"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Team High Road kit makes it's debut

meh.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/20080106_CycloCross_NatChamps_016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/20080106_CycloCross_NatChamps_003.jpg

how very boring

I like it - very understated and retro looking with the black shorts.

I wonder if they'll have a few more sponsers on it by summertime.

That's going to suck this summer.

With todays new fangled fibers black jerseys really arent that hot.

In the interview that he gave in the last picture, he said that those are temporary jerseys and that new ones are on the way.

Hopefully the real ones won't be that hideous.

With todays new fangled fibers black jerseys really arent that hot.

it's not the materials, but the color that make black jerseys hot.

it's not the materials, but the color that make black jerseys hot.

but what bike is the best?

Botto with that logic light color jerseys would reflect body heat back towards your body making you hot as well. :)

So either way (light or dark) it shouldnt matter.

Botto with that logic light color jerseys would reflect body heat back towards your body making you hot as well. :)

So either way (light or dark) it shouldnt matter.

Incorrect. Your body heat isn't radiating off you in the visible light spectrum.

does it have to be visible to reflect?
Infrared reflects as well, but who cares, black is hot.

That is one of the most amateurish (sp?) looking jerseys i have ever seen. Was it created by an 8 year old?

Incorrect. Your body heat isn't radiating off you in the visible light spectrum.

Black clothing absorbs sunlight and the heat from your body. White clothing reflects sunlight and reflects body heat back to you. There are tons of humans that live in the desert wearing black robes/head dresses that dont seem to mind the color. You would think that after thousands of years they would have figured out the best color to wear as well.

it's not the materials, but the color that make black jerseys hot.

didnt powermeters prove that to be a cycling myth like spinning smooth pedal strokes, rotating weight, and stretching?:rolleyes:

I don't get the hate. This time last year it would have been pink-white-black with those lovely adidas stripes. Marked improvement IMO.

There are tons of humans that live in the desert wearing black robes/head dresses that dont seem to mind the color.


And tons who don't.

There's some hard scientific data for ya.

I don't get the hate. This time last year it would have been pink-white-black with those lovely adidas stripes. Marked improvement IMO.

incorrect.

I am lukewarm about it.. Does look like the all blacks uniform though.

Meh.

I must say, some of the team kits are so appalling that I was actually reluctant to click on the thread. What's that tell you?

I like it. What color are the team bongs?

Black clothing absorbs sunlight and the heat from your body. White clothing reflects sunlight and reflects body heat back to you. There are tons of humans that live in the desert wearing black robes/head dresses that dont seem to mind the color. You would think that after thousands of years they would have figured out the best color to wear as well.

My point is that just because clothing is reflective in the visible spectrum (i.e. white), doesn't mean it reflects or absorbs IR light any differently from black clothing.

In the end, black clothing is hotter on a sunny day than white. I've experienced this many times skiing and mountaineering in black vs. light colored clothing.

your collective reading comprehension sucks ballz.

your collective reading comprehension sucks ballz.

It still beats your ghetto spelling and inability to find the Shift key on your computer.

In the interview that he gave in the last picture, he said that those are temporary jerseys and that new ones are on the way.

Hopefully the real ones won't be that hideous.

See above...nobody need get their panties in a twist.

It still beats your ghetto spelling and inability to find the Shift key on your computer.

A swing and a miss...

Here's the women's kit:

http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/oct2002/essays/pi100202a1.jpg

... still looking for a few more sponsors.

Some "modernists" are pushing for them to be able to ride their own bicycles someday. Who'd a thought?

A swing and a miss...

Nope. That one went screaming over left-center.

Nope. That one went screaming over left-center.

I'm not surprised that someone from Tennessee finds a (bad) zing about grammar funny.

I'm not surprised that someone from Tennessee finds a (bad) zing about grammar funny.

I'm not surprised that someone from Colorado has a superiority complex.

I'm not surprised that someone from Colorado has a superiority complex.

I'm not from Colorado. But you're right, on this forum you bet your ass I do.:)

Black clothing absorbs sunlight and the heat from your body. White clothing reflects sunlight and reflects body heat back to you. There are tons of humans that live in the desert wearing black robes/head dresses that dont seem to mind the color. You would think that after thousands of years they would have figured out the best color to wear as well.

Dude...natives to sun scorched areas (i.e. deserts) wear black clothing to absorb and keep warmth until the night comes, since cold temperatures are a given when the sun sets in the desert, plus they are much more adapted to the heat than you and I, cold...not so much. And I'm sure after thousands of years, they've had time to figure that out.

Dude...no.

incorrect.

+1. The old kits were class and flash.

Too bad they're about a year too late on the all black kit. We brought sexy back for the '07 Cross season and havent looked back since.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3823/kittk8.jpg

DAMN is that a kit worthy of your screen name. Classy.

Saw the new High Road kits in person today when some of the team were riding through the city.

The photos don't do it justice. It is indescribably hideous :eek:

Yeah,. I was glad when Mick Rogers got dropped in the aussie titles because he had black socks on. Bloody disgraceful.

short sleeve cross skinsuits?

seriously, be more so-cal

In the interview that he gave in the last picture, he said that those are temporary jerseys and that new ones are on the way.

Hopefully the real ones won't be that hideous.

Hmmm....

§ 2 Teams registered with the UCI
General observations

1.3.035 Each team may have only a single design for clothing (colours and layout) which may not be altered for the duration of the calendar year.
(text modified on 1.01.00; 1.01.05).

1.3.036 UCI ProTeams and professional continental teams must submit a specimen of their clothing to UCI headquarter no later than December 31st before the year in question. Other entities shall lodge,
within the same deadline, a specimen of their clothing at the headquarters of the national federation
of the team.
(text modified on 1.01.00; 1.01.04; 1.01.05).

1.3.037 Riders' clothing shall always be identical to the specimen lodged.
(text modified on 1.01.99).