Team kit do you wear it?

ManOfKent

I have (but rarely wear nowadays) an old Acqua & Sapone jersey, with the zebra stripes. I see a few of those out and about. More recently I bought a Liquigas jersey. Both were purchased mainly because they were cheap although in the case of the Liquigas it's also good quality and visible for early-morning commuting.

Other than that it's plainish bits and pieces, or matching kit for my club or a hotel I'll be visiting next month. Bling isn't really my thing.

zx6man

jp1970 wrote:

Been on a ride with a few guys who have full sky kit riding a yellow & black Carrera TDF !!!.
Think rule#17 needs to be followed

I overtook "Team sky" including the pinerellos on a charity ride...on my yellow and black TDF....

goonz

I got a few bits of team kit which I wear. I'll wear what I like the look of regardless what anyone else says.

simona75

mudsucker wrote:

I have a club top and a "Great divide" brewery top I bought in Colorado.Anyone wearing a yellow, green, polka dot top are obviously so far up themselves I wouldn't bother speaking to them!

I like the fact that in the US lots of the bike shops will do their own jersey (normally advertising the shop and the brands they sell). They can be quite garish but are a nice memento of your travels

CPEX

Greggyr wrote:

This topic does make me chuckle...
Many of the folks who attend Old Trafford every home game wear their Man Utd shirt, but have probably not played football (to any great standard). I see many golfers wearing 'pro golfer' kit, yet couldn't hit a pigs a*se with a banjo, and nobody really mentions it. As someone who's a considerably better golfer than he is a cyclist, I feel there's more 'inverted' snobbery in cycling than there is snobbery in golf. But that's just my opinion. I'm just glad to see people on a bike. If they look like someone whos new to cycling & we have a chat, I always encourage them, rather than take the p*ss and put them off.

Agreed

secretsqizz

So you pro pro pi55 poor repro kit wannabees can't see the utter wanton wrongness in this at all?

He probably made babies shudder with that wristband...

Anonymous

I own a Sky top and a Vaconsoliel one. I wear them often, but I also own some castelli and mavic stuff which I really like.

I over took a fella on a hill tonight who was wearing a polka dot top, he was struggling, but said hello. My world didn't explode, my bike didn't break, nothing happened. Thats what happens when people wear pro kit, nothing.

Last week I played 5's in an Ac Milan top, with Hitech boots on, again the world didn't end.

Not everyone can afford an expensive bike, my Carrera does me fine, so does my Sky top.

Anonymous

I'm thinking this rule of not wearing pro kit should extend to any gear a pro uses, helmet glasses etc.

After all Froome has earned his sponsorship with Oakley, so you buying sport jackets is embarrassing.

Also anyone who has one of those nice black castelli jackets all the pro wear, fools you look like nobs...

pinno

sjmclean wrote:

I'm thinking this rule of not wearing pro kit should extend to any gear a pro uses, helmet glasses etc.

After all Froome has earned his sponsorship with Oakley, so you buying sport jackets is embarrassing.

Also anyone who has one of those nice black castelli jackets all the pro wear, fools you look like nobs...

You're entitled to your opinion however, you are officially a crust.

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

I knew Cheltenham was a bit clicky but f*ck me. Having been a member of other clubs before that, I could not comprehend that attitude. Here I am on a forum years later and still riding, still marveling at the rise in cycling in the UK and yet still come across with attitudes like this.
So what makes you so special sjmclean? Why not furnish me with £500 and i'll go out and buy some Asoss so I can be in with the in crowd and not look like a nob. I feel so bad looking like a nob for eons, I feel I must make the step up.

PS Can I spend £100 of it on knock down end of season clothing with those fantastic blokes at Prendas and spend the rest on a new set of hoops? If you catch my drift.

Anonymous

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

I'm thinking this rule of not wearing pro kit should extend to any gear a pro uses, helmet glasses etc.

After all Froome has earned his sponsorship with Oakley, so you buying sport jackets is embarrassing.

Also anyone who has one of those nice black castelli jackets all the pro wear, fools you look like nobs...

You're entitled to your opinion however, you are officially a crust.

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

I knew Cheltenham was a bit clicky but f*ck me. Having been a member of other clubs before that, I could not comprehend that attitude. Here I am on a forum years later and still riding, still marveling at the rise in cycling in the UK and yet still come across with attitudes like this.
So what makes you so special sjmclean? Why not furnish me with £500 and i'll go out and buy some Asoss so I can be in with the in crowd and not look like a doorknob. I feel so bad looking like a doorknob for eons, I feel I must make the step up.

