Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Clyde Road Jerseys, What colors are too loud?

Okay, So I was talked into a Yellow jersey at my LBS, Cannondale size 3XL and it fits great. But yellow? The dude told me black was a bad choice for visibility and I do ride alone. But yellow with a livestrong helmet and livestrong shades(I support the cause, Not obsessed with Lance)? Let me know if this is too much for a fat guy chugging on a road bike, Thanks-James

I think anything that helps you be visible is great. I ride most times alone and also in darkness. This morning I went for an 80 miler and wore a sleevless Hi-Vis jersey (neon yellow i guess) and bright blue shorts. I left at 5AM (still completely dark).

Black for sure is a bad choice for visibility and also feels really hot when the sun starts beating down on you.

HiVis yellow is appropriate for ANYONE who bikes on a road that motor vehicles use. Don't ever let a car driver tell the cops, "Honest, sorry, I just didn't see 'em." . Or any bright/light color. Safety and function get priority over fashion and other people's prejudices. Just make sure the jersey fits and is comfortable. HiVis is not a color known in nature (that I'm aware of) and you won't blend into the landscape and be invisible to cars.

Black is an appropriate color for SHORTS. Matches bike grease and road splat usually.

I will roll with the yellow. In one hundred pounds the Team RadioShack comes out!!!!

I was going to suggest the hi-viz, which appears as a neon yellowish-greenish eye stab (but I like it); glad somebody else put it out there first.

I was also going to say, "anything but yellow -- they'll think you're a Lance poser, IF they see you." But to each his own......

Too loud?? Heck, this is my favorite color while riding mountain roads or city streets. I don't care about being too loud, I'm all about staying alive!

I mean, who's gonna miss this guy?:D
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HiVis yellow is appropriate for ANYONE who bikes on a road that motor vehicles use. Don't ever let a car driver tell the cops, "Honest, sorry, I just didn't see 'em.":thumb: Safety, first and foremost with me. HiVis yellow for both my zipper-sleeve and full-sleeve jackets.

Shorts, shoes, anything else, go fashion to one's heart's content. :)

Most purples are too loud. Can't match with much else either.

the lance poser thing sucks because I wear a livestrong helmet as well as Livestrong Shades(Radar Oakleys) so??? What color???? Orange?

I think most members of metal bands tend toward black, red, and silver mostly. Those gotta be the loud colors, right?

After this years TdF you would be a Contadore poser wearing yellow. My suggestion is don't sweat the B. S. (not talkin' Bachelor of Science here). Most likely anything you do is going to tick someone off and life's too short to please everyone.

Might as well just please yourself. Wear yellow, orange, lime green with purple polka dots if you want.

Anybody that hates on livestrong can f of! I believe wearing the bright colors showes confidence and the ladies love confidence. Purple might attract the other boys, which is not my cup of tee.

Too loud? No such thing!

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When I ride, unless it is some special occasion, I am always in black bibs and hi-vis yellow jersey. I also usually have a rear blinky (even during the day) and a front facing strobe light.

No such thing as being too visible.

Orange I look more like the Great Pumpkin. :)
I never understood that "Lance Wannabe" comment from non-cyclists. Besides, I'm not trying to be Lance, I'm trying to NOT be like the people in a nursing home for super-morbidly obese like on Discovery channel.

Too bright? NEVER!

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Thanks for all the help Guys, I needed that. Starting out is rough when your fat, BF really makes a difference. So I am wearing yellow and will post pics from my fist 30 miler on Monday once I get my new wheel fron my LBS. Thanks-James

if the goal is being seen, you can't get loud enough on colors. :D

+1 on you can never be too loud. I have a Livestrong wind jersey, and I WILL have a Livestrong helmet someday.

Go with what YOU like and what YOU are comfortable in because when you are clipped and pedaling it's ok for it to be all about YOU!

+1 on all who say for visibility.
I too ride alone alot (350-400 miles per month) and early mornings and dusk.

I wear bright comic book logo'd PI jersey's of Spiderman, Captain America and the Silver Surfer. Not for vanity but for "can't miss ya".

Agreed. Loud colors = visibility! My daughters always tell me "no" when I'm looking at bright yellow, green, or orange cycling clothes. I won't wear bright pink though.

My husband is a clyde and he wears the most obnoxious colors possible.

I think anything that helps you be visible is great. I ride most times alone and also in darkness. This morning I went for an 80 miler and wore a sleevless Hi-Vis jersey (neon yellow i guess) and bright blue shorts. I left at 5AM (still completely dark).

Black for sure is a bad choice for visibility and also feels really hot when the sun starts beating down on you.

A couple of years ago I was a witness to an accident where a cyclist was hooked by a car in blocked traffic. As much as my immediate sympathies were with the cyclist, I had to say the accident was his fault - he was zooming through narrow gaps in jammed traffic, sprinting way out forwards over his bars - and dressed in black. There was no way it was fair to expect the driver of the car to have seen him against the high contrast end of day shadows across the road. Wearing yellow or another high visibility colour was one of several things the idiot could have done that might have saved him several weeks in hospital.

(Riding in a position where he could have used the brakes hard the moment he saw trouble would have been smart too. The muppet.)

Don't ever let a car driver tell the cops, "Honest, sorry, I just didn't see 'em." .

In all fairness, when/if you get hit, the driver is going to say that very phrase whether you're wearing all black or all hot pink. I haven't gotten hit (knock on wood), but there have been plenty of close calls regardless of my attire. Inattentive drivers won't be shocked into awareness because your shirt is yellow.

