Acceptable to wear OLD team kits?

[Boeing]

PDM Wordperfect Fasso Mapei all legit

 

[Lynton]

I think team kits are ok unless in an organised race where only those with sponsors should look like they have sponsors. Rainbow, polka dot or yellow jerseys etc are never ok unless you have earned the right to wear them.

 

[@NL_LeMondFans]

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I think team kits are ok unless in an organised race where only those with sponsors should look like they have sponsors. Rainbow, polka dot or yellow jerseys etc are never ok unless you have earned the right to wear them.

I admit I did wear a world chamion kit once but just for the fun of a photo shoot. I didn't want to do it at first but it was too much fun to resist.

http://www.greglemondfan.com/on%20tour/lacdevassiviere2014/lacdevassiviere2014.html

 

[Lynton]

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I think team kits are ok unless in an organised race where only those with sponsors should look like they have sponsors. Rainbow, polka dot or yellow jerseys etc are never ok unless you have earned the right to wear them.

I admit I did wear a world chamion kit once but just for the fun of a photo shoot. I didn't want to do it at first but it was too much fun to resist.

http://www.greglemondfan.com/on%20tour/lacdevassiviere2014/lacdevassiviere2014.html

I think that is a little different.

 

[ferryman]

I've got a lovely pristine and original Cafe De Colombia top, the blue one). Only bought it cos it's got my forename on it! Sad to admit my fav top in the day was a Z jersey. I remember riding down to watch the evening track meet in Edinburgh to be met with from the riders in the middle 'oh look Robert Millar has just arrived' followed by lots of laughter. Felt a complete t*t and didn't wear it again!

Also still got a pair of La Vie Claire shorts which I just loved wearing over black tights in the winter (neutral top though - the only essential when wearing trade kit IMHO is not to go the full monty)

Panasonic top with plain black shorts was another favourite...

 

[Bustedknuckle]

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I think team kits are ok unless in an organised race where only those with sponsors should look like they have sponsors. Rainbow, polka dot or yellow jerseys etc are never ok unless you have earned the right to wear them.

Agree 100%. Old teams, no mas teams, sure, wear their jerseys. La Vie Claire, Team 'Z', Castorama, System 'U'..all great but 'award jerseys? Bad form unless you won them. And even guys who won them, except for the WCS, don't wear them at other races or during training.

 

[phebeM]

It seems that Aliexpress are pretty popular for PRO Team jersey and bib shorts set sale. For quality and price, I guess China is a great place to give the best valued clothing. For custom cycling jersey for team or events, you could try Monton Sports https://www.montonsports.com -the sponsor of Continental team S.E.P San Juan in Argentina, TSG in Malaysia and Dukla Banská Bystrica cycling team in Slovakia

 

[the delgados]

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Cycling culture is the worst. All those rules that are semi tongue in cheek but secretly oh so serious make me cringe.

At a local cycling event, I once observed a grown man on a bike talking to/insulting a boy* (eleven/twelve years of age?) in a world champion's kit saying the boy should not wear that and should have respect for that jersey and the "rightful" wearer. The terms the "grown" man used were a lot less respectful, though. Luckily the father of the boy just said something like "leave him alone", turned around and walked away.

*) They were totally unrelated/total strangers, as far as I could tell. The best part about it was that the man was obviously intoxicated, but still astride his mid-life crisis Pinarello (he did not really look like a "serious" cyclists).

I've spent many hours riding my bike wondering why the sport's participants can be so mean to newcomers.
I honestly don't get it, especially coming from a country that considers the sport fringe at best.
I've seen total newcomers with legs as thin as toothpicks driven out of the sport in tears because they were taunted by a cat 1-2-3 for rolling out of the parking lot on a weekend group ride in the 53-13.
It's so pathetic to see a 'top level' rider in a country that doesn't give a sh!t about cycling exert their power over a 'fred.'
That said, and at risk of being totally hypocritical, don't wear modern day pro jerseys, m'kay? It's sort of like showing up to a beer league hockey game wearing an authentic Toronto Maple Leafs jersey. You're just going to be made fun of.
I'm all about celebrating the history of the sport (as someone so eloquently put it a few pages back) by wearing old-school jerseys. I'd do it in a second, but i don't know where to find them.

Edited for spelling and to add that the no-modern-day jersey rule is directed toward grown men and women.
If you're a kid, wear whatever the hell you want. Go so far as sticking the number 1 race label on the back, and ride to your heart's content.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Why would it be unacceptable to celebrate the history of the sport?

Hear, hear.

 

[chuckmicD]

1st world problems.

Personally i think it's fine to wear whatever you have access to and let your legs, heart, lungs and skills do the talk....t shirt and cutoffs, new or old team kit, nashbar jerseys, even holes are okay---just no thin/worn out lycra please.

 

[winkybiker]

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1st world problems.

Personally i think it's fine to wear whatever you have access to and let your legs, heart, lungs and skills do the talk....t shirt and cutoffs, new or old team kit, nashbar jerseys, even holes are okay---just no thin/worn out lycra please.

And bib-shorts must be black. In the "functional" areas at least (some colours on the sides are OK, but must match jersey). No-one needs to see your butt-crack, and if people want to know your religion, they can just ask.

 

[BeyondStrong]

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if your name is mat

and your a big dude

no shame in wearing

big mat kit

Mine is - with 1 t too

I am

I do

especially as the BigMat bit is splashed across my backside

 

[42x16ss]

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1st world problems.

Personally i think it's fine to wear whatever you have access to and let your legs, heart, lungs and skills do the talk....t shirt and cutoffs, new or old team kit, nashbar jerseys, even holes are okay---just no thin/worn out lycra please.

And bib-shorts must be black. In the "functional" areas at least (some colours on the sides are OK, but must match jersey). No-one needs to see your butt-crack, and if people want to know your religion, they can just ask.

Or at the very least, DARK blue.