Cycling kit that looks...rubbish

secretsam

The Tour is showcasing some really cool kit, albeit mostly branded to within an inch of its life.

However, there are some things which aren't so good. I'm going to nominate...Poc helmets, which to me look like those hats people buy for newborn babies to correct mis-shapen heads. They just look...terrible...

Anyone got any other nominations?

spasypaddy

non club kit with lots of pattern on it

keyser__soze

Staying with the POC theme, their old TT lid:

The Brownlee's colourways (particularly the wheel decals) turn usually nice-looking bikes into a dog's dinner

wandsworth

The AG2R brown shorts. Nasty.

rower63

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658711#p19658711]wandsworth[/url] wrote:

The AG2R brown shorts. Nasty.

yes but they're just the thing for tricky descents like yesterday's

rubertoe

The POC sunglasses arent much better.

cookeeemonster

1. Any kit that makes a big show of telling people where it is you sweat exactly. I mean why make a jersey in a single colour when you can add some black triangles under the armpits and over the back? Makes it look soooooo stylish too. I wonder how Rapha et al stay in business...

2. Stooopid technical names, emblazoned EVERYWHERE. Doesn't matter if it's big or small text...it ruins the kit, means nothing to anyone...and is made up anyway. Stop it.

The Rookie

Don't like the look of POC helmets but users love them.

I commute in cheap Polaris shorts and a base layer T-shirt, so probably not in a position to comment on others choice of clothing!

reformedfatty

I like the look of the poc helmets :oops:

Then again this is my current road helmet so I may have taste issues..

sloppyschleckonds

That black kit with a light blue stripe on it, popular in the UK

bendertherobot

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658694#p19658694]spasypaddy[/url] wrote:

non club kit with lots of pattern on it

Nonsense, this one is lush

http://www.prendas.co.uk/inrng-full-zip-santini-summer-cycling-jersey.html

KnightOfTheLongTights

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658689#p19658689]SecretSam[/url] wrote:

I'm going to nominate...Poc helmets, which to me look like those hats people buy for newborn babies to correct mis-shapen heads. They just look...terrible...

x20 - they look like they've been carved out of a block of polystyrene. By a chimp.

elbowloh

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658963#p19658963]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658694#p19658694]spasypaddy[/url] wrote:

non club kit with lots of pattern on it

Nonsense, this one is lush

http://www.prendas.co.uk/inrng-full-zip-santini-summer-cycling-jersey.html

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

The front is ok, the back looks like its from the 80s

The Rookie

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658876#p19658876]reformedfatty[/url] wrote:

Then again this is my current road helmet so I may have taste issues..

Its July now, so no May about it!

spasypaddy

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658973#p19658973]elbowloh[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658963#p19658963]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19658694#p19658694]spasypaddy[/url] wrote:

non club kit with lots of pattern on it

Nonsense, this one is lush

http://www.prendas.co.uk/inrng-full-zip-santini-summer-cycling-jersey.html

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

The front is ok, the back looks like its from the 80s

see i dont like the front, but the back is ok. would i wear it? probably not

Brakeless

Cycling kit that looks rubbish - Foska, whoever thinks they look good with Wallace and F+*ckin Gromit on their jersey is a c+ck, or Baked Beans, I mean WTF, they probably think 'aren't I wacky in my 'different jersey' um no you're not, you look like a dick and there's probably another dick looking just the same in the same sh+t jersey taking part in the same smiley smiley charity ride.
Maybe you can find each other and go over the 'finish line' together holding your arms in the air in triumph for the full fat tw+t in a crap jersey effect.
Then there's the fat boys with London Pride Jerseys ' Look at me I drink beer!' , you might drink beer but to look good in any jersey let a lone a crap one you need to loose 15kg and tuck your gut into your bib shorts.
I'll wait for the fat boy replys 'I love my Foska jersey'. Well good for you, I'm sure your Mum loves you too, but I certainly fu*+ing don't.

KnightOfTheLongTights

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659023#p19659023]Brakeless[/url] wrote:

Cycling kit that looks rubbish - Foska, whoever thinks they look good with Wallace and F+*ckin Gromit on their jersey is a c+ck, or Baked Beans, I mean WTF, they probably think 'aren't I wacky in my 'different jersey' um no you're not, you look like a dick and there's probably another dick looking just the same in the same sh+t jersey taking part in the same smiley smiley charity ride.
Maybe you can find each other and go over the 'finish line' together holding your arms in the air in triumph for the full fat tw+t in a crap jersey effect.
Then there's the fat boys with London Pride Jerseys ' Look at me I drink beer!' , you might drink beer but to look good in any jersey let a lone a crap one you need to loose 15kg and tuck your gut into your bib shorts.
I'll wait for the fat boy replys 'I love my Foska jersey'. Well good for you, I'm sure your Mum loves you too, but I certainly fu*+ing don't.

