Professional Cycling For the Fans - Best/Ugliest Kits

My vote goes to Cervelo for the best looking kit (except from the cheese helmet)http://www.bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cervelo-clothing2.jpg
Looking good in both black and white.

Too many candidates for the worst looking, not least Astana...

I mentioned to my wife just last night that while I'm not a fan of white kits, Cervelo does look nice. Caisse D'Pargne is always classy, and FDJ is nice too.

http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamPicture.asp?TeamId=4&ImageType=TeamJersey&refdate=01.01.2008

http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamPicture.asp?TeamId=12&ImageType=TeamJersey&refdate=01.01.2008

I mentioned to my wife just last night that while I'm not a fan of white kits, Cervelo does look nice. Caisse D'Pargne is always classy, and FDJ is nice too.

http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamPicture.asp?TeamId=4&ImageType=TeamJersey&refdate=01.01.2008

http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamPicture.asp?TeamId=12&ImageType=TeamJersey&refdate=01.01.2008

Good call. Caisse's Black on Red is very classy

I guess my least favorite is Leakygas. That color seems really ugly to me. Sort of the color of chlorine gas or something.

This is my favorite:

I wasn't sure about AG2r's new kit from the photos, but seeing them on the riders on the road .... I like it. The bibs are a bit of a throwback to when they just used simple letters, no panels or graphics.

the 7/11 kit wins for me

http://www.astana-cyclingteam.com/special_features/images/WATSON_YATES_00001445-011.jpg

http://www.trainright.com/assets/brandstory/ccstieda86tour.jpg

saxobank's kit is fugly this year. It's like reading a newspaper.

^^^ agree on the FDJ. Classy...

Garmin is great.
Columbia is horrid.

Makes me wonder how much kit color scheme affects how much I like a team overall! I'd like to think I'm not THAT shallow...

I quite like the Astana kit. Minimum of sponsor garbage. Pretty colors. And for me the most important: I can tell them apart from the others.


How frackin' many black-and-white kits are there this year? :mad:

I like Cervelo's, but I prefer it in black w/ red than in the white.

I also like Garmin's, but I have a thing for argyle.

Don't like AG2R's new ones.

Jelly Belly's are a whole other story. Love the fact it's colorful, but it's hard to take them seriously as a team because their kits looked like they're geared towards little kids. (Not exactly in the same "league" as the others, but I had to say it.)

How frackin' many black-and-white kits are there this year? :mad:

Kind of felt bad for whoever was wearing the Best Young Rider's white jersey --- no way to pick them out of the crowd.

My vote for ugliest is the Radio Shack kit, when it comes out.

My vote for ugliest is the Radio Shack kit, when it comes out.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8424/41192825.jpg

My vote for ugliest is the Radio Shack kit, when it comes out.
I was thinking that this is as good an opportunity as any for Radio Shack to bring their logo into the 21st century. There may be hope if Lance can get some artist or designer to put it together.

I dig Cervelo's kit, and I don't mind that they went with white for the Tour (would you want to be out there in black?) Still looks pretty good, I'd say. I also appreciate anybody whose kit is easy to recognize in the peloton.

My vote for ugliest is the Radio Shack kit, when it comes out.

If the graphic on the website is any indication the kits will be a hideous yellow and red. No good can come out of that.

But then, maybe they'll surprise us.

Despite what they did to Hincapie, i absolutely love Garmin - Slipstream's kit. Cervelo's got another great one, and Saxo is too. The only kit i dislike is Columbia - HTC, it's not a specific complaint, it just messes with my eyes. lol

Despite what they did to Hincapie, i absolutely love Garmin - Slipstream's kit. Cervelo's got another great one, and Saxo is too. The only kit i dislike is Columbia - HTC, it's not a specific complaint, it just messes with my eyes. lol

I like the argyles and the color scheme. Columbia's has painted-on abs for some bizarre reason.

I like that Garmin has a graphic of a Cliff Bar coming out of the pocket.

http://www.shopslipstreamsports.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/m/a/mag_ssjersey_back_adjusted.jpg

They used to have a burrito in the back pocket until Chipotle reduced their sponsorship level.

They used to have a burrito in the back pocket until Chipotle reduced their sponsorship level.

I loved that. But then, I love burritos.

Who doesn't love a burrito?

I like the Liquigas kits. So sue me.

SKIL Shimano is pretty bad.

I think that Lance's Livestrong team jersey is the worst of the worst. Hopefully, RadioShack will not let Lance decide on the design of the new team jerseys. Also, I hate to say it but Lance's yellow bike (the one from the TOC) was aweful. The most ostentatious thing I have ever seen.

I like Liquigas, Astana and Columbia kits. Liquigas' is an acquired taste. In the current peloton, I'd say Caisse D'Epargne's is the sharpest looking. Individually, I like Cancellara's Swiss Champion jersey the best.

Milram, Quickstep, FDJ, Bbox, Agritubel, AG2R - how many teams will be allowed to wear blue and white? They aren't bad looking, but my goodness. Half the peloton is a blur of blue and white.

I don't think much of Rabobank's, Garmin's, Saxobank's, or Cervelo's kit. Saxobank's gets tempered though because so many of their riders have non-standard jerseys due to national championships.

Favorite team kit from recent memory is toss up between Domina Vacanze, and Isles Balears.

I like Caisse D'Epargne too, but I'm not sure I'd want to ride 150km in the summer wearing a black jersey.

