idea!


    Again - it's a supplier issue. Not an elitist one. I worked at British Cycling and was informed that the supplier won't provide it for public sale. Odd, as it's Adidas kit, but there you go. It WAS sold to the public in the past when it was supplied by someone else.

    The fact that any Tom Dick or Harry can't buy it just adds to the elitist factor and adds to the accomplishments of those that DO earn it.

    Plus - we have the best-funded amateur cyclists in the world so raising more funds for them really isn't an issue. It's mostly those that are no longer on the squad that sell of unused kit - not active riders.
  • Infamous
    Infamous Posts: 1,130
    I read that Team GB shredded all the team kits so that the technology can't be copied and that Adidas didn't make it, just slapped their logo on it.

    As for people who think you have to earn it to wear it, get over yourself.

    Or was that just the olympic kit?
  • lfc_westy
    lfc_westy Posts: 87
    lols by the way im a 14 year old kid and tbh i love adidas i only wanted to get it to show off to my friend who has the full discovery one but i tottally understand your view on earning it, and hey maybe [hopefully] one day i will thanks guys. any other adidas kits out there tho because i dont know why, just love the brand :)
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  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    Was the olympic track kit that got shredded (seemed more of a gesture than actually hiding any technology though...). I agree with staying away from GB & World Champ replica kit to, although chubsters wearing KOM jerseys has a certain comedy factor to it.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Yes = you used to be able to buy it.

    Pity really - it could raise extra funds for the team. Other pro kits are available, and its just as hard to get a pro team contract as it is selected for Team GB.

    Ebay sometimes has kit up for sale.
  • Marcosplace
    Marcosplace Posts: 103
    Anyone know where I could get some GIANT kit?
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  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    Any giant dealer can get giant stuff. Off the top of my head cyclestore sell quite a bit online if you don't have a LBS dealer
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Marcosplace wrote:
    Anyone know where I could get some GIANT kit?

    http://www.mcconveycycles.com/store/pro ... -MED-2008/
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    lfc_westy wrote:
    lols by the way im a 14 year old kid and tbh i love adidas i only wanted to get it to show off to my friend who has the full discovery one but i tottally understand your view on earning it, and hey maybe [hopefully] one day i will thanks guys. any other adidas kits out there tho because i dont know why, just love the brand :)

    The perfect riposte to those who think nobody should wear GB kit unless you've earned it. A young cyclist inspired by the GB team and wants to wear the kit - nothing wrong in it at all.

    Fwiw talking of earning the right to wear it - don't those people who put in countless hours of unpaid work promoting BC events, GoRide stuff etc etc earn the right to wear the kit as much as a rider who is making a living out of it ? It's a sport not the military - we should be encouraging people to feel part of British Cycing not setting up hierarchies where none need exist.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    lfc_westy wrote:
    lols by the way im a 14 year old kid and tbh i love adidas i only wanted to get it to show off to my friend who has the full discovery one but i tottally understand your view on earning it, and hey maybe [hopefully] one day i will thanks guys. any other adidas kits out there tho because i dont know why, just love the brand :)

    The perfect riposte to those who think nobody should wear GB kit unless you've earned it. A young cyclist inspired by the GB team and wants to wear the kit - nothing wrong in it at all.

    Fwiw talking of earning the right to wear it - don't those people who put in countless hours of unpaid work promoting BC events, GoRide stuff etc etc earn the right to wear the kit as much as a rider who is making a living out of it ? It's a sport not the military - we should be encouraging people to feel part of British Cycing not setting up hierarchies where none need exist.

    Again I'll make this CLEAR for those that don't understand.

    The fact you can't buy GB team kit is NOT due to any decision by British Cycling to withold it from the public. It has NOTHING to do with any elitist structure that says you HAVE to earn the right to wear it.

    It is a SUPPLIER issue. It just turns out that the on;y way to legitimately get the kit at the present time - is to EARN it. In the future, if/when BC change suppliers - then you may be able to publicly buy it.
  • schweiz
    schweiz Posts: 1,644
    Are you sure you're a size Large? I'm 13st, 5' 11" and Large in most brands including Adidas fits (although I have never tried on the GB kit). There's a medum on ebay now!
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    lfc_westy

    You can buy the Adidas GB shirt in De Ver cycles,Streatham, London.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I think you'll find that as with a lot of lyrca'd up sports you have to either earn it or sleep with it...

    It certainly isn't a team GB thing though because in the rowing a lot of the kit gets sold off at the end of season.
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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    edited May 2009
    Pokerface wrote:
    Again I'll make this CLEAR for those that don't understand.

    The fact you can't buy GB team kit is NOT due to any decision by British Cycling to withold it from the public. It has NOTHING to do with any elitist structure that says you HAVE to earn the right to wear it.

