Should You Wear Team Kits?

[snackattack]

 

[deValtos]

I always wear my Mapei top on any ride, best jersey ever !

 

[leftover pie]

the cow is angry that she's wearing a milram jersey


and she's not a cow.

 

[MaillotJaune]

I have no problems with others wearing team kits. Usually, team kits are lower/middle end versions of a company's apparel line. Better chamois and materials are mostly found in the higher end garments and not in the team kits.

It's whatever floats your boat.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Of course you can wear what you want. But if I see someone in Sky kit for example, I always think no!!

I won a Sky kit in a raffle. I know what you mean though, if I see anyone in an Ipswich Town fc kit I always check they have opposable thumbs

 

[jamiephillips]

^Haha I'm surrounded by them around here!!

*edit* Any football shirt makes me think "no" though!!

 

[Polyarmour]

I must admit I've done a complete about face on this one. I bought some cheap Chinese team outfits but I don't feel comfortable wearing them any more. From now on (for me) it's my club outfit and my own corporate outfit and that's it.

Since the formation of Greenedge here in Australia I have found it really annoying seeing people in Greenedge outfits. It used to be the only people you'd see wearing a Jayco outfit for example were the "semi pro" members of the Jayco team. To come across one of these guys (or girls) while training was always a point of interest for me. Who's that? Oh yeah, that's the U19 State TT Champ etc etc. Now every Tom **** and Harry has Jayco written across his backside and it has diminished the value of the jersey and the value of the team members achievements.

 

[42x16ss]

I must admit I've done a complete about face on this one. I bought some cheap Chinese team outfits but I don't feel comfortable wearing them any more. From now on (for me) it's my club outfit and my own corporate outfit and that's it.

Since the formation of Greenedge here in Australia I have found it really annoying seeing people in Greenedge outfits. It used to be the only people you'd see wearing a Jayco outfit for example were the "semi pro" members of the Jayco team. To come across one of these guys (or girls) while training was always a point of interest for me. Who's that? Oh yeah, that's the U19 State TT Champ etc etc. Now every Tom **** and Harry has Jayco written across his backside and it has diminished the value of the jersey and the value of the team members achievements.

Yeah I can understand that one! What makes it even worse is that with the strong race scene around here you see a fair few of those talented kids around and now they don't really stand out. To top it off, I'd feel uncomfortable training next to those guys in their team kit, especially when you know a few of them.

Off topic, but were you at Lakeside today?

 

[Polyarmour]

Yeah I can understand that one! What makes it even worse is that with the strong race scene around here you see a fair few of those talented kids around and now they don't really stand out. To top it off, I'd feel uncomfortable training next to those guys in their team kit, especially when you know a few of them.

Off topic, but were you at Lakeside today?

Exactly, in fact it was down at the regular Southbank coffee shops that I first started feeling uncomfortable wearing a team kit when the Jayco, QAS, Drapac, guys would roll through.

Yes I was at Lakeside. 92 in my race, big crash on the last lap, I led out my team mate, dropped him off way too early due to lack of fitness but he still won despite me. Lol. Watched half of A Grade but had to go. You were there too?

 

[42x16ss]

Exactly, in fact it was down at the regular Southbank coffee shops that I first started feeling uncomfortable wearing a team kit when the Jayco, QAS, Drapac, guys would roll through.

Yes I was at Lakeside. 92 in my race, big crash on the last lap, I led out my team mate, dropped him off way too early due to lack of fitness but he still won despite me. Lol. Watched half of A Grade but had to go. You were there too?

Yeah, raced A grade. I struggled a little after the last intermediate sprint 20 laps in but finished with the bunch. Our final sprint got a little messy but we all stayed upright

I love that circuit though!

 

[Boeing]

i wont even wear my club team kit when I am in bad form. which is this whole friggn start season. damn race cut jerseys. one bagel and they are too tight

I still have a Fasss Bartolo jersey but havent ridden it since this thread started

 

[ElChingon]

i wont even wear my club team kit when I am in bad form. which is this whole friggn start season. damn race cut jerseys. one bagel and they are too tight

I still have a Fasss Bartolo jersey but havent ridden it since this thread started

Awe, the Fassa Bortolo Jersey is pretty cool, wear it the first weekend of the Giro fits perfectly then. That's when I wear my Mapei Jersey, its falling apart now but it just goes with that time of the year.

 

[simo1733]

I think wearing vintage team kit is ok, but if you wear the current team kit especially in the country of origin , you will look like a bit of a knob.

 

[42x16ss]

I think wearing vintage team kit is ok, but if you wear the current team kit especially in the country of origin , you will look like a bit of a knob.

Some of the vintage team kits that are being rereleased are sweeeeet. Love the La Vie Claire and the above mentioned Fassa Borto kit too. 7-Eleven and Peugeot were cool too.

 

[LongSprint]

Knock yourself out.

But don't wear a champion's jersey unless you've earned it - otherwise you look like a fool.

