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I'm not sure if you're taking the piss out of roadies in team kit or if you actually saw team members, but ones who aren't in the tour team?

The world champion was on a warm up ride through North Hampshire on Saturday morning.

I saw one of the Sky team just outside Hawes at the weekend. Maybe he didn't get the memo about this year and just did the same as last year.

Whats your point? If you go to a park at the weekend you will see many premier league footballers playing.
Lots of people where the colours of a team they like for lots of sports.
P.s I don't have any team tops!

I went mountain biking the other day on win hill in a fox jersey the same as josh bryceland thinking I was all cool n shit and then I held open the gate for some people and one of them was josh bryceland.

Felt like a right ****. Still wear it though.

I've always though it odd how keen people are to advertise companies for free.

I rode into work on my foldie, in my suit. Jeeeeze you should have seen all those pretend Bankers and Forex Traders n such 🙄

What's ya point... Exactly?

Curious

I passed the yellow Jersey on my ride earlier.

Dunno how froomey had ended up in parbold but the miserable sod didn't give me a nod back.

He looks fatter in real life too. And older.

He looks faster in real life too. And older.

Come on give us some real info - was he off his tits on drugs?

You got in before my edit.

I think he had been on the pies.

"The Rules" is just a humourous thing not a credo to live the cycling life. Next time a smilie might help 8)

I've always though it odd how keen people are to advertise companies for free.

No labels on your clothes?

"The Rules" is just a humourous thing not a credo to live the cycling life.

I saw Cristiano Ronaldo the other day, playing football by the swings in the park. He doesn't look good, lost a *lot* of weight.. and height.. died his hair blonde too.. Seemed to be struggling with football skills.. and possibly cracking mentally too as he seemed to be clutching a couple of Moshi Monsters and a Hot Wheels car.

On my cloths no. I do draw a distinction though of a branded top say north face its the name of the company who makes the top to a cycling or football top with advertising on I.e sky plastered all over the top.

I passed what looked like a splinter group on Holme Moss.
None of them waived or smiled at me, so I blew passed them depite running sticky high rollers and having border terrier in pocket.
kin roadies meh!

I was wearing my bargain £20 belkin Jersey today....does that mean I've been lost since last year?

Ronaldo walked past my shop today.
He's let himself go.

Yeah, and I spotted some England rugby players down the supermarket today - I was surprised to find how small they are in real life.

[quote=DT78 ]I was wearing my bargain £20 belkin Jersey today....does that mean I've been lost since last year?
With a Garmin jersey that would never happen

scotroutes - Member
[i]DT78 » I was wearing my bargain £20 belkin Jersey today....does that mean I've been lost since last year?[/i]
With a Garmin jersey that would never happen

🙂

Lionel Messi had a bath at my house earlier then went to bed about 7:30 on the top bunk. He looks a lot smaller in real life!!

I sometimes see Alex Dowsett if I'm out on the road bike, he uses a cafe I frequent. Best spot belongs to a friend, Dowsett, Cav when he was World Champion and four other riders on the Sky team. She asked Cav for a picture and got Dowsett to take it.

pondo - Member

"The Rules" is just a humourous thing not a credo to live the cycling life.

Sir, I most vigorously beg to disagree.

The reason it comes in hardback is so that you can shove it where the sun doesn't shine for those taking these things a little too seriously.

Anyway in December kept seeing a couple of fella's out in full sky kit and Pinarellos. Turned out it was Froome and Porte

The reason it comes in hardback is so that you can shove it where the sun doesn't shine for those taking these things a little too seriously.

On a lighter note, I saw someone cycling through Longbridge wearing a British champion's jersey who looked fairly unlike Peter Kennaugh in many ways, and it made me both sad that anyone who hasn't earned it is so disrespectful as to wear such a jersey, but also a little proud that cycling generally is so respectful. Trade team jerseys are an individual choice - I was gifted one but don't wear it because I'd feel a knob going as slow as I do wearing it - but national, tour and WC jerseys should only be worn by those who have the right.

The rules are for pricks!

WTF should some internet nobody tell folk what they can/can't wear.

