"Amusing Jerseys" - yes or no?

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited April 2011 in Road beginners
Foska style jerseys, with amusing pictures and logos/non-brands eg Duff beer, Heinz Beans, Crash Test Dummy, etc.

Are they quietly amusing or sad like a cartoon tie?
It's just a hill. Get over it.

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  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    Deep down aren't we all just big kids who enjoy this stuff but don't want to show it?

    No worse than Spongebob boxers or furry "Drive me wild" novelty thongs imo
  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Jerseys should have the word

    CAMPAGNOLO

    in large letters on them and nothing else
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  • mattward1979
    mattward1979 Posts: 692
    Cycling in a full Lycra get up can be seen as pretentious and posing....
    A bit of humour never hurt anyone =)

    Me wearing Lycra of any style is amusing enough!
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  • keyser__soze
    keyser__soze Posts: 2,067
    Funny/novel once upon a time but far too common now.
    "Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
    "Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"
  • stifflersmom
    stifflersmom Posts: 177
    I don't see the attraction of cartoon characters but I don't mind the Foska crash test, a-z, I pay road tax jerseys. I'd rather have one of those than a replica team jersey.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Funny the first time - I had one of the first Marmite jerseys, but the joke soon wore thin when you saw the umpteenth person wearing one. Better with something timeless and under-stated IMO.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Not funny.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rj1SFtxRTg
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    Like novelty ties. 'Look at me I have a really whacky sense of humour '. Harmless though, if you want one no one's going to be too bothered.
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    For people with no personality.





















    I have loads.
  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    Depends. I like the Marmite one (although not so much that I actually have one) and some of the other Foska ones but broadly I'd agree with APIII, bit too close to novelty ties.
  • mattward1979
    mattward1979 Posts: 692
    edited April 2011
    If you get overtaken by someone in a novelty shirt, dont vote in this poll =D

    I got destroyed by an aussie on a MTB in the L2B last year and he was bare chested! Had he been wearing a marmite shirt I might have set fire to my bike there and then!
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  • fat lad in lycra
    fat lad in lycra Posts: 93
    i have 2 OLD FART CYCLING TEAM tops....the white one is really nice, the black vesion is ok as well and they fits me as its a 5XL :lol: , got them from america from love to pedal :D .....i cant get owt in this county to fit me except fom pendas
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    OT @ Matt, I may not be the first to be offended by your remark......but I seem the first to mention it to you :(
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Stone Glider wrote:
    OT @ Matt, I may not be the first to be offended by your remark......but I seem the first to mention it to you :(

    Agree 100%. What a crass word to use. It beggars belief.
  • mattward1979
    mattward1979 Posts: 692
    Wow.. some sensitive people in here... you obviously dont play online games much!!!

    Apologies for the poor choice of language. editing now.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Fair do's for editing the word and the apology. I don't think it's being sensitive to find the use of the word as a slang term very inappropriate. And the day we gauge what is and what isn't acceptable by the online games industry, well were doomed. Oh and while your editing, you may want to change Marmite to Vegimite. No Aussie would be seen dead in a Mamite jersey! :) Enjoy the sunshine and happy cycling.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Like novelty ties, in my opinion. You'll look like the Fast Show's Colin Hunt, but nobody will really care.

    Go for it.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    I'm intrigued as to what mattward1979 said and I missed, now.

    Anyway, I have a Northwave "ribcage" jersey, which I think could be put into the novelty category. I've always found the reaction to it very positive, and have had many "I like your top" comments. I wore my retro Del Tongo-Colnago jersey at last week's TT, and a parent told me her kids were disappointed as they like to cheer for "skeleton man". :D

    Besides, if a driver sees the jersey and thinks "what a nobber", at least he's seen you. ;)
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  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    Hmmmm, I would never where a novelty tie or pair of socks, but I'm quite happy to wear a Wallace & Gromit jersey! I must be a tw*t.
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    Hmmmm, I would never where a novelty tie or pair of socks, but I'm quite happy to wear a Wallace & Gromit jersey! I must be a tw*t.
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    It's a wonder no one has produced a jersey with the print of a giant vomit stain down the front. And shorts with a pi$$ stain down one leg and a brown streak up the crack (the shorts being for audaxers, of course).
  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    I think they are the cycling equivalent of 'dad dancing'.
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