2018 Team Kits

ShutupJens

Paul 8v wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

johnboy183 wrote:

I'd have thought being national champion would bring a lot of kudos for any team & sponsors and possibly open new advertising/sponsorship opportunities in that country...

Not really considering that Joe/Joanne Soap don’t know much about cycling and think that they are all dopers anyway.

Personally though, Enigmatic Ian Stannard being British champion wouldn’t exactly persuade me to buy anything his sponsors were selling and neither would, well, any of them.

Slight difference between encouraging me to buy it and increasing my awareness of the product.

E.g., I'd never watch Greipel win a stage and then rush out to buy some Soudal glue. But confronted with two brands of glue, provided the cost is about the same, I'm probably more likely to buy the one I have heard of (using this as an example because I actually bought some!).

I remember the first time I saw some Mapei grout, I was like "Oh, That's what they make" :-D

I still want a Polti vacuum cleaner and a Saeco coffee machine :-)

Same with Segafredo on a napkin in a cafe, weird how familiar you get with something before you see it in the "real world"

Paul 8v

ShutupJens wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

johnboy183 wrote:

I'd have thought being national champion would bring a lot of kudos for any team & sponsors and possibly open new advertising/sponsorship opportunities in that country...

Not really considering that Joe/Joanne Soap don’t know much about cycling and think that they are all dopers anyway.

Personally though, Enigmatic Ian Stannard being British champion wouldn’t exactly persuade me to buy anything his sponsors were selling and neither would, well, any of them.

Slight difference between encouraging me to buy it and increasing my awareness of the product.

E.g., I'd never watch Greipel win a stage and then rush out to buy some Soudal glue. But confronted with two brands of glue, provided the cost is about the same, I'm probably more likely to buy the one I have heard of (using this as an example because I actually bought some!).

I remember the first time I saw some Mapei grout, I was like "Oh, That's what they make" :-D

I still want a Polti vacuum cleaner and a Saeco coffee machine :-)

Same with Segafredo on a napkin in a cafe, weird how familiar you get with something before you see it in the "real world"

Yeah, we went to Eurodisney and they had segafredo coffee there. It wasn't bad!

No_Ta_Doctor

First proper race watched this season and it's a nightmare telling all the kits apart. No idea which team is which. Not a big fan of brown.

m.r.m.

Isn't it fairly easy to distinguish from front to back?
Lotto
Quickstep
Bahrain
Sky
Don't know
Lotto
Sky
Quickstep
AG2R
Movistar
Don't know

The helmets help (Kask vs Specialized etc.)

shirley_basso

kleinstroker wrote:

Wasn't there a nice kit at the olympics? Norway maybe?

'Twas Denmark

I bought this kit. Shorts are mega. Jersey is a teeny bit loose over the shoulders so flaps a touch and the zip puller is a huge metal tag. Looks pimp and that's what counts the most though.

ShutupJens

Blue skies.. Shadows... Summer seems a long way away from snowy Durham

shirley_basso

Greece....!

meursault

kleinstroker wrote:

Wasn't there a nice kit at the olympics? Norway maybe?

'Twas Denmark

Is that an Italian flag on the bibs? Cool.

Vino'sGhost

Frank Wilson wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

johnboy183 wrote:

I'd have thought being national champion would bring a lot of kudos for any team & sponsors and possibly open new advertising/sponsorship opportunities in that country...

Not really considering that Joe/Joanne Soap don’t know much about cycling and think that they are all dopers anyway.

Personally though, Enigmatic Ian Stannard being British champion wouldn’t exactly persuade me to buy anything his sponsors were selling and neither would, well, any of them.

Slight difference between encouraging me to buy it and increasing my awareness of the product.

E.g., I'd never watch Greipel win a stage and then rush out to buy some Soudal glue. But confronted with two brands of glue, provided the cost is about the same, I'm probably more likely to buy the one I have heard of (using this as an example because I actually bought some!).

Should have made this post a "sticky"

jimmythecuckoo

Shirley Basso wrote:

Respect.

hommelbier

Sky kit for this year's TdF

http://videosdecyclisme.fr/nouveau-mail ... ance-2018/

shirley_basso

Quite like it. The Sky Ocean Rescue initiative is also a title sponsor at the Volvo Ocean Race. It's about cleaner seas, not coastguarding.

ShutupJens

Anyone know what the deal is with red Lotto's kit? Changed for the Giro but was still red in other concurrent races?

gsk82

ShutupJens wrote:

Anyone know what the deal is with red Lotto's kit? Changed for the Giro but was still red in other concurrent races?

They were called lotto fix all at the giro, so must have a different brand name in Italy.

pblakeney

meursault wrote:

kleinstroker wrote:

Wasn't there a nice kit at the olympics? Norway maybe?

'Twas Denmark

Is that an Italian flag on the bibs? Cool.

Well played Parentini, well played.