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Caught pretending to be grand tour riders... the shame 😉

. Trade team jerseys are an individual choice - I was gifted one but don't wear it because I'd feel a knob going as slow as I do wearing it - but national, tour and WC jerseys should only be worn by those who have the right.

Utter ball sacks, they're marketed merchandise to be purchased and worn. I have a England football shirt tucked away from when I used to play (not for England obviously) and it has a gold star on it for winning the world cup; something I haven't done but my country have.
If you chose to wear a trade team or a champions jersey, what's the real issue?
Can you honestly say you have no branded clothing with visible labels that promote the brand or anything else?

I'm going to wear my Vetements Z Jersey to ride to Superbagneres on my holidays. At 6ft 4in and 15st, I can't imagine the folk of Luchon will have cause to double take. I am curious to know if this is some massive faux pas on my part though.

I wore my finest travel beard out the the Mega one year. Sat at the qualifier waiting for my run two very nervous looking blokes came over and asked why I wasn't at the STW Weekender, chatted for a bit then wandered off calling me Ed.... see don't wear imitation Ed Oxley beards out either kids.

[i]The world champion was on a warm up ride through North Hampshire on Saturday morning.[/i]

Jeez, he covered some ground, I saw him outside Swindon on Saturday morning.

I was out riding with Valverde a few weeks back, except it was actually my mate in his free Movistar kit. He does work for Movistar and is also from Murcia, so is that OK?

Tour/WC jerseys are a different situation from team kit. WC stripes when you've not earned them is like wearing someone else's medals.

Full team kit just looks a bit silly, like you're a kid or a mascot.

All IMNSHO of course...

Utter ball sacks, they're marketed merchandise to be purchased and worn. I have a England football shirt tucked away from when I used to play (not for England obviously) and it has a gold star on it for winning the world cup; something I haven't done but my country have.
If you chose to wear a trade team or a champions jersey, what's the real issue?
Can you honestly say you have no branded clothing with visible labels that promote the brand or anything else?

To reiterate exactly what I said in the post you quoted, trade teams are a different matter, I choose not to wear mine when riding because I think I'd look a tit riding that slow in pro kit, if you choose to that's entirely up to you. In answer to your question I do have branded clothing, although what that's got to do with anything I said, I don't know.

My best bib shorts are those Belkin ones that were an absolute bargain a few months back, I wear them because they are better than all of my other kit and are comfortable, so kiss my sponsored ass you miserable sap.

All this hand wringing over team kits is a very U.K. thing, in Italy wearing team kit is just your way of showing you love the sport and which riders you support, there's no sniffiness about it.

I can't help but feel this is somewhat more positive, healthy attitude, I also find it far more appropriate that people wear team kit out on the bike than people in football shirts who only step onto a football pitch if they're taking a short cut on thier walk to the pie shop. .

That said I do draw the line at leaders jerseys and world champ stripes.... there are limits!

...I'm not going to stop you from wearing one if you really want to

Wow, rainbow stripe vigilante, scared......

For me wearing bike trade kit is different to wearing football kit. Football team colours are by and large traditional and have been linked to the team for generations. The sponsor logo additions are just that. Cycle trade team kit and indeed the name of the team is entirely customised around the sponsor of the day. I see cycle trade team kit as far more of a walking advert than the football equivalent.

Also unlike Hatter above I think the fact that cycle fans wear it to cycle in is worse that football fans wearing it to eat pies. One is just a declaration of 'tribe' whilst the other is a little bit wannabe for my tastes.

Trade team kit is not all bad though.
Helps spot the choppers who you need to be wary of overtaking/draughting. Club kit means you have probably been educated in the the rules of the road (not 'the rules') so know how to ride in a group safely and are not a buyer.
Plain but stylish kit is usually a good indicator though there are exceptions.
Funny how the waistlines are bigger on FKW's too.

Retro kit is different and the more obscure the better.

World Cup stripes?! There's some on my bike, carefully covered with a piece of black tape. The fact people buy the jerseys is laughable, that's like buying medals for a war you didn't fight and wearing them with pride 🙄

And you think aspiring to be decent on a bike like a pro team rider is a bad thing?

If it gives people the extra little kick to get out on a bike then what is the problem?

I imagine its only fellow cyclists who have this snobbish attitude towards team kit, the average person wouldn't give two shits.

