I go out of my way to look as little like a roadie as I can when on my road bike. The roadie look is not a good one – making it even more obvious with massive company logos is even worse.

molgrips – Member

More that you're a narrow minded numpty who's about as rebelious as a kid listening to RATM

It's a joke, not a rebellion.

Illustrating my comment about humour

Unbelievable amount of snobbery associated with clothing on this thread.

Didn't you see my smiley. That PROVES I have a sense of humour! 😉 (see there's another one!)

Umm.. hahaha?

I think you'll have managed to offend all but the blind.

The shorts are just so I don't offend people by walking throught he office in lycra :p

Ignore clubber, I've seen him riding a road bike wearing an MTB helmet and XC gloves.

THE SWINE!

That was a cross bike dammit!

My road bike only comes out in the dry and is 100% peakless and non-mtb gloves 😉

My road bike only comes out in the dry and is 100% peakless and non-mtb gloves

Not when you had the white one, (Deda wasn't it?) Raceface long fingered gloves as I recall.

The shorts are just so I don't offend people by walking throught he office in lycra :p

I regularly insult the office by strutting around in lycra!

Helmet peaks just get in the way on the drops, Camelbaks don't sit well with the lower front end, it's not just a fashion thing, they just don't make road riding enjoyable!

The only ones who really seem to care are the MTBers frankly who see 'roadies' as a different group of people.

I like wearing roadie style kit on my road bike, it just feels better not to have baggies etc flaping in the wind. I've got a nice collection of Team Aldi jerseys 😆 Saying that i have bought a couple of nice ones this week for my jaunt to Paris next week.

Picked up an Endura England Flag Jersey and a Raleigh Pro Team Jersey, on one of teh days you are meant to ride in a Pro Team Jersey, I wanted a Sky one due to the English links but there's no way I was going to stump up £60 for one, and as I ride a Raleigh road bike, I thought I'd get the Pro Team one.

There's no doubt I'll use it for other road rides, but I wouldn't wear it when out on the Mountian bikes. The Aldi ones and the England one I will and already do, but with baggies.

Personally I don't see the problem with wearing full Pro Team kit, it's their money and they can spend it as they wish. When I was match fishing you'd get guys turn up in replica team gear adn guys wearing trackies and a t-shirt.

What you wear doesn't contirbute to your level of ability and skill, it does however contibute to how you feel about yourself. If you feel good wearing team kit you'll do well within your abilities, conversely if you feel crap about yourself you're never going to perform well.

There's also classic kit. The question is, how long does it take for an old team strip to be acceptable?

it depends. so long as it's not mapei: that will never be allowed.

Hmm possibly then, KT, but that was when I was still fit/fast so that keeping it for the dry only wasn't an option…

Dolan BTW

I insult myself looking in the mirror wearing lycra.

Dolan BTW

That's the one, you snapped it didn't you.. 🙄

It's degenerating now isn't it.

I'll admit to being a snob about these things, but I'll keep that to myself on the road. In the meantime it's a nod or a wave to anyone on a bike especially mum and dad escorting their kids along the road.
I was actually brought up by riders who thought it was important to look clean smart and tidy on a bike, but that may have been more important back then when anyone half serious about riding would have been in a club.

the one I snapped?!

One of the ones I snapped. I think in those days though it was due to power. Now unfortunately I think it's down to weight 🙄

One of the ones I snapped. I think in those days though it was due to power. Now unfortunately I think it's down to weight

You know the answer to that don't you…

I agree oldgit.

I might be called sad or whatever but my bike is White/red/black. I have white/red shoes, white/red/black helmet always wear black shorts and my jerseys are a collection of mainly red/white/black no with the Raleigh Pro Team one thrown in.

Looks nice IMHO 😉

I use a camelbak on road – doesn't get in the way, I jsut lengthen the straps a bit so it sits lower and there's more room for my shoulders.

Remember kids, it's the self imposed rules that are often the most oppressive, but oddly the most satisfying to break…………..mmm'kay?

The kit du jour in Bristol at the moment its the BAD Tri Kit which is freely available in a local shop, I do wonder how many of the wearers are actually Triathletes.

back then when anyone half serious about riding would have been in a club

Thing is people nowadays (at least the younger ones) don't accept the whole stereotypical (but not really true for most clubs) club with hierarchy and informal rules on kit, how to ride, etc and as such, lots of new roadies don't feel welcome in joining so they ride on their own and just buy whatever kit the shops are selling – eg the pro stuff.

Is that good or bad? Well arguably it's good in that the crap, snobby clubs seem to be dying out as their riders get older and lots of clubs with a more contemporary and enlightened culture are around to take their place.

But who cares, KT – it's getting LOADs of people out on bikes… Quite a few new LVIS people have come from starting out (and continuing) with BADTri.

But who cares, KT – it's getting LOADs of people out on bikes… Quite a few new LVIS people have come from starting out (and continuing) with BADTri.

I wasn't condemning them, I actually like the look of the kit it's also fun chasing them along the A38.

I have just bought this:

But that's mostly because I'm between a fine collection of my previous club's kit and (hopefully) an LVIS jersey. 🙂

Well it's certainly the kind of faux-retro kit that a gentleman needs to wear to look the part/fit in in London, BD 😉

But that's mostly because I'm between a fine collection of my previous club's kit and (hopefully) an LVIS jersey.

And another one gets winched in.. 😉

The solo models all look a bit erm – no I can't say.

I so nearly bought a Rapha one. But then I didn't. 🙂

I had "Motorola" written down the outside of both thighs in white on suntan where that rubbery writing on my "team issue" shorts had blocked the sun during a weeks cycling trip many summers ago.

I thought it looked quite fly…

(Yes I did have a matching stars and stripes jersey as well, and I was crap on a bike!)

I like to be incognito out on the roads / trails…. Bought this off my wee brother maybe 15 years ago?!

I've just bought this

which is quite a departure from my usual understated rapha style. Should help me stand out on the commute without the flouro look.

I've also got one of these jerseys, except short sleeved. Never really worn it though..