Stylish clothing

itsdanny

Hello, I'm in the market for some new stylish, road bike wear. I'm after a matching short sleeve top and shorts.
Where people look, I've been on wiggle and a few other googled sites but they don't seem to have anything that matches, i.e come in a set.
Any pointers...?
Thanks

raisinberry777

Black shorts match everything, and just get a jersey in a colour you like.

lincolndave

Have a look at morvelo clothing
https://www.morvelo.com

StillGoing

Castelli Free Aero Race, jerseys and shorts match. Pricey though.

cougie

Wiggle have dhb kit - you can search on colour and select matching stuff. But yes. Shorts should be black or mostly black anyway.

rolf_f

If this question was answered in the form of a Venn Diagram, the circles for "Stylish" and "Matching" would have no overlap!

fenix

I really don't know about that. Back in the days when the only kit you could get cheap was pro teams - I'd often meet my pal wearing socks, shorts, top and mitts all from different teams. I swear he got dressed in the dark.

kingstongraham

This can be bought with matching shorts https://www.bobshop.com/en/Pro-Teams/Na ... -2017.html

mrb123

Rapha do bundles in several of their ranges, so you save money if you get the bundle with shorts and jersey together. You can also usually use their regular discount codes for a further reduction.

Or how about an all in one suit like the Castelli San Remo ones.

step83

As above, black shorts go with anything. Wiggle carry both DHB (their own brand) and Morvelo both do nice combos with DHB being cheaper generally.
Other places worth a nose would be Chapeau, Evans and ProBikeKit.

Main thing is getting a couple of shorts in black then they will go with any jersey.

davesnothere

https://www.aliexpress.com/ if you don't mind waiting 2 or 3 weeks for delivery.

The website is a bit of a pain in the bum as the search function is not very good but google cycling jerseys and there is a huge selection, mostly £10-£20. There is a rating function so I have only ordered items which have a few positive reviews

I've ordered a few bits from here now, the quality has generally been excellent and you can't argue with the cost

fenix

I'd be wary of AliExpress - at those prices they aren't genuine team kit - and it's hundreds of suppliers so quality will vary hugely.

DHB kit is reasonable and you know it'll be here in 2 days.

Joshgav

I bought some bright red DHB shorts as they were (heavily) reduced. They go with nothing else I own but still wear them for training rides. I'm normally going hard enough that I couldn't give a hoot what people think of my clothes. On Sunday/slower rides though, has to all match..

shipley

If you want high quality then try Cafe du Cycliste or Velobici.

If you want low priced, medium quality replica sets, try here http://www.abccycling.com

It's China, but very reliable and the sizes now replicate UK sizes.

darkhairedlord

Rolf F wrote:

If this question was answered in the form of a Venn Diagram, the circles for "Stylish" and "Matching" would have no overlap!

boolean operators

First.Aspect

Stolen goat, primal wear, le Col, etc etc. There are too many to mention.

But there is only one colour for shorts - black. Every jersey colour goes with black shorts.

rick_chasey

Cafe du cycliste if money isn’t a problem

Tasty stuff

Wheelspinner

First.Aspect said:

Stolen goat, primal wear, le Col, etc etc. There are too many to mention.

But there is only one colour for shorts - black. Every jersey colour goes with black shorts.

Darker shades of blue look awful with black shorts. Dark greens slightly less awful, but still blah with black shorts.

First.Aspect

Wheelspinner said:

First.Aspect said:

Stolen goat, primal wear, le Col, etc etc. There are too many to mention.

But there is only one colour for shorts - black. Every jersey colour goes with black shorts.

Darker shades of blue look awful with black shorts. Dark greens slightly less awful, but still blah with black shorts.

Someone needs to tell those Italian chaps at Inter Milan that their colour choice offends someone in Britain. We know a thing or two about style.

webboo

Wheelspinner is in Australia.

daniel_b

Style is very subjective.

My top brands would be:

Isadore
Ale
Dotout
Pedal Mafia

*That's not only for style, but fit (for me) as well as quality of materials and finish.

shirley_basso

If you want style you need to go piece by piece rather than pick a brand.

Also it's very subjective.

My personal view is that ff you want to look "stylish" on a bike - be thin, have long, well defined calves (not chicken legs with calves bunched up below the back of your knee) and have a good tan. Ideally have a slammed stem as well - because for all the money you can spend on clothing, it does look pretty unstylish riding along sitting bolt upright.

First.Aspect

webboo said:

Wheelspinner is in Australia.

Right, well they wear flip flops to the office over there. Nuff said.

photonic69

What these gents are wearing. The pinnacle of style!

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

The stripey one could double up as an Edwardian bathing suit.

dennisn

fenix said:

I really don't know about that. Back in the days when the only kit you could get cheap was pro teams - I'd often meet my pal wearing socks, shorts, top and mitts all from different teams. I swear he got dressed in the dark.

Well, it could be that these people, and many others, don't give a damn if they look like pro racers. Which almost all of us aren't. There aren't too many people out there who think, there goes a pro rider because you are dressed like one. Your not fooling anyone, especially other cyclists, so just ride.

shirley_basso

What's wrong with caring what you look like?

Ben6899

Mamnick.