Hipster cycling jerseys yes or no?

Moonbiker
Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
edited June 2017 in Road general
What are your opinions?

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Stuff like MAAP or Morvelo etc

Never see anyone wearing them round here it seems 80% castelli kit etc...
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  • Moonbiker
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  • cooldad
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  • cooldad
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    Could be worse though.

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  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    well its one way to draw attention to yourself
  • davesnothere
    davesnothere Posts: 620
    Full kit zebra is a strong look
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  • kiteloopy
    kiteloopy Posts: 94
    Kit is horrible. Tash game is strong.

    That catwalk is...WTF?
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    I would quite like a bike in full zebra ..... do you think a matching kit would be overkill ?
  • davesnothere
    davesnothere Posts: 620
    fat daddy wrote:
    I would quite like a bike in full zebra ..... do you think a matching kit would be overkill ?

    No, you should totally go for it
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  • cgfw201
    cgfw201 Posts: 680
    Moonbiker wrote:
    What are your opinions?

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    Stuff like MAAP or Morvelo etc

    Never see anyone wearing them round here it seems 80% castelli kit etc...

    One on left, no. Other two look good.

    Big fan of the likes of Tic CC, Morvelo, Huez, Attaquer etc making distinctive kit (and good quality). Much more interesting than the likes of Castelli/Assos/Rapha.
  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    Why are Morvelo "hipster"? And I should add (in my opinion) hipster is not a compliment.

    Everyone wears Castelli or Rapha because they can't think or choose for themselves...
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    wasn't zebra patterning used as a kind of camouflage in world war II? seems like a good idea for cycling kit!
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  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    Chris Bass wrote:
    wasn't zebra patterning used as a kind of camouflage in world war II? seems like a good idea for cycling kit!

    it only worked because everything was black and white in WWII ..... now its all in colour so would stand out quite well
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    ah .... the interwebs says this on zebra markings :-

    Zebras use the same technique, but this time the entire herd merges into one huge zebra that is much more intimidating and confusing to lions and cheetahs

    so if EVERY cyclist wore zebra stripes we would appear as one giant cyclist and cars would keep away
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Chris Bass wrote:
    wasn't zebra patterning used as a kind of camouflage in world war II? seems like a good idea for cycling kit!

    Dazzle camouflage that would be, used mainly on naval vessels in WW1 and a bit in the early part of WW2 idea being viewed through a periscope or binoculars it was harder to work out the size distance and direction of travel, and in group it became harder to work out what ships were there and how many etc.
    No real evidence it worked or not but it was tried.
  • lakesluddite
    lakesluddite Posts: 1,337
    Jerseys? Yeah, go for it - express thi'sen! Also applies to socks.

    Shorts? NO! Black only! Them's the rules!
  • cld531c
    cld531c Posts: 517
    The louder the better! Would quite like to be part of a giant zebra though
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    I think you ve got to be

    A) Good looking

    and

    B) Hot

    I have a mate (don't tell him I said this) who is a lot of B and quite a lot of A and he can pull them off - his Instagram feed is nauseating.

    I cannot...
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  • meesterbond
    meesterbond Posts: 1,240
    I think even Cipo would hesitate at some of those...
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Vile.

    Don`t ever wear anything remotely like those abominations.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    no, just no why would you wear anything like that, its not the 80s anymore
  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    I think the jerseys are fine, so long as they're worn with plain black shorts.
  • Mr _Tibbs
    Mr _Tibbs Posts: 46
    Are they really hipster, they just look kind of loud...and, er, playful
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Mr _Tibbs wrote:
    Are they really hipster, they just look kind of loud...and, er, playful

    Yes. I thought hipsters were eagerly awaiting the Vulpine clearout to get their cycle specific Harrington jackets and argyle socks
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Flasher wrote:
    I think the jerseys are fine, so long as they're worn with plain black shorts.


    Ill just run an hide now then, these are my current favourite shorts :lol:

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,208
    DaveP1 wrote:
    Why are Morvelo "hipster"? And I should add (in my opinion) hipster is not a compliment.

    Everyone wears Castelli or Rapha because they can't think or choose for themselves...

    I can imagine Taylor Phinney choosing some of the Morvelo designs.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    In my opinion none of them are hipster cycling jerseys. A hipster looks like a bearded lumberjack who's lost his axe and rides a fixie like a dangerous tosser who gives cyclists a bad name. ( I wait to be corrected)
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  • I thought hipsters rode a single speed , fixed is too difficult for them , they only want to pretend to be cool.
    The rear wheel must be different colour and a crappy satchel bag is suitable . The word tosser cannot be stressed enough!
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    . The word tosser cannot be stressed enough!

    Especially when jumping red lights, going the wrong way down a one way street or on the pavement when its busy with pedestrians in a city centre. Its because of them, the Daily Mail readership wants us to die.
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