Of the national champ kits, my fave is Nick Roche's Irish RR champ jersey: green on white with a shamrock. Classic.

this is my favorite jersey of all time. probably because i'm an avid environmentalist and i love the discovery channel, but it's still a great design imo

http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/577/275/31/sKRTfkhKIEXl0wC.jpg

as for worst, it's yet to be in the tour, but i hate rock racing's kit. looks like some **** a 14 year old would buy at hot topic.
http://shop.rockracing.com/store/productimages/regular/1064_venom_l.jpg

My vote for ugliest is the Radio Shack kit, when it comes out.

I think you already won.


:innocent:

By far the ugliest kit is from the EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI team.

By far the ugliest kit is from the EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI team.

Probably a minority viewpoint but...I like theirs. The orange makes it easy to pick out the team and ya gotta admit, it's unique.

as for worst, it's yet to be in the tour, but i hate rock racing's kit. looks like some **** a 14 year old would buy at hot topic.

Hit the nail on the head. Completely unprofessional in my opinion (ooh we're such bad boys. look! facial tatoos!).

My favorite for the last few years is Francaise des Jeux. Simple, clean, nice graphics.

http://imgur.com/QgyIT.jpg

this is my favorite jersey of all time. probably because i'm an avid environmentalist and i love the discovery channel, but it's still a great design imo

http://i1.ioffer photo.com/img/item/577/275/31/sKRTfkhKIEXl0wC.jpg

as for worst, it's yet to be in the tour, but i hate rock racing's kit. looks like some **** a 14 year old would buy at hot topic.
http://shop.rockracing.com/store/productimages/regular/1064_venom_l.jpg

why do you hate thinking outside of the box?

http://www.pcmclub.fr/infusions/pro_download_panel/images/columbia_htc.png hideous

why do you hate thinking outside of the box?

if you consider thinking "outside the box" being taking trends from the fashion world and applying it to a racing kit, then i'm not against thinking outside the box

i just particularly dislike (as a matter of opinion) the crap they have chosen that is so far inside the box (skulls/wings/forward-backward letters) of ******-bag fashion. they might as well have made a jersey that looks like a pink lacoste polo over a green polo over a yellow polo.

if you consider thinking "outside the box" being taking trends from the fashion world and applying it to a racing kit, then i'm not against thinking outside the box

i just particularly dislike (as a matter of opinion) the crap they have chosen that is so far inside the box (skulls/wings/forward-backward letters) of ******-bag fashion. they might as well have made a jersey that looks like a pink lacoste polo over a green polo over a yellow polo.

if it was lacoste racing, maybe, but it's not.

Hit the nail on the head. Completely unprofessional in my opinion (ooh we're such bad boys. look! facial tatoos!).

My favorite for the last few years is Francaise des Jeux. Simple, clean, nice graphics.

http://imgur.com/QgyIT.jpg

It is classy. Reminds me of the Colnago logo though.

why do you hate thinking outside of the box?

Rock Racing - the first team to have to worry more about parole violations than doping :rolleyes:

Milram.

Who doesn't like blue cows?

Definitely Columbia-HTC for me, i really like the little bit of green.

1. La vie Claire
2. Superconfex
3. G.S.Mengoni

As for Rock Racing...
the only team at the Amgen Tour that had consumer waiting in line at their souvenir booth.

My favorite:
http://www.shopslipstreamsports.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/m/a/mag_irish_champ.jpg

Of today's team kits, I like FDJ and Milram. Maybe it's just me, but the Milram kits kind of remind me of Gerolsteiner, and I liked their kits too.

In the past, I thought La Vie Claire was really "outside the box" cool, and I remember there was a team that sported a jersey that looked like a cartoon speech bubble. Something like Team Z or so. It had "interesting factor" though I don't think it was amazing design aesthetic.

I still like the older (50s-60s-70s) teams where there was just the name of the main sponsor on the jerseys (like Molteni, Panasonic, Bianchi, etc)

Being a commuter, I keep waiting for a team to come out with a hi-vis kit. I think that would be awesome.

I like Katusha and Astana Kits, but I am biased.
http://paris.thover.com/images/blog/maillots/2009/Katusha.jpg
http://www.gbcycles.co.uk/PIX/MAIN/ss09astana-m.jpg

As for RockRacing. Damn their kits are ugly, and having to see them (the version they sell to weekend warriors) almost everyday is just painful.

UD

I must admit, when I saw the TeamRadioShack.com site my first thought was that they would have jerseys that would knock of La vie Clair/Mondrian --


Gotta say, Love Euskatel, love orange. And, kinda liked the AG2R kit, was that really brown and blue?

Based on the results so far, I now realize why there are so many jersey options, very different tastes, haha.

Being a commuter, I keep waiting for a team to come out with a hi-vis kit. I think that would be awesome.

Euskatel's kit is pretty hard to miss.

Euskatel's kit is pretty hard to miss.

Indeed, I was riding behind someone with a Euskatel Catlike helmet yesterday, it was visible from miles away :D

Indeed, I was riding behind someone with a Euskatel Catlike helmet yesterday, it was visible from miles away :D

Those Catlike helmets look like cheese!

... and I remember there was a team that sported a jersey that looked like a cartoon speech bubble. Something like Team Z or so. It had "interesting factor" though I don't think it was amazing design aesthetic.

http://imgur.com/9TtwE.jpg

Team Z