Top notch ranting - and I agree. Also, those skeleton / rib cage ones.

hegyestomi

Well, that's quite an opinion...
I liked the santini jersey, in my opinion it looks great!
Fat ,skinny, in between and under and above boys and girls just wear what you like: it may not the nicest bit of kit but wear it with pride (whatever Mum said)
I personally don't like the new Rapha Data print, there is maybe be one that looks ok but most of them are just plain ugly. What I do like is the Morvello Attack series and I'll try to get a hand on one hopefully soon!

apreading

I actually like alot of the Foska designs, but they jerseys themselves arent great quality and are not 'fitted', they seem to be designed for people who want to hide their shape... Pics like this dont help:



But the concept of something like ketchup/IRN Bru/Heinz/Marmite/Soreen etc for a jersey less boring than the plain stuff and not wannabe full kit w****r is, I think, a good one.

Agree about the skeleton/ribcage etc ones though - not a good look.

The only team kit I would even consider is the Sky kit, which is a bit plain but all the better for it, and was really cheap last year but I didnt like the fit of the shorts or last year's Castelli Garmin kit which I thought actually looked nice, although I dont like their green kit this year.

elbowloh

I actually like the skeleton jerseys, but don't own one!

What I really want, is a Storm Trooper jersey. I have a black spiderman jersey, but it's a horrible fit and nasty fabric so don't wear it much.

elbowloh

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659070#p19659070]hegyestomi[/url] wrote:

Well, that's quite an opinion...
I liked the santini jersey, in my opinion it looks great!
Fat ,skinny, in between and under and above boys and girls just wear what you like: it may not the nicest bit of kit but wear it with pride (whatever Mum said)
I personally don't like the new Rapha Data print, there is maybe be one that looks ok but most of them are just plain ugly. What I do like is the Morvello Attack series and I'll try to get a hand on one hopefully soon!

I have a couple of Morvelo jersey's but not keen on the camouflage one.

keyser__soze

http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/mecki-s-power-flower-s-l/S_10514_10814/

I can't even bring myself to paste the direct image in the thread. There're some other pretty awful ones linked to from that page too, http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/money-and-fear/S_10538_10845/ for starters

dhope

In that vein, the 'other' forum...



Though I don't mind it tbh

apreading

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659115#p19659115]Keyser__Soze[/url] wrote:

http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/mecki-s-power-flower-s-l/S_10514_10814/

I can't even bring myself to paste the direct image in the thread. There're some other pretty awful ones linked to from that page too, http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/money-and-fear/S_10538_10845/ for starters

What the hell...???!!!???

Cant work out what to make of that - do they actually sell anything? The site and brand are bad enough that I cant see the appeal but the pictures in your second link must surely put people off???

Brakeless

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659115#p19659115]Keyser__Soze[/url] wrote:

http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/mecki-s-power-flower-s-l/S_10514_10814/

I can't even bring myself to paste the direct image in the thread. There're some other pretty awful ones linked to from that page too, http://www.meckistore.com/en/men/jersey-cycling/money-and-fear/S_10538_10845/ for starters

That second link is just brilliant

keyser__soze

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659123#p19659123]apreading[/url] wrote:

What the hell...???!!!???

Cant work out what to make of that - do they actually sell anything? The site and brand are bad enough that I cant see the appeal but the pictures in your second link must surely put people off???

Hipsters.

keyser__soze

http://manualforspeed.com/bonus-treasures/mfs-artist-residency-jerry-inscoe/

KnightOfTheLongTights

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659128#p19659128]Keyser__Soze[/url] wrote:

Hipsters.

Ah, is that what you call them?

awavey

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19659096#p19659096]apreading[/url] wrote:

I actually like alot of the Foska designs, but they jerseys themselves arent great quality and are not 'fitted', they seem to be designed for people who want to hide their shape... Pics like this dont help:



But the concept of something like ketchup/IRN Bru/Heinz/Marmite/Soreen etc for a jersey less boring than the plain stuff and not wannabe full kit w****r is, I think, a good one.

Agree about the skeleton/ribcage etc ones though - not a good look.

The only team kit I would even consider is the Sky kit, which is a bit plain but all the better for it, and was really cheap last year but I didnt like the fit of the shorts or last year's Castelli Garmin kit which I thought actually looked nice, although I dont like their green kit this year.

and my marmite winter jersey is particularly toastie in the winter, so boourns to anyone who doesnt it like it :P

tbf isnt that picture showing what they used to call the "freeride" jersey versions, which they stopped making and were particularly oversized more like casual MTB wear, so were never going to look fitted, even if the logo was something that might have looked reasonable on cycling kit (not that I think the London Pride one does).

KnightOfTheLongTights

What I can't stand about the Foska concept, it's this constant need by a certain sort of Brit to be always 'havin' a lAUGH', 'you gotta LAUGH avent ya!?' 'It's just a bit of fun' etc etc.
Well why? why do you constantly have to be 'havin' a laugh', eh? Like those two fat tw*ts who used to do the Tetley ads in the 80s/90s? At desperately unfunny things?
Can you not just do something properly and try and look the part?
Why do you always have to 'take the mickey'? Perhaps it's because you are afraid of taking something seriously?
Of trying to look stylish and failing?
And therefore being exposed as less cool than the continental counterparts that you habitually stereotype as arrogant poseurs who take themselves too seriously?

Boneidle24Seven

I think this jersey looks ace!