 

[PedalPusher]

I have no problems with others wearing team kits. Usually, team kits are lower/middle end versions of a company's apparel line. Better chamois and materials are mostly found in the higher end garments and not in the team kits.

It's whatever floats your boat.

Uh, maybe for some, but Garmin's Castelli stuff is top of the line, some of this best gear I have owned. body paint bib shorts, excellent!

BTW, why would anyone care what someone else wore? What ever gets you out there. I wear pro kits and non pro kits, only two clubs here and they are well...not worth it. One is basically a drinking club and the other wants to race all the time...

 

[Boeing]

Awe, the Fassa Bortolo Jersey is pretty cool, wear it the first weekend of the Giro fits perfectly then. That's when I wear my Mapei Jersey, its falling apart now but it just goes with that time of the year.

On that note I can't believe I ever wore my old PDM and Word Perfect Kits. It must have shrunk...no really...they must have

I actually stopped wearing Team Kits after a big crash in 2000. Had the Saeco Peace For Ireland set up and half of it was ground into my thighs and back. thought it bad luck so that was it.

but truth be told, I was fitter back then when all I wore was a Team Replica Kit. Now its the club team kit and I just sit in. so it goes

 

[hrotha]

Knock yourself out.

But don't wear a champion's jersey unless you've earned it - otherwise you look like a fool.

Just the other day I was riding in what for all intents and purposes is a glorified park, with a kind of strada bianca surrounding it. There are usually families taking a walk and small kiddos riding their tiny bikes and what not, so it's not the place to go for a serious ride, but it's pretty convenient if you only have the time for a relatively short ride, as it's right by my hometown.

Well, in that park, me and my mate were passed at top speed by a guy wearing a BMC world champion jersey.

 

[simo1733]

Just the other day I was riding in what for all intents and purposes is a glorified park, with a kind of strada bianca surrounding it. There are usually families taking a walk and small kiddos riding their tiny bikes and what not, so it's not the place to go for a serious ride, but it's pretty convenient if you only have the time for a relatively short ride, as it's right by my hometown.

Well, in that park, me and my mate were passed at top speed by a guy wearing a BMC world champion jersey.

Cadel is such an attacking rider these days.

 

[nowhereman]

This thread should be called :
"How, and when to feel Self Righteous, while passing Judgement on Others"
It's a thread that is perfectly tailored to the internet, because of the anonymity that the internet allows. Absolutely useless thread, filled with absolutely worthless opinions. I wear what I want, when I want to. It's my money, my world. As long as I'm not hurting anybody, it's none of anybody's business what I choose to wear, or what motivates me to wear any article of clothing that I choose to wear. The only thing that has to be "earned" is the money to purchase the kits that are available through any retailer, locally or online. Sorry, but every once in a while, this thread needs this kind of wake up call. Now, carry on with your persistent blathering, if you must.

 

[ElChingon]

This thread should be called :
"How, and when to feel Self Righteous, while passing Judgement on Others"
It's a thread that is perfectly tailored to the internet, because of the anonymity that the internet allows. Absolutely useless thread, filled with absolutely worthless opinions. I wear what I want, when I want to. It's my money, my world. As long as I'm not hurting anybody, it's none of anybody's business what I choose to wear, or what motivates me to wear any article of clothing that I choose to wear. The only thing that has to be "earned" is the money to purchase the kits that are available through any retailer, locally or online. Sorry, but every once in a while, this thread needs this kind of wake up call. Now, carry on with your persistent blathering, if you must.

So which is your favorite Kit?

 

[RedheadDane]

Wearing team kits while riding (a lot slower than the pros):
Cool with me. I think it looks silly but it really doesn't hurt me if other people does it.

Wearing teams kits while watching a race and behaving like a tool:
Don't! It gives the team whose kit you're wearing (which presumably is your fave) a bad reputation if people dressed in their kits behaving like total idiots!

 

[nowhereman]

So which is your favorite Kit?

Lately it's been Saxo Bank. Sportful makes a helluva Bibshort, I love them for long, hard rides. Feel like skin, and they are protective in all the right places. Although I won't be purchasing the Saxo/Tinkoff kit. Not crazy about the design. (And I ride a Specialized S-Works , so the brand on my chest doesn't conflict, I Love/Am my Specialized )

 

[simo1733]

Lately it's been Saxo Bank. Sportful makes a helluva Bibshort, I love them for long, hard rides. Feel like skin, and they are protective in all the right places. Although I won't be purchasing the Saxo/Tinkoff kit. Not crazy about the design. (And I ride a Specialized S-Works , so the brand on my chest doesn't conflict, I Love/Am my Specialized )

I have far to many jersey's.My current favorite is Garmin-Sharp .The addition of the Red Sharp has really improved the look.
I have had custom designs made in China before.The costs and MOQ make it very easybto do.The jersey's are pretty good quality but for bibs, better stick to European brands.

 

[Hawkwood]

So which is your favorite Kit?

Mine was a Banesto long sleeved top, and Festina bib-tights, sadly the latter finally wore out last winter.