Best Kit?

sonny73
sonny73 Posts: 2,203
edited June 2009 in Pro race
So now we have seen plenty of racing this season and bidon full of Cav victories, does anyone have a different perspective on the initial horror of seeing the Columbia kit from when it was first presented and if not what is your favorite?
Personally I still think the Columbia kit is a shocker (sorry Cav) and the Cervelo kit is king, closely followed by the slightly modified from last year Caisse d'Epargne and Quick Step kits.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    CTT and CdE definitely the best kits.

    The blue Columbia kit last year was really good - shame Columbia got Scott as a bike sponsor as that's probably the cause of the dodgy kits...
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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Quick-Step. :)
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • FOAD
    FOAD Posts: 318
    edited May 2009
    I didn't like the Milram kit until my 11yr old pointed out they look like cows, I knew they were a milk company but is the cow look for real?
  • Dan777
    Dan777 Posts: 49
    Francaise des jeux, always have the best kit. worst... has to be the milram cows, dreadful! I live in germany and was hoping to follow their results, but that cow look puts me right off.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    CdE and FDJ are the best Pro Tour kits.

    I like Landbouwkrediet for the Contos. LPR used to be good when it was black.
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Saxo Bank most disappointing, especially after the CSC years of lookin' good

    I vote for Euskaltel-Euskadi's distinctive kit though, and not just cos I is part Basque. Oh ok maybe it is.

    Least favourite: Garmin-Slipstream. Jeez.
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    The first time I saw the ISD kit, at the team presentation, I thought it had been designed by someone on acid. Bad acid. Now I have to say that I quite like it and think it looks alright on the bike. Do I need to seek help?
    Best kit award - Cervelo (just ditch the helmets)
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  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    FdJ and Cervelo are probably the 2 best team kits.

    Sexy bank just aren't as sexy as they used to be, and columbias design will never ever look good.
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  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    like everyone said at the start of season, hopefully Cav will win the national jersey for the tour but if one of the cervelos win the BC nationals that'd look good with them giant e's on both sides
  • donaldinho
    donaldinho Posts: 103
    +1 for FDJ & Euskaltel 8) 8)
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    phil s wrote:
    The first time I saw the ISD kit, at the team presentation, I thought it had been designed by someone on acid. Bad acid. Now I have to say that I quite like it and think it looks alright on the bike. Do I need to seek help?
    Best kit award - Cervelo (just ditch the helmets)

    Almost. Mario Cipollini.

    The worst thing about the ISD jersey is that the one they wore for the early part of the season was really quite nice:

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    +1 about the Saxo Bank jersey. Horribly bland.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    My favourite was the Quick Step belgian champ kit, but the Silence Lotto belgian champ is nice, so probably as long as it's belgian I like it.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    FdJ (not least becuase I'm wearing the 2008 cap, jersey and shorts as I type this (and yes, I have just got back in from a ride, I don't normally prance around in spandex. On a saturday afternoon anyway))

    CTT.

    Liked last years Leekygas but this years not so much.

    Rapha Condor looks very tasteful too (I know, not protour but her, ar5ed.).
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    CTT's is awful! Can't stand black at all!

    Saxobank's is quite nice! :D

    As for the worst - gotta be Astana.
  • GemmaAtkinson1
    GemmaAtkinson1 Posts: 161
    edited May 2009
    confession time, i LOVE the lampre kit and bought the full outfit haha.

    but then i am a girl so flouro pink = awesome!
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    Columbias is awfull which is a shame as I really liked the old high road jersey.

    Think I'll wear mine tomorrow.

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  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    I don't care .... I'm a bloke :wink:
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    rockmount wrote:
    I don't care .... I'm a bloke :wink:

    I think this should become the Astana fan's standard response. :oops:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    confession time, i LOVE the lampre kit and bought the full outfit haha.

    but then i am a girl so flouro pink = awesome!


    IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!



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  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    rockmount wrote:
    I don't care .... I'm a bloke :wink:

    I think this should become the Astana fan's standard response. :oops:

    I'll always defend your right to express your femininity .. :wink:
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    I must confess I like the Milram kit and its cow pattern...

    But then I nearly bought an old Super Confex jersey the other week!!
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  • NapoleonD wrote:
    confession time, i LOVE the lampre kit and bought the full outfit haha.

    but then i am a girl so flouro pink = awesome!


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    haha yes. hmmm not seen that one before :roll:

    good job im 8 stone and not 18, could get pretty ugly haha
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    When did Jan Ullrich sign for Lampre?
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  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Like
    Lampre
    Agritubel
    Milram
    Liquigas...hmmm not sure about this one, but it's growing on me

    Dislike
    Silence Lotto
    Fuji Servetto

    In fact I could go on, there's quite a lot of blandness this season.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Talking of looking good in kit, does anyone else think that cyclists looked so much cooler when they didn't have to wear helmets?

    Yeah, yeah, I know safety and all that, and I always wear mine, but when you had a cyclist going up the final mountain of the stage, sweat pouring down, they just looked better without the plastic lid.
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,695
    I've always loved the Euskaltel-Euskadi kit. I might have to buy myself one.
  • Rhods
    Rhods Posts: 400
    Must say, I like the CTT kit, but don't think I could fork out twice as much as other kits to buy one myself! What's with the prices?

    Like Lampre, CdE and Quick Step as well and recently the Columbia one has started to grow on me. Maybe even the Diquigiovanni one after seeing it so often in the last few weeks, despite being plastered with words!
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    It was my Birthday last week, and I was very impressed to open my pressies to find a jersey, , bibs and socks in Cervello Test Team colours. Matches my RS, shame my ability does not match the bike or the kit.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Why does everyone like the FDJ kit? I think its a bit boring. I LOVE the Cervelo, i just wish it wasn't so damn expensive. Although i probably wouldn't buy it if i didn't ride one.

    I want the retro Quickstep kit they had for Flanders that they never got to wear. its lovely. Like someone else said on here, i also weirdly quite like the new ISD kit.

    Whilst i used to wear them as a kid, i have a bit of a phobia wearing replica kit out now. Dunno why. (Still got a Casino (Why!?) and my Jeremy Hunt Banesto National Champs Jersey)

    BRING BACK THE KELME KIT!! Loved those split Blue and Lime Green shorts!

    Best:

    Cervelo
    Quickstep - Retro
    Caisse


    Worst:

    Silence Lotto
    Columbia
    LPR
    Diquigiovanni