Saw a guy yesterday dressed head to toe in bright safety yellow; coat and long pants each with the silver reflective bands on them. The outfit looked like what road crews would wear during inclement weather. You couldn't miss him from 2 miles away. I was impressed.

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Historian, why the helmet on a stationary bike?

I don't think anyone is really worried about the color of a jersey. I really don't think color matters much on skin tight clothing haha. Personally I have day-glo, yellow, silver, bright red, and even neon pink. Black is perfectly fine on shorts as the color makes the...package blend in better

FOR THE LOVE OF THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER DO NOT POST THAT PICTURE OF THE RACE TEAM IN A RED AND WHITE KIT!!

Any recommendations on where to find good biking clothes online?

Also any recommendations on good baggy/cargo type shorts for riding?

if the goal is being seen, you can't get loud enough on colors. :D

+1 Wearing bright clothing can not prevent you from getting hurt, just like wearing a helmet does not guarantee that I won't sustain massive head injuries if a car hits me with high enough speed. However, I want to make sure that I am as visible as possible so that even a slightly inattentive driver will notice me because I stand out so much from my surroundings. On a recent ride I saw a rider coming up the road on the opposite side nearly 1/3 of a mile out during my morning commute. He was wearing a vi-vis coat and it made him stand out very clearly. Only after I noticed that rider did I see a rider in front of me that was about 1/10 of a mile ahead of me, but they were wearing black and dark brown and were passing through an area with large trees over head. The cyclist in dark cloths was hard to see and I am always on the lookout for fellow cyclists.

I mostly wear yellow in the summer. I know that hi-vis lime yellow is a bit more visible, but I like the look of regular yellow a bit better even if it is not quite a visible. I also have two orange shirts but try to only wear them on very sunny days. I've noticed that orange tends to look dark like brown in the shade much easier than a nice bright yellow. White is supposed to be an excellent hi-contrast color. I've read that white cars for instance are the most visible. However I don't want yellowing armpits from all the sweating I do... therefore Yellow is bright, but doesn't look dirty either. For riding at dusk and dawn, and night time, I will wear an ANSI Class II rated vest to ensure that I have the brightest most visible clothing possible.

As far as the link between Yellow and Lance... The Maillot Jaune has been around since 1913 so yellow and the Tour de France have been linked for a long time. For a fun, I'd still like to buy the Crash Test Dummy jersey from Love to Depal:

http://www.love2pedal.com/Items/Item.aspx?SKU=au.crash.xxl&caSKU=au.crash.xxl&caTitle=Aussie%20CRASH%20TEST%20DUMMY%20jersey%20XXL%20bicycle%20cycling%20Mens%20Comes%20with%20Soc ks

Happy riding... in bright clothing,
André

Wow, I really appreciated you all for helping me out. I am going on my first "skin Hugger Jersey Ride" today and will be in yellow upper and black lowers. Pics will be posted for comedy this evening!-James

Too loud?? Heck, this is my favorite color while riding mountain roads or city streets. I don't care about being too loud, I'm all about staying alive!

I mean, who's gonna miss this guy?:D
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Dude. Seriously. If I were Gina, I would get that pic framed and get prints to carry in the purse. Great pose. There's an idea for her next birthday. :)

I am known around town as Big Bird when I am spotted wearing a yellow jersey. Just got a XXXL today that says OLD FART CYCLING CLUB with multicolors. I want to be seen. I also use a Planet Bike Blinkie rear light which can be seen well during the day and awesome at night. Visability is key for me. I could care less what I look like. Guess that is old age kicking in.

Any recommendations on where to find good biking clothes online?

Also any recommendations on good baggy/cargo type shorts for riding?

I'm not sure where to look in Germany but you could always click the contact us link from an online retailer and ask if they will ship internationally. You might want to look up arrow tech designs, Peal Issumi, Performance Bike, Nashbar...really the list goes on and on. However these are US retailers. Maybe you aught to join a bicycle club near you or start asking other friends who cycle.

The baggy shorts you are interested are referred to as Mountain Bike shorts for some reason. They are essentially a pair of nylon cargo shorts that are stitched over a regular pair of bike shorts. Cost wise they are about the same as regular bike shorts but I would recommend buying a good pair or shorts and wearing your favorite pair of gym shorts over them if modesty is an issue.

i was wondering the same thing about the helmet. and I was talking to my little sister last night and we both came to the conclusion that a cycling jersey is ment to be a absurd and crazy as possible, because its really all about having fun

Why be an easy target?

You can really see that lime green or yellow in dim light. Black is not a Good Career Move.

I buy highway worker T shirts with lime green and reflective stripes from SafeyDepot.com. Have those and their reflective vests in orange and lime.

If you wear XXXL, they can see you easier. I wear XXL, so they can't see me as well. I worry about the ferrets in S and M.

I'm not sure how much high vis really prevents you from getting hit. I go for colors that no self respecting or not so self respecting person would want smeared across their windshield. high vis colors do tend to meet that criteria I used to have a jacket that had nuclear waste green sleeves. who wants that on their car ;)

+1 on all who say for visibility.
I too ride alone alot (350-400 miles per month) and early mornings and dusk.

I wear bright comic book logo'd PI jersey's of Spiderman, Captain America and the Silver Surfer. Not for vanity but for "can't miss ya".

You got a link to these jerseys? I'm an old school Cap fan and I would really dig a Cap Shield or Avengers jersey!