'Rules' on Cycling Clothing...?

Matt the Tester

does anyone know if you can buy the Worlds TT skinsuit? i wouldnt mind one...

and yes im been serious lol.

freehub

steady rider wrote:

does anyone know if you can buy the Worlds TT skinsuit? i wouldnt mind one...

and yes im been serious lol.

Matt the Tester

lol, yea those were my initial thoughts too mate

whats the worst that could happen though? you guys gonna Stone me? :P

upperoilcan

Although new to the road game,i will be kitting myself out in neutral clothing,purely as i prefer the more casual look as some of the stuff i see roadies wearing makes me giggle to myself.........

Monty Dog

The one I just don't get is wearing baggy shorts over tights particularly on a road bike - not just that baggy shorts are useless on a bike because they keep catching on the saddle, but to wear something baggy just to give you some sort of street-cred? Either MTFU and learn to live that nobody is looking at your 'package' and after 5 hours on the bike in the cold, it's a shrunken chipolata and not fit for anything :shock:

rolf_f

So, to sum up after 11 pages (though obv this will go on for hundreds more.....!)

1) The general public think you look ridiculous whatever you wear.
2) Most cyclists couldn't care less what other cyclists wear as long as they are happy and enjoying their cycling.
3) Some cyclists are clothing Nazis and would like to shoot you with their MP40s for any trangressions to their personal kit code (which you are supposed to know the precise details of) if only the world was a better place where they were allowed to have MP40s.

Luckily, you aren't allowed MP40s so don't worry about category 3 above (note, this post applies to the UK. Laws in other countries such as the US and Switzerland differ so don't blame me if you do get machine gunned for wearing a polka dot jersey in those countries).

Frank the tank

Rolf F wrote:

So, to sum up after 11 pages (though obv this will go on for hundreds more.....!)

1) The general public think you look ridiculous whatever you wear.
2) Most cyclists couldn't care less what other cyclists wear as long as they are happy and enjoying their cycling.
3) Some cyclists are clothing Nazis and would like to shoot you with their MP40s for any trangressions to their personal kit code (which you are supposed to know the precise details of) if only the world was a better place where they were allowed to have MP40s.

Luckily, you aren't allowed MP40s so don't worry about category 3 above (note, this post applies to the UK. Laws in other countries such as the US and Switzerland differ so don't blame me if you do get machine gunned for wearing a polka dot jersey in those countries).

I'd just like to add..................................................

jim453

The OP's last post was back in April.

I wonder if she still reads these replies? If I remember rightly she went quiet after asking whether male cyclists could cycle with an erection. Implying that the sight of her in whatever it was that she chose to wear was driving men wild. So just avoid whatever she wore.

All a bit ridiculous really.

As you were.

ilm_zero7

I wish..... my club would change the colour of its gear - it clashes terribly with my bike colours!

Loretta Damage

Teach wrote:

dmclite wrote:

World champion stripes are named because world champions earn them. Not being elitest or snobbish, just a fact, I wouldn't have the front to wear them as I think wearing them 'cos they look nice is rubbish.

I have a top and shorts from the Vendee (France) I got them because I like them and it reminds me of a great time in France. Do I represent the Vendee at cycling? No.
What amuses me is that the technology that is created for world champions is then deliberately marketed at the general public to buy. What is the difference between having a bike which your pro rider uses and a shirt the pro rider uses? Neither would make me go like a pro rider and there is no way having either that I would be confused for being a pro rider. I think I might need to buy a world champion top and see how many autograph requests I get when wearing it. It's interesting that people are so passionate about cycling tops. Wearing football or rugby tops is acceptable and infact it is expected that you would wear it when going to support your team. If you buy an England shirt it has a star to represent winning one world cup. Not many people can say they really won that world cup.

PS My son who has a Manchester United top doesn't really play for Man U!

Is that the red/white Vendee jersey/shorts? I saw it in a shop I rode past every day on holiday last August, really wish I'd stopped in and bought it too. Going back in Aug 11 so will make sure I do this time.

Teach

It is indeed

darren H

I wear the odd team jersey. Sometimes don a quick step top or my Brian rourke top. Personally I wear them because they are bright .
I don't understand roadies that wear all black in winter.

That's the good thing about team jerseys, they stand out. That's what they were meant for. . Just advertising that's all.

I def wouldn't wear a polka dot, or yellow jersey etc. They are sacred to the riders that have earnt them.

The retro tops are the best.

Loretta Damage

Teach wrote:

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Nice one! I will definately take some extra euros next time around.

paulorg

Wear what you like as long as you feel good in it.

I will admit to walking up to the cake stop once in jeans and shirt and feeling really left out when everyone else in the place was in team kit. I wasn't even cycling. And I did see a bloke once on a Bianchi with world champs jersey on, he would have looked great if it weren't for the holdall he was wearing as a rucksack.

AndyF16

paulorg wrote:

And I did see a bloke once on a Bianchi with world champs jersey on, he would have looked great if it weren't for the holdall he was wearing as a rucksack.

Oi, I needed that holdall for my Celeste wellies

Matt the Tester

i bought a LOVELY KATUSHA SKINSUIT today at manchester jumbles for £15! full lenth in arms and perfect fit!

ive also bought a £2500 bike for £800 BARGAIN! full carbon and Sram Force with Reynold wheel set worth £500!

SWEEEET