    It is a SUPPLIER issue. It just turns out that the on;y way to legitimately get the kit at the present time - is to EARN it. In the future, if/when BC change suppliers - then you may be able to publicly buy it.

    Wasn't a response to you Pokerface - but in this thread and many others people have argued that it shouldn't be available to the public because you should earn the right to wear it.

    edit : although now I come to read what you posted again you do make those arguments yourself - a bit contradictory if that is CLEAR enough.
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    http://www.tourofbritain.com/shop_pages/shop.asp

    You can buy Tour of Britain kit at the above site if that's any use.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    Again I'll make this CLEAR for those that don't understand.

    The fact you can't buy GB team kit is NOT due to any decision by British Cycling to withold it from the public. It has NOTHING to do with any elitist structure that says you HAVE to earn the right to wear it.

    It is a SUPPLIER issue. It just turns out that the on;y way to legitimately get the kit at the present time - is to EARN it. In the future, if/when BC change suppliers - then you may be able to publicly buy it.

    Wasn't a response to you Pokerface - but in this thread and many others people have argued that it shouldn't be available to the public because you should earn the right to wear it.

    edit : although now I come to read what you posted again you do make those arguments yourself - a bit contradictory if that is CLEAR enough.

    Well then you obviously didn't read my posts CLEARLY!!

    I wasn't arguing for either side. I simply said the fact that you can't readily buy it adds to the elitist factor and pointed out that most people you see wearing it therefore probably earned it.
  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    You used to be able to get replica kit, as you can for most teams. I've held the Spanish Olympic team kit in my hands (Santini clothing samples). Anyway, the Rapha France jersey has the correct colours :)

    http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=627
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Pokerface wrote:
    I wasn't arguing for either side. I simply said the fact that you can't readily buy it adds to the elitist factor and pointed out that most people you see wearing it therefore probably earned it.

    Of course you weren't - you just had a caps lock failure when you typed "EARNING the clothing" and "MADE the team" - there was no implication that this is how it should be at all.

    Anyway you seem to have misunderstood myfirst post and interpreted it as an attack on BC for being elitist - it was a response to those who have argued on here many times that wearing national kit should be for those who are selected to ride for the national team and nobody else.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    I wasn't arguing for either side. I simply said the fact that you can't readily buy it adds to the elitist factor and pointed out that most people you see wearing it therefore probably earned it.

    Of course you weren't - you just had a caps lock failure when you typed "EARNING the clothing" and "MADE the team" - there was no implication that this is how it should be at all.

    Anyway you seem to have misunderstood myfirst post and interpreted it as an attack on BC for being elitist - it was a response to those who have argued on here many times that wearing national kit should be for those who are selected to ride for the national team and nobody else.

    Caps were for emphasis.

    But since we're at it - I'll throw my opinion down and say I personally DO (caps for emphasis) think that the GB team kit should only be for those who are on the squad and have earned the right to wear it. Other countries and Pro teams can do what they want - I think it's a sign of respect for our riders that only the best get to wear the kit.

    I know you - and others disagree. I just find it a refreshing change to the proliferation of kit that anyone can buy and wear. And I personally wear my Pro team kit with no shame - but wouldn't dream of wearing GB kit - even though I have it. Because I didn't earn it.
  • GemmaAtkinson1
    GemmaAtkinson1 Posts: 161
    how lame. people can wear whatever they please IMO. weather it be world champ kits of replica team kits.

    i bought a pair of lampre bibs, i like the colours and i like the team. I wouldnt buy the whole entire outfit and wear it simultaneously but i dont think there is anything wrong with wearing a club/counrty jersey you support.

    wear whatever you please and ignore the nay sayers.
  • rogerthecat
    rogerthecat Posts: 669
    Good old E-Bay.

    Link to GB Jersey
  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    I can imagine it does get made in very limited numbers as Mavic make Adidas cycling kit, plus their own stuff. I'd imagine their factory is flat out doing that, let alone making Team GB kit for mass market on top of producing 2 brand lines.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Nah, you just shouldn't be able to buy it, would you go out and buy an Olympic gold medal copy and wear that? The world champ kits, KOM kits and national team kits are earned and worn with pride not just by nipping out to the shops and buying them, anyone can do that.

    I would die of shame if I was wearing Team GB kit and by some freak of coincidence met one of the squad, how would you explain it.

    Which leads on to another question, if you had the Team Gb kit on and met one of the team and they asked you not to wear it in future, would you respect that or not?
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    If I could i would get a green and polka dopt jersey. Wear the green jersey for hilly sportives and the polka dot jersey for flat races. perfect.
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