Kit Thread

[Dr. Wattini]

Super Mario's "muscle" skin suit

By far, the muscle skin suit.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2001/may01/giro1/AFPcipo_muscle_suitp.shtml
Years ago I saw a copy of this at a TT I raced. I looks mighty!

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Now that's cool!

 

[Cosette]

Gotta love the Milram cow-kit.
I also like the La Française Des Jeux kit. Just for being so simple. Plus that it's easy to recognize...

And I have to agree on the comments on this seasons Columbia kit. Definetly not a fan of that one.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Let's step back in time, shall we?

I present, USpro cycling jersey, circa 1989:

La Vie Clare, 1986:

Chateau d'Ax:

A friend rode for this team in about 1985. They went to Europe, and someone maybe won a prime. Wool:

Part 2, coming up.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

ADR, 1989:

ADR Jacket, same year. I understand this is pretty rare:

Z:

Domina:

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

This one's pretty cool:

 

[Jarvis]

Helvetia- La Suisse - if anyone knows where I could get hold of one :thumb:
Superconfex
Weinmann (Black with Green and Blue)

The only recent one I've liked was Rock Racing. I don't really like alot of the recent ones as there doesn't seem a huge amount of imagination out there in kit design land these days

 

[Biciclette Bianchi]

If we've opened the door on jerseys of the recent past, then I'll throw my vote to the Mapei "blocks." This is definitely my all-time favorite.


Dave

 

[md2020]

Here's another vote for the La Vie Claire. The Mondrian-styled print was genius and perfect for that time.

 

[patswana]

I think the worst kit ever was the short lived Le Groupement team circa 95.If you dont know it, make sure you look it up & be prepared to hide your eyes.

You need to add a stronger warning! That is really fugly.

 

[tashimi76]

Jelly Belly. I really like the Cervelo test team kit now but I don't think I'm keen on black for myself - too hot in summer and invisible in the dark.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Mapei was a nice kit.

Here's the Le Groupment *(WARNING):

Here's Castorama *(WARNING!!!)

 

[Biciclette Bianchi]

Here's the Le Groupment *(WARNING):

Though this is certainly a fashion faux pas, for me, the Domina Vacanza zebra stripe was much worse (only Cippo could pull it off - can you imagine how someone as modest as Hincapie would have looked in that ridiculous kit). There's no disputing that the Castorama kit is just dreadful!


Dave

 

[gregod]

i agree

Caisse d'Epargne's black/red kit looks good.

Anyone seen the Team Waste Management (Arizona, not NJ!!!) kit? http://www.racelabu23.com/

i thought the 2007 spanish champion Joaquim Rodríguez's Caisse d'Epargne kit was pretty cool. i also agree the team waste management's kit is cool.

here is the kit i wear:

i loved the old Buckler kit, too. can't find a picture of it, though.

 

[gregod]

awesome!

This one's pretty cool:

i want one. love this CD

 

[gregod]

rock racing?

how about the new rock racing kit? certainly is original.

 

[BroDeal]

how about the new rock racing kit? certainly is original.

I have liked most of the Rock kits. The new stuff looks great.

 

[TrapperJohn]

I gave up on buying team kit. The teams kept getting busted for doping, and I now have a few pricey jerseys I wouldn't be caught dead in. Liberty, Festina...

I rather like my Fassa jersey, just for the comments it gets. Domina has had some pretty kit over the years. I have a white and gold jersey that I'm partial to. They haven't been busted, have they?

Plus the Dos Equis jersey that looks like a cold brew.

 

[laurentiu46]

Well,in the past i used to like that magenta T-Mobile kit.
Cervelo looks good today. I don't like Francaise des Jeux at all,Garmin looks pretty awful too.

But how about the riders' national champion kits? Valverde looks very good(also his yellow bike frame and golden sunglasses),even if Joaquin Rodriguez's 2007 spanish champ kit was even better,with that awesome red and yellow.
Cancellara's kit(world champ+swiss champ) when he won the tour prologue in London two years ago was also one of the best in recent times.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Well,in the past i used to like that magenta T-Mobile kit.
Cervelo looks good today. I don't like Francaise des Jeux at all,Garmin looks pretty awful too.

But how about the riders' national champion kits? Valverde looks very good(also his yellow bike frame and golden sunglasses),even if Joaquin Rodriguez's 2007 spanish champ kit was even better,with that awesome red and yellow.
Cancellara's kit(world champ+swiss champ) when he won the tour prologue in London two years ago was also one of the best in recent times.

Yeah Rodriguez was great in that kit:

And T-Mobile may be my all-time pick. They reached a zenith in 2006, I think, with the blue Unicef band added to the front right before the Tour that year. And then the team hit its nadir .

 

[laurentiu46]

I just love that spanish champion kit. Even the gloves and the socks were red and yellow. I wonder why Valverde doesn't have an identical one. He would have been the best looking rider in the peloton dressed like that.
That was exactly the T-Mobile kit i was thinking at when i said i used to like it.

PS: Just look at the team,from left to right: Kloden,Rogers,Mazzoleni,Guerini,Sinkewitz,Kessler,Honchar. All names written in bold were dopers.
Who's missing from the pic? The non-starters Jan "Hijo de Rudicio" and Oscar "Sevillano",from the Puerto files.
No wonder the sponsor left at the end of 2006.

 

[cougie]

I came sooo close to buying the Rock Racing Venom kit.

Glad I didnt - I saw the RR kit in Harrods last year - ridiculously over priced for the quality.

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

Forget about how nasty the Castorama team kits were for a second, and check out Brochard's mullet!!!!

 

[patswana]

Forget about how nasty the Castorama team kits were for a second, and check out Brochard's mullet!!!!

How is that not illegal?

 

[BroDeal]

How is that not illegal?

The kit, the mullet, or both?