I don't tend to wear team kit other than my Belkin bibs but really, why give a shit?

And you think aspiring to be decent on a bike like a pro team rider is a bad thing?

It's a deluded thing. I would far rather they were wearing the local club colours. You know, the club they actually belong to and race for because they are so aspirational they know belonging to and racing for a local club is the only way to improve.

I've ridden in kit smothered in sponsor logos before but fortunately they were sponsors benefiting my team and me personally.

Ah, mention of Pro Kit ****ers...

It's funny because whenever I see a post from that page on fb, it strikes me that it's not the people wearing the kit who are the ****ers...

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Trade kit = the bloke who wears camo down the pub who has never seen the countryside.

My best bib shorts are those Belkin ones that were an absolute bargain a few months back, I wear them because they are better than all of my other kit and are comfortable, so kiss my sponsored ass you miserable sap.

I bought my son a KOM jersey and he loves wearing it on his bike and pretending to be a champ in it!! Maybe one day..........
Personally I would not buy replica team kit cos i'm not 'that' into road riding. But, don't have anything against those that do, it's probably good kit.
I also don't think the replica kits should have UCI stripes on them, they should be earned!

Wow, rainbow stripe vigilante, scared......

I also don't think the replica kits should have UCI stripes on them, they should be earned!

Personally I couldn't care less if they want to wear UCI stripes, or indeed team kit. They're just clothes, they don't mean anything outside the pro peloton.

I'm not going to stop you from wearing one if you really want to, but I am going to make a judgement about you.

Yes, there are somethings which just aren't done. Like fastening the bottom button on your waistcoat, or wearing a hat indoors.

Actually, it's attitudes like that which would make me want to wear such a jersey because it's doing no harm to anyone and I hate stupid snobbishness.

You are riding your bike to work/for fun and you can wear what the hell you like and if it offends someone then quite frankly they are a bit of an idiot and should mind their own business.

It's not a race, where there are rules about dress for good reason and then what you say makes sense.

I bought my son a KOM jersey and he loves wearing it on his bike and pretending to be a champ in it!!

Caveat to my above. Anything goes for little dudes! Maillot jaune, polka, even team sky - knock yourself out!

Actually, it's attitudes like that which would make me want to wear such a jersey because it's doing no harm to anyone and I hate stupid snobbishness.

I choose not to wear mine when riding because I think I'd look a tit riding that slow in pro kit, if you choose to that's entirely up to you

Look like a tit to who? and why would you give a flying shite?

This thread started out quite funny, shame it's degenerated into the usual guff already.

Anyone looking down on anyone else for what they wear on a bike is the one with the problem. End of story.

Personally I couldn't care less if they want to wear UCI stripes, or indeed team kit. They're just clothes, they don't mean anything outside the pro peloton.

I'm not bothered about people wearing them as they are part of the design, I just think the stripes should be omitted from replica kit. But then it wouldn't be a proper replica would it..........

^^^ and what he said above!

Scandal - there are two types of folk that [u]genuinely[/u] don't care what others think of the way they look:-

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You clearly stand proud and rock your own look not giving a shit, but which group are you? I'm thinking the first.

What is acceptable then?
A quick look at [url= http://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/team-sky/category/team-sky ]Rapha[/url] shows a whole page of Sky branded kit.

Is it the Pro jersey, maybe?
Or the Replica?
Can I get away with the Training then maybe?
There's a Vintage one as well, bound to rouse conflicts in Mr Smith's mind...

Hell, one of my kids chose a Sky branded Frog as his current bike. Should I have put my foot down?

Vinnyeh - by all accounts you should cover all offending logos with tape, not ride it and tell him he has to earn it otherwise he'll look a tit to himself or others.

There's a Vintage one as well, bound to rouse conflicts in Mr Smith's mind...

not really i’m not the one wearing it, i might spend a few moments working out if it’s selling tile grout, farm gates or national lottery tickets though?
i don't wear blue and white static sportswear/white trainers/baseball caps or tend to associate with those who do, no inner conflict or wardrobe angst just a prejudice learned form years of experience.

odd that the people i know who work for rapha, none of them wear the sky branded stuff as it’s for the buyers or the team.

