Aaauuuuggghhhhh! Rainbow and argyle!!????? The pain!

[hiero2]

With Garmin set to show of their first world elite road champion, Vaughters Tweeted, “Rainbow/Argyle.... Oh man.... The imagination runs wild.”

However the test between Vroomen and Vaughters’s partnership could be tested even at this early stage, with Vroomen telling Cyclingnews he would need a preview of the jersey.

“I don’t think it would be wise to let Vaughters have complete control of the jersey,” he joked. “

I don't want to pray for blindness, but I might be forced to! Argyle and Rainbow????? Ah, NO, THE PAIN! THE PAIN! PLEASE, MAKE IT STOP!

They'd only have to do some promo vids, and they could show it to the former Guantanamo detainees, and get vociferous confessions to anything they wanted to hear! Can you imagine, if the Spanish Inquisition had this? They would have had everybody babbling like idiots! Where is Monty Python when you need him??

If they find someone to do THIS with style, they will have my everlasting support, from sheer gratitude and relief!

 

[maltiv]

No worries, Hushovd is quite stylish and won't let Vaugthers destroy his jersey.

 

[The_Z_man]

No worries, Hushovd is quite stylish and won't let Vaugthers destroy his jersey.

Actually it's the UCI that won't let them destroy the rainbow jersey. The rules state that it must be what we think of as the World Champion's Jersey. You can only have a certain amount of sponsors on both the jersey and shorts, if the shorts are matching. I guess you can fudge the shorts a little (Cadel's didn't look like they do in the rules), so the OP might be out of luck, and there might be some argyle.

Of course, some fans do like the argyle, like me. So I hope they find a way to get some on there.

BTW, here are the rules.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If they're smart, they'll go with a classy, simple WC jersey design... then the shorts will be white at the top, green at the bottom and have four bands of argyle (blue, red, black and yellow) atop it. Hey presto, argyle theme but without making the jersey look ridiculous.

 

[hrotha]

I do hope Vaughters goes for the most ridiculous yet plausible design possible as a joke.

 

[scribe]

I think it'd be great if they brought back more of the argyle. I noticed it has been toned down quite a bit since the Chipotle days.

 

[Angliru]

The first Cervelo Test Team kits were the most tasteful I'd seen so I'm hoping they give the responsibility of the design duties to whoever came up with that kit. The Garmin design, to me, is just so bland, it would be a nightmare to continue in that vein with the new team kit and especially with the WC kit.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The first Cervelo Test Team kits were the most tasteful I'd seen so I'm hoping they give the responisibility of the design duties to whoever came up with that kit. The Garmin design, to me, is just so bland, it would be a nightmare to continue in that vein with the new team kit and especially with the WC kit.

QFT. Whoever designs Garmin's jerseys needs to be put out of their misery. Worse than Le Groupement.

 

[jaylew]

Quantum field theory?

 

[Roland Rat]

Quantum field theory?

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I can see how that could work, use QFT to get the correct balance between stripes and argyle. Good idea. You should tweet that to Vroomen and Vaughters.

 

[ingsve]

If they can't get argyle on Hushovds jersey they should just put the rainbow colors in argyle on everyone else to mark that they have the world champion on the team.

 

[Anonymous]

they will just do a plain jersey im sure, but i would imagine they will do argyle shorts in rainbow colours, maybe sneak a bit of argyle onto the shirt at the bottom.

But i would imagine the top 60-70% of the shirt will be standard white world champions jersey.

 

[Mambo95]

Vaughters was joking. Maybe to see which fools would get worked up about it.

He's not an idiot. He wouldn't mess with the classic design, even if he could.

(i'd like to see his take on it though)

 

[goggalor]

The first Cervelo Test Team kits were the most tasteful I'd seen so I'm hoping they give the responsibility of the design duties to whoever came up with that kit. The Garmin design, to me, is just so bland, it would be a nightmare to continue in that vein with the new team kit and especially with the WC kit.

+1

Just give him some black shorts. Have some respect... and some taste.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

+1

Just give him some black shorts. Have some respect... and some taste.

Thor himself has hinted at going all Cipo with it, rainbow everything.

 

[Parrulo]

Thor himself has hinted at going all Cipo with it, rainbow everything.

pics so i can see what we are talkimg about please . . .

cuddles wasn't the most stylish of the world champions tho. ballan? iirc his kit was simple and smooth/cool.

prolly my personal favourite kit is the belgium champion kit boonen uses.

 

[Willy_Voet]

Win:

edit...hot linking not liked...

 

[Spare Tyre]

Thor himself has hinted at going all Cipo with it, rainbow everything.

pics so i can see what we are talkimg about please . . .

 

[180mmCrank]

Early designs not too promising....

 

[usedtobefast]

Quantum field theory?

The Sub Atomic Barnacles

 

[Machu Picchu]

Well, here's some from the past, the scope of what you can do is rather limited (thankfully say some):

 

[Roland Rat]

It could work with something like Ballan's below, but replace the rainbow stripes on the shorts with argyle pattern in rainbow colours.

 

[ScottyMuser]

please, please let Vaughters at least show us his more crazy ideas. Seriously, I could die a happy man if he had his way designing a flaming argylle rainbow jersey. Actually, scrap that - I have the best idea ever. Have Vaughters and Cipo be the main fashion designers for the *entire* peloton - that would be the best thing ever.

I drool with anticipation

 

[euanli]

There is going to be no Argyle replacing the Rainbow bands on Thor's jersey, thankfully(first time I've said this about UCI rules) the rules for the Rainbow jersey are quite strict. Have a read here

http://www.uci.ch/includes/asp/getTarget.asp?type=FILE&id=NDE5NDk

Rule 1.3.065 is interesting:

Wearing the world champion’s jersey or the rainbow piping is prohibited as soon as the anti-doping commission, after the review described in article 186 of the anti-doping rules, asserts that the rider committed an anti-doping violation and until his definitive acquittal.

 

[hiero2]

please, please let Vaughters at least show us his more crazy ideas. Seriously, I could die a happy man if he had his way designing a flaming argylle rainbow jersey. Actually, scrap that - I have the best idea ever. Have Vaughters and Cipo be the main fashion designers for the *entire* peloton - that would be the best thing ever.

I drool with anticipation

Vaughters and Cipo? My god, that's like throwing Lady Gaga in with Coco Chanel !

Cipo was outlandish and exciting, Vaughters' style is just awful.

Still, I'm laughing!