'Rules' on Cycling Clothing...?

hilza

From just reading around the web there appears to be 'rules' for what you're allowed to wear on ride/club rides. I understand the yellow jersey being a no no, but where does it stand on things like team replica kits? One of my favourite jerseys is the Spesh team jersey and I have to admit, I'm eyeing up the shorts for summer...

crankycrank

Each club is different. Best to ask the club you want to ride with.

John.T

You can wear pretty much what you like on most club rides. You could get some stick with race leaders jerseys as this is considered as posing. Don't look a scruff though.

MikeWW

Didn't know there were any rules for club rides :oops:

batch78

Only pretentious clubs.




Waits for flaming!!!!!!!

In truth most clubs would rather you wear their kit, I doubt any would insist on it.

Anonymous

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

hopper1

Wearing a team kit is no different to earing a football kit, IMHO.
Yellow jersey, KOM, etc & World Champs are a bit of a no-no, though.
If I rode a Spesh I think I'd go for a Spesh shirt, as they are nice.

bobtbuilder

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

markos1963

My club wear what they like but do have a club shirt request on the first sunday every month, how ever this is never enforced. I love my Euskatel Orbea shirt as its burning orange bright to blind my opponents on the sprint for the cake stop

GiantMike

bobtbuilder wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

I wear a polka dot shirt occasionally, because I really like it. And it's from a 2007 event where the 'official shirt' was polka dots.

Unless you're pretending to be something you're not (and I'm obviously not King of any Mountain), people should wear what they like (unless the club is paying for your shirt, which they're not).

Ollieda

unless your club actually have rules on it then you can wear what you like. some people will not be happy with you wearing certain jerseys - yellow/polka dot/pro team replicas but if your fine with any of the banter that comes with wearing it then wear it.

Just don't go and join this club if you want to wear whatever lycra kit you like http://www.tweed.cc/

Chip \'oyler

bobtbuilder wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

It aint bollox. It's an unwritten cycling rule.

kieranb

John.T wrote:

Don't look a scruff though.

ha, that would rule out many in our club, including some ot the better riders.

bobtbuilder

Chip \'oyler wrote:

bobtbuilder wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

It aint bollox. It's an unwritten cycling rule.

It's still b0ll0cks. As if I care what a bunch of clique-y muppets thinks about what I wear!

Don't have an embolism but I wear the Giro Leader's kit and....................... I've never even ridden the Giro! :shock:

I also wear the Quickstep Belgian Champ's kit and the Bettini World Champ kit.

jgsi

Chip \'oyler wrote:

bobtbuilder wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

It aint bollox. It's an unwritten cycling rule.

The wear what you like 'tis ok when you ride on your own or in informal group of friends .. after all it's your choice and money... personally, I would feel very self conscious with kom jersey on for instance, but I do have a nice 'white' giro jersey to belie my damnable mountain of years..
.. but a club ride, best to keep it neutral with at least something that denotes club membership, I would have thought
and give it a rest with the 'unwritten laws; crap.... this isnt fat arssed golf boorishness but cycling... pleeeeese

Gypsum_Fantastic

He he he you road types make me chuckle with your rules and etiquette how incredibly British

Damien_KW

Fortunately there is set down a concrete list of what - and what not - to wear:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2258201150

Deviate from these rules at your peril!

But seriously, wear what you want - no one really gives a hoot. A club may recommend that club members wear club kit on club runs, etc. But imagine this is rarely enforced.

redddraggon

Wearing USPS, Disco, Astana or Radioshack kit is also uncool.

greasedscotsman

What about when you go on a cycling holiday and you go for the group photo at the start or end, there is always someone wearing a Motorola jersey!

gbs

I have always thought that cub kit:
1) allows any one dropped a greater chance of distinguishing his/her group; I recognise that I am myopic and that the Surrey Hills are often quite busy so this advantage may not apply elsewhere.
2) provides some semblance of safety against gung ho/ bullying motorists
2) perhaps encourages the wearers to better behaviour.

Steve_b77

Best stick to my Aldi specials then, don't wanna offend someone by waering the wrong jersey :roll:

Chip \'oyler

JGSI wrote:

Chip \'oyler wrote:

bobtbuilder wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Do not get a KO polka dot jersey unless you can climb like a billy goat.
Also, do not even get me started on wearing world champsstripes jerseys...............if you wear one you have to be a world champion. :x

This is such b0ll0cks. It's your hobby. It's your money. Wear what you like. :x

It aint bollox. It's an unwritten cycling rule.

