Hipster cycling jerseys yes or no?

Moonbiker

What are your opinions?




Stuff like MAAP or Morvelo etc

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

Moonbiker

cooldad

I lost a little bit of my breakfast.

cooldad

Could be worse though.

fat daddy

well its one way to draw attention to yourself

davesnothere

Full kit zebra is a strong look

kiteloopy

Kit is horrible. Tash game is strong.

That catwalk is...WTF?

fat daddy

I would quite like a bike in full zebra ..... do you think a matching kit would be overkill ?

davesnothere

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

cgfw201

Moonbiker wrote:

What are your opinions?




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

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

wasn't zebra patterning used as a kind of camouflage in world war II? seems like a good idea for cycling kit!

fat daddy

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

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

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

Jerseys? Yeah, go for it - express thi'sen! Also applies to socks.

Shorts? NO! Black only! Them's the rules!

cld531c

The louder the better! Would quite like to be part of a giant zebra though

ddraver

I think you ve got to be

A) Good looking

and

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...

meesterbond

I think even Cipo would hesitate at some of those...

bikes`n`guns

Vile.

Don`t ever wear anything remotely like those abominations.

awavey

no, just no why would you wear anything like that, its not the 80s anymore

flasher

I think the jerseys are fine, so long as they're worn with plain black shorts.

Mr _Tibbs

Are they really hipster, they just look kind of loud...and, er, playful

mrfpb

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

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

kingstongraham

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.

part time waster

The Totally wild and tasteless (T . W . A . T ) Look not for me .

ben@31

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)

part time waster

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

part time waster wrote:

. 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.

charlie_potatoes

No.