Coolest cycling jersey in history?

ratsbeyfus

No tA Doctor wrote:

Dave_1 wrote:

RonB wrote:

Dave_1 wrote:

I rather liked this somewhat rebellious couldn't give a damn attitude to common jersey design templates of the era. Tried to use image linke but can't get image up somehow ..hope you find Le Groupement cycling

This one perhaps?

Thanks RonB, that's it. All the asymmetrical blobs and blotches of colour dashed on with smaller amounts of lined panel..that's good..whoever did the art work looks like they did it in 5 minutes..boring design templates are commonly used nowadays, for a while everyone in blue or all red...

Sorry, but like the Mapei kit it looks like Monet's dog has eaten his pallette and puked it up again. I'm with you on the lack of interesting design templates though.

Yep, 'designed' by the same guide-dog that inflicted kits like this:

ju5t1n

I always liked the Chateau D'Ax Gatorade kit...

No_Ta_Doctor

ratsbeyfus wrote:

Yep, 'designed' by the same guide-dog that inflicted kits like this:

OI! That's a classic, that is. Kevin Campbell had those zig-zags shaved into his hair.

(OK, it was awful, but it was OUR awful...)

fluff.

Yellow Peril wrote:

Three great kits by ONCE, definitely ahead of their time. ?

ONCE pink looked better before the Eroski logos. Hard to find pics of it for some reason, Jalabert isn't really showing it off too well here.

jimmythecuckoo

nice to see these two back on sale online...


Other than that, Raleigh/Banana every time.

jimmythecuckoo

Missed this one... nice but a bit pricey.

Crankbrother

That Festina jersey isn't anything like the real thing ... which is a shame as the 1997 version was a classic ...

bigmat

LeicesterLad wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Prendas do replicas of most of the ones mentioned in this thread. Always liked the Reynolds jersey myself:

I Want That Jersey. Now.

Still sporting the original, as bought by my big brother in 1988 ("Pedro Delgado's sprouted wings!)

Used to have the shorts but the lycra perished long ago. Would be great if they did them at Prendas too (blue front, black rear, an early prototype for coloured shorts).

lostboysaint

That black Once jersey is the nuts. It would have to be that or the La Vie Claire.

RadioSchleck

What about Mario cippolini's muscle suit

jonginge

BigMat wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Prendas do replicas of most of the ones mentioned in this thread. Always liked the Reynolds jersey myself:

I Want That Jersey. Now.

Still sporting the original, as bought by my big brother in 1988 ("Pedro Delgado's sprouted wings!)

Used to have the shorts but the lycra perished long ago. Would be great if they did them at Prendas too (blue front, black rear, an early prototype for coloured shorts).

Exactly. The kit looked great at a time when pretty much all the other teams had plain black shorts.

I've still got an original (replica, natch) Reynolds LS jersey. Crashed in it and has a ripped elbow but can't quite bring myself to throw it away.

jimmythecuckoo

Yellow Peril wrote:

Any cool club kits out there?

I love our National Clarion one... simple, retro and effective.










was the cover of our club magazine and is available as a painting too...

No_Ta_Doctor

Not a race jersey, but I definitely like this:

andystorey

Loosely based on the 1975 Bianchi Tour de France Jersey wore by Gimondi

http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ID=3170

No_Ta_Doctor

andystorey wrote:

Loosely based on the 1975 Bianchi Tour de France Jersey wore by Gimondi

http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ID=3170

Gorgeous, though very similar to the Molteni-Arcore of Merckx - almost just different colours :-)

I'm still not quite sure whether the "no WC stripes" ruling should also cover the neck/arm past winner bands.... Tricky to find good shots of these iconic jerseys that don't have them on. And they do look bloody good!

essexeagle

The evergreen Flandria jersey in one of many incarnations