What about sponsored slippers?

Look like a tit to who? and why would you give a flying shite?

What is acceptable then?

Tis the season for replica kit wearer's to come out and play now innit.
I tend to view it as a sign of being a bit of a "fair-weather roadie".
They've mostly hidden indoors all winter and now they're out and about in their overpriced Sky jerseys, gross generalisation of course and not everyone fits that stereotype, but there's at least a grain of truth to it...

The most miserable lot IME are generally those in a big club group, half of the "experienced" rider's sick of trying to herd cats, the less experienced riders sick of being berated and bored, they always seems like the most miserable lot when you pass them... but at least their tops all match... smaller clubs, or just a few mates out for a ride together seem to be the happiest bunch, regardless of attire...

Does any of it it really matter though? not really, I'll give them all a nod and a smile while I trundle on by in my £5 Decathlon top and bargain bin DHBs, I'm sure they think I'm some sort of pauper, but at least we're all out doing what we want...

We can all sneer at everyone else if we want, but nobody's really any "better" are they...

I've just taped over the logo on my satellite tuner box.

Feel so ashamed.

Feel so ashamed

not enough to put a blanket over the tv while watching Oprah though?

To me, and because I have a modicum of self-respect.

You go girl, what a superstar.

Everyone can see the self respect pouring out of you when you ride, if only the branded kit wearers would aspire to be like pondo rather than Wiggins

A lot of team kit is quite hi-viz, without being actual hi-viz, which is actually quite a good thing imo. Not Sky though!

Haha I don't think this thread went quite as planned. It's OK op, I think it's funny too 🙂

My careful criteria for what to wear on the bike is a delicate balance between what is cheap, and what actually works! Team kit especially bib shorts always seemed to be really comfortable, so I would bag pairs whenever the sponsors changed and the team sold off kit in a sale 😀 I made quite the fashion statement riding round in FDJ shorts with another trade teams jersey 😀

Since getting a flat bared commuter bike with panniers I have come to accept that I am the lowest of the low on our roads! Club runs never even acknowledge that I exist! It must be the mix of flat pedals, baggy shorts, and trade team jersey! I am so stylish 😀

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How does a yellow strava jersey go?

You go girl, what a superstar.

Everyone can see the self respect pouring out of you when you ride, if only the branded kit wearers would aspire to be like pondo rather than Wiggins

I was hoping we could comfortably have a difference of opinion, but clearly I must conform. I'll go buy me a rainbow jersey right now.

That opportunity was lost when you suggested anyone wearing team kit has no self respect.

The most important thing though, is that you post pitchers of yourself in the rainbow jersey, then and only then can we declare the thread a raging success.

That opportunity was lost when you suggested anyone wearing team kit has no self respect.

I choose not to wear mine when riding because I think I'd look a tit riding that slow in pro kit, if you choose to that's entirely up to you

Look like a tit to who? and why would you give a flying shite?

* Apologies for feeding the troll.

You're arguing about the relative levels of looking-like-a-tit-ishness?

Could I just raise a pertinent point...

Its all lycra, right?

So the sponsors logo's/no sponsors logo's arguments are all fairly acedemic. You look like a sex offender.

Its a strong look at the moment binners, totally in fashion.

This is a sad judgmental attitude. Can't we all just get along.

I've never considered this to be an problem; I wear a Credit Agricole and Gerolsteiner top on the road, these are defunct teams, is this worse or better?

I wouldn't wear matching shorts though, is that the issue? The FULL kit?

I have my own team kit....

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Can't we all just get along.

Where would be the fun in that?

I have to admit this thread has made me think about old classic jerseys more than modern Rapha rip offs...

Anyone know where I could get a reasonably priced Repro' Tomasso 'Z' Jersey circa 1989/90 style?
Or a nice pink Fluro 'ONCE' top? I'd have one of those but I wouldn't want to pay much for it...

The basis of this sort of snobbery is the idea that people wearing team kit or whatever are trying to pass themselves off as professional cyclists. Once you accept that they are not doing that then the whole thing becomes ludicrous.

WTF - Member
I have my own team kit..

Ooh, can I be in your club?
(Actually I'm already in, just don't have the kit! 🙂 )