CrimsonKarter21

So yeah, I'm about ready to quit my team. I am so damn sick of this awful clothing.
I saw the team boss the other day and I asked him if I could just get some cotton team t-shirts made because I'd rather wear those than the current clothing.

Let's see. The shorts are honestly the worst article of clothing ever made for any purpose. Even botto would have a hard time finding some obscure atricle to post on here. The chamois is a glorified sponge, is about 2x as thick as the one in my PI Microsensors, and is a whopping 18 inches long.
Yes. This chamois was "designed" for some human-ape hybrid with a grundle almost as long as the diameter of a BMX wheel.
So I've ridden 20 miles in jeans on a Regal saddle with no discomfort. Riding 10 miles in these shorts makes my a**hole bleed on the same saddle, and it feels like I'm wearing a giant, festering, colonostomy bag splattering desease when I stand up with them on.


Now the jerseys.
Oh God. The jerseys.
It took 10 years for the ignoramus who designed these clothes to finally make up a full-zip mechanism for his "jerseys". Now that he finally did, it failed harder than the Hindenberg.
When the zipper is up, the jersey is lumpier than a washboard, and when down the pockets sag down to your ass.
Now onto the pockets. These were not designed to carry anything. I put my c02 inflator into the pocket, and the thing just sat on my ass crack. any more than a few ounces, and the pockets will drop down into your tire.
Again, the fit is all wrong. The long sleeve jersey's forearms fit like a skinsuit, with the sleeve cuffs being impossible to get on without making a relief cut, and the rest of the jersey fitting like an 80-year-old's night gown. the shoulders flap in the breeze, and the jersey extends down to the top of my thigh.
The jerseys are also less breathable than a trash bag, and about as high-end as a used one.




I've sent a similar rant to my teammates, maybe we can get some Champion Systems stuff by the end of the year before I decide to give back my bike and wheels and sign back onto my old team.


This rant is not over yet.

hendrick81

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clutchy

bummer.

Rob P.

Wait a minnit. Just wait a whole dam minnit! Is that a complaint I hear? After being given a new high end bike, with free new components and repairs and transportation AND new kit every year you wanna complain?

Let me look but I think there's still some cheese in the fridge you can have.

kniprm

pics. give us some.

CrimsonKarter21

Listen. I've been wearing this sh*t for two months without complaint. It's free, whatever. But I'm just sick of it. I have to wear this stuff to every race, and I'm supposed to wear it in training.
I can't do that. I don't complain in general, especially about free stuff, but for an organized race team, getting this awful of clothing is a disgrace.
If I ever meet the guy who made these rags, I'll be the first to spit in his face.

I wouldn't even give this sh*t to naked African kids begging for clothing because they'd probably throw it right back at me.

celticfrost

An A+ rant for sure; excellent use of hyperbolic, repugnant descriptions. Highlights include:

-(disease splattering) Colostomy bag
-grundle
-blood (from the *******)
-The Hindenberg
"The jerseys are also less breathable than a trash bag, and about as high-end as a used one."

Nice.

Dubbayoo

Naked African kids would wear it because they don't have anything to put in the pockets.

Thirstyman

if worries about your kit have you thinking of quiting your team it doesn't say much for things

CrimsonKarter21

Okay, here are some crude pics of the bibs. One thing I forgot to mention.
The bib straps? They're cotton. No sh*t.

So the chamois isn't 18" long, but it's close. I put a measure on it and it's 15", which is the same as the measurement from my elbow to my knuckles.
And from the side, they look like those clown suspender pants that they can cram sh*t into.

Frunkin

****, that looks horrible.
I would get some PI short liners, because I wouldn't be able to give the bike and wheels back.

enjoi07

my god..im sorry

CrimsonKarter21

I know. I don't really have enough cash to get the clothes I want even on a discount, plus the shoes I need, but for local stuff, I'm goign to wear my shop's jersey and some black shorts.

Drag

Dibs on any 52.5cm ETT rides.

celticfrost

Yeah, but I'm not seeing any evidence of grundle blood or colostomy bag splatterings...

Seriously though, what's up w/ the elastic(??) band on the leggings?

Dubbayoo

those are the worst shorts ever.

Enthalpic

Those scream junk.

If I had to wear the colors to keep a bike I would pool with teammates to buy new stuff from another manufacturer; or cut out the chamois and wear that crap over something nicer.

At the very least wear a smaller size.

duuuuuude

Who's the makes the clothing?

kniprm

woof.

ridethecliche

Wear another pair of shorts underneath it.

guadzilla

In a word... that was AWESOME.

As a connoisseur of fine rants, I am eaglerly waiting for part 2...

V.

Val23708

wow... it looks like someone's mom made them

UCP

Subscribed. That must be one hell of a bike.

brendonnelly

HAHAHA excellent rant!!!!! Those shorts do look awful, but at least you got it all for free, I mean like the skinsuit would probably have cost like 150 aust dollars, lucky you didnt buy it without knowing!

Johnny Colnago

Cycling is about suffering. HTFU and bleed out your *****h0le up the Hautacam you sally.