I overtook the world road race champion the other day, as it happens. I was on my Brompton.

little bloke; heavy build with daft beard and Van Halen hair? I’ve seen him too

little bloke; heavy build with daft beard and Van Halen hair? I’ve seen him too

For the ultimate in understated

Nothing beats Mapei Bricobi.

You mean all those mamils I see aren’t sponsored professionals?

I is disappoint.

I liked this for its simplicity

Nothing beats Mapei Bricobi.

looks like it’s been put together by the Um Bongo packaging team on an off day

the nicest current road trade kits are worn by them wimminz

but my fave kit is the Belgian nationals

No one going for this then!…

I actually quite liked the discovery channel team kit.

random MegaCorp logo’s

One thing I quite like about trade teams is that to be a second tier sponsor for a smaller team……. frankly it’s barely above local newsagent level in some cases.

Fourth largest flooring company in inner Wallonia? – yep, you can have both shoulders and a logo on the chainstay for the price of a tank of petrol and a book of stamps for our jiffy bags.

I also remember seeing (I think Alex Dowsett’s signed) Movistar jumper framed in Cinnamon Cafe in Windsor at the w/e and in the flesh that’s quite decent.

Stealth ad…

Still got my Superconfex classic sought-after 1980s team top.

It’s not an age thing because I’m older than you and don’t really care 😉

The only thing like any of those I have and use is a black/blue/orange Garmin Slipstream jersey I got free with, err, a Garmin. I like the colours.