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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    ddraver said:

    Alpecin Fenix have a new lit for the tour...



    ... Presentation

    (What's the Dutch for "Psyche!")
    They need to bring back the short length from that era too. None of these knee-length monstrosities that are popular now.
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    m.r.m. said:

    The bib shorts need to be black with a touch of yellow and purple. Looks mismatched currently.

    They need to be actual shorts too, not wannabee knickerbockers.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,145
    That's a good kit.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gotta say that's absolutely baller and I am not a sucker for sentimentalism.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    *kit

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yeah cool kit.

    I don't really care for the hot pants myself, I'd keep the slightly longer ones...
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Genuinely disappointed they're not racing in it - the endless parade of dark blue and black is getting awfully dull on the TV screen. What I really like though is the way they've taken the kit and updated it rather than doing a straight copy - someone's thought really hard about how to translate it into modern materials and branding rather than doing a pastiche.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Genuinely disappointed they're not racing in it - the endless parade of dark blue and black is getting awfully dull on the TV screen. What I really like though is the way they've taken the kit and updated it rather than doing a straight copy - someone's thought really hard about how to translate it into modern materials and branding rather than doing a pastiche.

    Oh they're not? That is a shame.
    _
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    the kit is just a promo to commemorate his grandfather but apparently they have some black/yellow shorts for if/when he gets a yellow jersey in the next few days
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,145
    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    kingstongraham said:

    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?

    It may seem a bit cynical, but using some Pou-Pou PR will go down well with the roadside fans.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,145
    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?

    It may seem a bit cynical, but using some Pou-Pou PR will go down well with the roadside fans.
    It's more that I'm disappointed because their existing kit is very dull.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    That kit with long shorts.

    utterly mega.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited June 2021
    kingstongraham said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?

    It may seem a bit cynical, but using some Pou-Pou PR will go down well with the roadside fans.
    It's more that I'm disappointed because their existing kit is very dull.
    Bahrain have gone further with their special kit.
    They will wear it for the duration, but then burn it after the race.
    All except one, which will be turned into a piece of crypto art, whatever that is.

    The bottom line is that with so many teams producing TDF "one offs" these days, it will be like the first day of a new season again.
    None of us will have a clue, so how Kirby is going to cope, gawd knows.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 584
    Got to be time they gave up on these presentations. They seem to try and have the teams on for minimal time. Must be a pain for the riders. It’s certainly not interesting, I gave up pretty quickly.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bm5 said:

    Got to be time they gave up on these presentations. They seem to try and have the teams on for minimal time. Must be a pain for the riders. It’s certainly not interesting, I gave up pretty quickly.

    Not sure it's fair to judge them on a corona offering.

    They're great fun for the grand depart host, especially when they're not in France.
    _
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Genuinely disappointed they're not racing in it - the endless parade of dark blue and black is getting awfully dull on the TV screen. What I really like though is the way they've taken the kit and updated it rather than doing a straight copy - someone's thought really hard about how to translate it into modern materials and branding rather than doing a pastiche.

    I've often though teams have a 'home' and an 'away' kit - so there are less kit clashes. It's also a way to sell more merchandise. It can't be too hard to work out when each kit is used.....
    So, for example, in some races Ineos race in orange, and Alpecin race in white....
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,145
    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?

    It may seem a bit cynical, but using some Pou-Pou PR will go down well with the roadside fans.
    It's more that I'm disappointed because their existing kit is very dull.
    Bahrain have gone further with their special kit.
    They will wear it for the duration, but then burn it after the race.
    All except one, which will be turned into a piece of crypto art, whatever that is.

    Not sure they're wearing that design. "Following the presentation, the jerseys were destroyed, never to be physically seen again."

    I think it's on brand for something to be produced from petro, worn once then burnt, and reborn as an energy wasteful "crypto art" nft.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    rick_chasey said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Genuinely disappointed they're not racing in it - the endless parade of dark blue and black is getting awfully dull on the TV screen. What I really like though is the way they've taken the kit and updated it rather than doing a straight copy - someone's thought really hard about how to translate it into modern materials and branding rather than doing a pastiche.

    Oh they're not? That is a shame.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    kingstongraham said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    What? Unveiling a nice new kit that they won't be wearing?

    It may seem a bit cynical, but using some Pou-Pou PR will go down well with the roadside fans.
    It's more that I'm disappointed because their existing kit is very dull.
    Bahrain have gone further with their special kit.
    They will wear it for the duration, but then burn it after the race.
    All except one, which will be turned into a piece of crypto art, whatever that is.

    Not sure they're wearing that design. "Following the presentation, the jerseys were destroyed, never to be physically seen again."

    I think it's on brand for something to be produced from petro, worn once then burnt, and reborn as an energy wasteful "crypto art" nft.
    Oh right, so as much use in the race as Alpecin's.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    bm5 said:

    Got to be time they gave up on these presentations. They seem to try and have the teams on for minimal time. Must be a pain for the riders. It’s certainly not interesting, I gave up pretty quickly.

    The certainly don't make 'em like this any more.








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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    The one in Belgium was fantastic too.
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Genuinely disappointed they're not racing in it - the endless parade of dark blue and black is getting awfully dull on the TV screen. What I really like though is the way they've taken the kit and updated it rather than doing a straight copy - someone's thought really hard about how to translate it into modern materials and branding rather than doing a pastiche.

    Oh they're not? That is a shame.
    Very good.

    Waste of time to make it then not wear it at the race.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Am I right in thinking one of the presentations involved them turning up on giant swans, or was that a particularly fevered cheese dream?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Am I right in thinking one of the presentations involved them turning up on giant swans, or was that a particularly fevered cheese dream?


    They've certainly arrived by boat, but not a swan that I can remember.
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    I seem to recall when the Grand Depart was in Normandy a few years ago, all the teams arrived in WW2 US Army half tracks!
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    edited June 2021
    I seem to recall when the Grand Depart was in Normandy a few years ago, all the teams arrived in WW2 US Army half tracks!

    Edit - it was 2016 when first stage was at Utah beach. A selection of US Army vehicles transports the teams
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    RichN95. said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Am I right in thinking one of the presentations involved them turning up on giant swans, or was that a particularly fevered cheese dream?


    They've certainly arrived by boat, but not a swan that I can remember.
    No, no this rings a bell to me too....

    Must be one of the other GTs
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    bianchi_dave said:

    I seem to recall when the Grand Depart was in Normandy a few years ago, all the teams arrived in WW2 US Army half tracks!

    Edit - it was 2016 when first stage was at Utah beach. A selection of US Army vehicles transports the teams


    Here they are




    These were the boats. Utrecht the year before


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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The presentation was interesting for who got individual introductions, coming on after their teams - Pogacar, Alaphilippe, Sagan and Froome. No such honour for former winners Thomas and Nibali.
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