Team Jerseys

Fritz_Frigursson
Fritz_Frigursson Posts: 19
edited March 2018 in Road general
Hello everyone

Is it OK for a casual rider to wear for example a Team Sky jersey when out with mates on a sunday ride? I'm quite afraid I'll get judged by others (and I know I shouldn't care) and become a less respected rider in the group. I didn't quite find my type of jersey so I went to the LBS and really liked the Team Sky jersey from Castelli. Though expensive, it fit me the best and it sticks to my skin (important for me since I'm a skinny guy and I never found a jersey that really fit me). Your thoughts?

Thanks
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    10 pages...
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,821
    Get a Castelli jersey that doesn't have Team Sky on it. Problem solved.
  • Fritz_Frigursson
    Fritz_Frigursson Posts: 19
    Imposter wrote:
    10 pages...

    ?
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Wear anything you want when you want to.

    Anyone who comments on anything you wear is a dick.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Fritz_Frigursson wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    10 pages...

    ?

    ie the number of pages this will run to..
  • MiddleRinger
    MiddleRinger Posts: 678
    Not this again. Okay. Wearing it is fine. Some riders WILL judge you (because they are dicks). Forget about them. If you love the look of the kit and it fits you well then just buy it, wear it, ride, be happy.

    For max Team Sky points carry a couple of large asthma inhalers in your jersey pockets... ;-)
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  • Fritz_Frigursson
    Fritz_Frigursson Posts: 19
    MiddleRinger wrote:
    Not this again. Okay. Wearing it is fine. Some riders WILL judge you (because they are dicks). Forget about them. If you love the look of the kit and it fits you well then just buy it, wear it, ride, be happy.

    For max Team Sky points carry a couple of large asthma inhalers in your jersey pockets... ;-)


    Sorry, didn't know it was such a common topic here. Will search before I post in the future.
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    No rainbows or National champion stripes.
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    No issues with team jerseys (No different to a football shirt imo)

    No stripes or leaders jerseys. You didn't earn them.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    If wearing Sky kit, don't forget your jiffy package and take 20 puffs of your inhaler during the ride. ;)
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Dannbodge wrote:
    No issues with team jerseys (No different to a football shirt imo)

    No stripes or leaders jerseys. You didn't earn them.


    jog on "didn't earn them". jogger.

    see above post.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    philthy3 wrote:
    No rainbows or National champion stripes.

    yeah, right.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • surfercyclist
    surfercyclist Posts: 894
    And while you're at it don't ride any bike that a pro team rides....hang on I've got a Canyon...bugger.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    don't wear anything that upsets people who are moronic enough to react when you ride near them. that way you are safe.
    Or just wear what you want...
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I remember a few years ago when I had my Cervelo R3SL, I use to see a guy in full Garmin Cervelo kit on his Trek.I was jealous.Also use to see a guy in full HTC- HighRoad kit, always using a Camelbak.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    philbar72 wrote:
    don't wear anything that upsets people who are moronic enough to react when you ride near them. that way you are safe.
    Or just wear what you want...
    Sounds like a good reason to get a Sky jersey, with rainbows, and preferably with a tainted riders name on to boot. People taking offence, I fart in your general direction.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Wear anything you want when you want to.

    Anyone who comments on anything you wear is a dick.
    + potato.
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  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    Someone find the huge thread on this and kill this one off.
  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    Is there a reason you specifically want to wear the jersey? If you are a huge SKY fan then go ahead, sod what anyone else says. My personal view is that there are so many stylish jerseys out there, I've never felt the need to even think about wearing something that you see so much of.

    I also don't think anyone over the age of 13 should wear a football shirt in public, but that's another matter.
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  • cld531c
    cld531c Posts: 517
    PBlakeney wrote:
    People taking offence, I fart in your general direction.

    :lol:
  • crescent
    crescent Posts: 1,201
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    I also don't think anyone over the age of 13 should wear a football shirt in public, but that's another matter.

    Couldn’t agree more. People can wear what they want, but in my opinion football shirts should be worn by adults only when playing football or, at a push, watching a football match. Just like cycling shirts, of whatever variety, should be worn only when cycling.....or running alongside grand tour riders going up a mountain obviously.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    I also don't think anyone over the age of 13 should wear a football shirt in public, but that's another matter.
    Do you not think they are a useful indicator of the kind of person you may be dealing with?
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  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    On a similar vein ex-athlete Kris akkibusi (sp?) was on sky news this morning taking thew wee wee out of recreationalist cyclists who wear lycra and team jerseys, strange i would have thought he would be in favour of people exercising hey ho
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    I also don't think anyone over the age of 13 should wear a football shirt in public, but that's another matter.
    Do you not think they are a useful indicator of the kind of person you may be dealing with?

    Good point but I’ve often found you don’t need clothing to detect that.
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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    If you like the jersey wear it. I

    tend not to wear pro team tops now cos it's harder to match the kit to the rest of your stuff, and inevitably as soon as you buy it - they change the design.

    If you like the sky top and it fits you = then go for it.
  • chundernuts
    chundernuts Posts: 7
    Going to dig out my old 7Eleven and SuperU Jerseys. :)
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    chundernuts wrote:
    Going to dig out my old 7Eleven and SuperU Jerseys. :)
    Old jerseys are intrinsically cool.
    Apart from U.S. Postal of course, but then if you want to, go ahead.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • crescent
    crescent Posts: 1,201
    Funny how you never see anyone wearing the old Castorama team kit. :shock:
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  • MiddleRinger
    MiddleRinger Posts: 678
    I sometimes see a guy out riding in full US Postal Armstrong-era kit, also on a Trek 5200 framset. I think it's awesome. I tried to hold his wheel once, he's fast.
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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    I also don't think anyone over the age of 13 should wear a football shirt in public, but that's another matter.
    Do you not think they are a useful indicator of the kind of person you may be dealing with?

    Just look for the Stone Island patch on the sleeve on football days. When I was a plod, it was a signal you had a knob in front of you.

    I've got a Lampre Merida kit I was intending to get Costa etc to sign and frame, but the team folded before I could get it sent off and done. I might just have to wear it one of these days.
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