The wear what you like 'tis ok when you ride on your own or in informal group of friends .. after all it's your choice and money... personally, I would feel very self conscious with kom jersey on for instance, but I do have a nice 'white' giro jersey to belie my damnable mountain of years..
.. but a club ride, best to keep it neutral with at least something that denotes club membership, I would have thought
and give it a rest with the 'unwritten laws; crap.... this isnt fat arssed golf boorishness but cycling... pleeeeese

If it wasn't for the 'unwritten laws' cyclists wouldn't acknowledge one another when riding, they wouldn't come through when sitting on someone's wheel, they wouldn't ask if someone was OK when they're stood at the side of the road fiddling with their bike, there wouldn't...

Oh hang on - you're right, 'unwritten laws' are bollox. Nobody cares about them

Anonymous

gbs wrote:

I have always thought that cub kit:
1) allows any one dropped a greater chance of distinguishing his/her group; I recognise that I am myopic and that the Surrey Hills are often quite busy so this advantage may not apply elsewhere.
2) provides some semblance of safety against gung ho/ bullying motorists
2) perhaps encourages the wearers to better behaviour.

gbs

to NapD:

you more than break even
+1 for proof reading
+1 for picture - it is good to see such enthusiam
-1 for mocking the old, handicapped and careless poster.

BRs

markos1963

How come every time hilza starts a thread she starts a fight?

shane515

hilza wrote:

From just reading around the web there appears to be 'rules' for what you're allowed to wear on ride/club rides. I understand the yellow jersey being a no no, but where does it stand on things like team replica kits? One of my favourite jerseys is the Spesh team jersey and I have to admit, I'm eyeing up the shorts for summer...

Hello Hilza

Would you take any notice of me if I said, I no longer want you to wear the red jumper but from now on you are to wear the blue one?......you'd more than likely say, thank you for the advice but please place the advice where the sun does not shine :shock: and quite right too.

Its the same for cycling gear, if you can legally buy it, wear it! Where does it say when you can and cannot wear a Prem (any league) football shirt, a England rugby/cricket shirt, it doesn't.........if you want to wear/show your support for something, wear it. Those that make rules up about wearing this or wearing that probably do so because they are inferior in the trouser department .

I also agree with the comment above about these supposed ‘rules’ being bo11ox……

Shane

Ollieda

shane515 wrote:

Its the same for cycling gear, if you can legally buy it, wear it!

+1 on that

If a pro team allow the sale of their jerseys then they clearly intend for people to wear them, if they don't want people to then they wouldn't be selling them. I'm sure someone will say its a clever marketing ploy or something along those lines.

TommyEss

shane515 wrote:

Its the same for cycling gear, if you can legally buy it, wear it! Where does it say when you can and cannot wear a Prem (any league) football shirt, a England rugby/cricket shirt, it doesn't.........

Hmm, yeah, but no...

I don't wear my Leicester Tigers shirt to play rugby in - I do wear it down at Welford Road or in the pub watching matches (and when wandering round Reading after London Irish have lost...)

Likewise - I wouldn't wear a Team Sky jersey out on a ride (I wouldn't wear one to the pub either, as it's not a look I'm particularly into off the bike)

Ollieda

TommyEss wrote:

Likewise - I wouldn't wear a Team Sky jersey out on a ride (I wouldn't wear one to the pub either, as it's not a look I'm particularly into off the bike)

So you don't wear it on or off the bike.......is it just there to look at then?

TommyEss

Ollieda wrote:

TommyEss wrote:

Likewise - I wouldn't wear a Team Sky jersey out on a ride (I wouldn't wear one to the pub either, as it's not a look I'm particularly into off the bike)

So you don't wear it on or off the bike.......is it just there to look at then?

No - I don't own one full stop - because I wouldn't wear it on or off the bike (I said "a" Team Sky jersey, not "my")

I own a Leicester Tigers' shirt - but only wear it off the pitch...!

kaiserpc

It all smacks of elitism - if you own a certain top you should be able to wear it. It reminds me of golf - can't wear shorts, must have a collared shirt - what a load of cr*p! This is why I don't play golf (plus I'm hopeless at it ;-) )

When I'm playing football I wear whatever football top I want and no one comments on it, it should be the same in cycling. Why buy a top if you are not going to use it for the purpose it was intended for? :shock: :?