PS Can I spend £100 of it on knock down end of season clothing with those fantastic blokes at Prendas and spend the rest on a new set of hoops? If you catch my drift.

If you read my comment above you will see how you've jumped the gun.

pinno

I have jumped the gun sjmclean. My apologies.

Maybe my rant will grate the other crusts.

awavey

I dont see the problem with people of any ability wearing team kit, even full team kit if it makes them happy let them go with it, Id personally draw the line at world champ/national champ stripe kits as I think you should have to earn them, but I wouldnt hold it against anyone who felt the need to buy a replica Cav top.

Its usually well made stuff by decent cycling brands for reasonable amounts of money, thats alot more colourful to wear than just the generic monochrome blandness, or just pink for the ladies, tops they turn out otherwise, I took alook at Adidas' generic cycling kit recently and its horrible in comparison, sizing is all wrong, material felt horrible and its more expensive than alot of team kit

mattsaw

secretsqizz wrote:

So you pro pro pi55 poor repro kit wannabees can't see the utter wanton wrongness in this at all?

He probably made babies shudder with that wristband...

That's all wrong :shock:

He needs more yellow on his bike and it'll look splendid

veronese68

Mattsaw wrote:

secretsqizz wrote:

So you pro pro pi55 poor repro kit wannabees can't see the utter wanton wrongness in this at all?

He probably made babies shudder with that wristband...

That's all wrong :shock:

He needs more yellow on his bike and it'll look splendid

Oh, I thought it was wrong that he wasn't in the road. :roll:

Tiesetrotter

I don't see the problem with it. The thing is if the UK populace gets big into anything sponsorship follows. We want pro cycling to be successful surely, so if their jerseys are out there in any numbers then it is rightly good for those putting money into our sport.

iPete

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

NeXXus

secretsqizz wrote:

So you pro pro pi55 poor repro kit wannabees can't see the utter wanton wrongness in this at all?

He probably made babies shudder with that wristband...

What did Colin do wrong?

oldbazza

Well as a relative newbie here's my take on it;personally I don't think I'd wear any World Champ kit or leaders jerseys,stuff like that really shouldn't be for sale IMO.Not so bothered about regular team kit although you can look a bit of a nobber with everything matched up,but if you like it it's up to you.
For the record the only team kit I have is a set of 2012 Lotto 3/4 bibs which were a good price and are excellent quality and a couple of guys on a club run reckoned they looked good;may get this years Lotto-Belisol shirt but will probably wait until it gets knocked down in price(probably quite soon considering how they are doing at the mo )and I wouldn't mind getting some retro-ish stuff like a Z or Millar era Peugot shirt.

Iamnot Wiggins

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

Yeah, I wondered the same.

ManOfKent

Iamnot Wiggins wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

Yeah, I wondered the same.

Indeed. Clubs tend to be protective of their reputation - and why not. By limiting distribution of kit, they have some control over the people who purport to represent them.

pinno

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

If you do the LBS bloke accent in a funereal morose and nasal fashion with the enthusiasm if a dead squid, it would make a bit more sense. I wanted to join Cheltenham CC but could not be 4rsed with the general attitude. Indeed, when attempting to talk to other cyclists on the road but they were too posh to want to talk to you.
I got letter of the week in Cycling Weekly on the very subject of 'crusty' cyclists. It won me a polar heart rate monitor, presumably to track my heart rate when being blanked.

pinno

ManOfKent wrote:

Iamnot Wiggins wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

Yeah, I wondered the same.

Indeed. Clubs tend to be protective of their reputation - and why not. By limiting distribution of kit, they have some control over the people who purport to represent them.

It was plainly obvious I wasn't posh enough for them. Reminded me of that Audi ad and the golf club "Vorsprung Durch Technik, as non-members say".

Iamnot Wiggins

Maybe it was just your approach they didn't like? If I want to join a club, I don't just randomly approach members in team kit, I have a look online to see when they ride and then turn up to see what it's like! I thought that was normal?

it's like joining a golf club, you pay for a round, see if you like it and then negotiate to have the cost of the round knocked off your membership. You don't hop the fence, barge up the 14th and accost the members!

ednino

pinarello001 wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

If you do the LBS bloke accent in a funereal morose and nasal fashion with the enthusiasm if a dead squid, it would make a bit more sense. I wanted to join Cheltenham CC but could not be 4rsed with the general attitude. Indeed, when attempting to talk to other cyclists on the road but they were too posh to want to talk to you.
I got letter of the week in Cycling Weekly on the very subject of 'crusty' cyclists. It won me a polar heart rate monitor, presumably to track my heart rate when being blanked.

Just go out with the Gloucester bunch who are a good lot

wardieboy

pinarello001 wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

If you do the LBS bloke accent in a funereal morose and nasal fashion with the enthusiasm if a dead squid, it would make a bit more sense. I wanted to join Cheltenham CC but could not be 4rsed with the general attitude. Indeed, when attempting to talk to other cyclists on the road but they were too posh to want to talk to you.
I got letter of the week in Cycling Weekly on the very subject of 'crusty' cyclists. It won me a polar heart rate monitor, presumably to track my heart rate when being blanked.

What's a 'crusty' cyclist? A tramp on a bike?

rolf_f

oldbazza wrote:

Well as a relative newbie here's my take on it;personally I don't think I'd wear any World Champ kit or leaders jerseys,stuff like that really shouldn't be for sale IMO.

The UCI sanctions the sale of eg WC jerseys etc. Surely it is up to them what they allow to be sold?! The only rules about not wearing WC stripes relate to competition use. If the UCI are happy for people to wear them on the roads, what's the problem with that? Their jersey, their rules! It's funny how a lot of people seem to get confused about the difference between racing and riding on the road for pure fun.

pinarello001 wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

If you do the LBS bloke accent in a funereal morose and nasal fashion with the enthusiasm if a dead squid, it would make a bit more sense. I wanted to join Cheltenham CC but could not be 4rsed with the general attitude. Indeed, when attempting to talk to other cyclists on the road but they were too posh to want to talk to you.
I got letter of the week in Cycling Weekly on the very subject of 'crusty' cyclists. It won me a polar heart rate monitor, presumably to track my heart rate when being blanked.

Am I missing something? You got snotty about Cheltenham CC because of the attitude of a bike shop? How is that the cycling clubs fault?

pinno

ednino wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

iPete wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

When in Cheltenham, I went to the LBS to enquire about the Cheltenham CC kit. I was told:

"Well, you have to join the club and we go out on a Sunday and a Tuesday. You can come along and you might like it and buy the kit if it's your sort of thing..." !?!

Am I missing something but what is wrong with the club kit being for the members?

If you ...blanked.

Just go out with the Gloucester bunch who are a good lot

Yes, I know that. No longer live in Cheltenham, not lived there in 10 years and not looked back. Evesham Wheelers are a good bunch too. I had no problem going along to their TT's (thanks to Mike in the bike shop in Cheltenham at the time who invited me along, without prompting).

To the rest, wtf? Do I need to sit a formal interview or be vetted to join a CC? Couldn't he have been more enthusiastic/welcoming? Was I cramping their style? I didn't get that at Eastbourne Rovers or Stranraer Wheelers.
I certainly didn't get that attitude from the Cheltenham College bucnh (Now a Univestity).

oldbazza

Rolf F wrote:

oldbazza wrote:

Well as a relative newbie here's my take on it;personally I don't think I'd wear any World Champ kit or leaders jerseys,stuff like that really shouldn't be for sale IMO.

The UCI sanctions the sale of eg WC jerseys etc. Surely it is up to them what they allow to be sold?! The only rules about not wearing WC stripes relate to competition use. If the UCI are happy for people to wear them on the roads, what's the problem with that? Their jersey, their rules! It's funny how a lot of people seem to get confused about the difference between racing and riding on the road for pure fun.

Obviously they sell them as they want the extra cash like the tdf/giro jerseys,it's just that I think some things should just be for those that earned it;I suppose it's not that much of a step from wearing standard team kit but I personally just feel that is a step I don't want to do.

rolf_f

oldbazza wrote:

it's just that I think some things should just be for those that earned it;I suppose it's not that much of a step from wearing standard team kit but I personally just feel that is a step I don't want to do.

Yes, but nobody has ever earned a right to wear a WC jersey outside of competitive racing. It's like earning the right to carry number 1 if you win the F1 World Championship. That doesn't mean that Darren down the road can't put a number one on his Saxo!

Joeblack

Yes Darren has earned the right, because Darren gets up everyday and goes to work, and the money he's paid for that work is his, he can spend it on his car in whatever was he feels fit, if these jerseys are for sale then you have every right to buy and wear one.

Does anyone think pro cyclists give a flying fark about someone wearing a jersey they haven't earned?! In fact they probably wouldn't get paid what they do if they didn't sell so many sky jerseys!!

With this mentality we'd all be riding round on £300 steelys because we haven't earned the right to ride a decent bike!

I don't wear team kit because I'm just not that into pro cycling, but if I was I'd wear it.