Wearing pro teams names?
05-19-14, 09:32 AM
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"While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned."
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05-19-14, 09:33 AM
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I am getting this kit in a few weeks, I like the Sky design, the price, the unique green color and the white back for heat protection
This kit is designed to aid the best cycling team in the peloton. Even though it is a knock off, I live in such a sparsly populated area 99% won't know what Sky, Pinarello, or the WWF are with the later potentially being confused with Wrestling
This kit is designed to aid the best cycling team in the peloton. Even though it is a knock off, I live in such a sparsly populated area 99% won't know what Sky, Pinarello, or the WWF are with the later potentially being confused with Wrestling
05-19-14, 09:44 AM
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It's a sign of Communism. Or capitalism. Something.
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05-19-14, 09:47 AM
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All I can say is that, if you show up in a group ride wearing a full kit, you better take a damn pull at the front.
There was a guy who wore a full QuickStep kit on my ride yesterday and he was strong and took pulls.
Going back to the thread, I own these (just jerseys):
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There was a guy who wore a full QuickStep kit on my ride yesterday and he was strong and took pulls.
Going back to the thread, I own these (just jerseys):
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05-19-14, 10:11 AM
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I've got a replica team PDM jersey that I've worn on my bike (while riding my PDM colored Concorde no less), but I probably won't do it again as it's not the most comfortable jersey. Kind of cool (in my opinion) to have a matching jersey and bike though.
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05-19-14, 10:28 AM
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The BMC team trains in our area. I have a full BMC kit I bought from Competitive Cyclist which sadly is too big for me now. But when I wore it and would run into the team on the road ( always in a large group going by me or coming at me like a freight train) I would get waves and smiles. They seemed to take my wearing their colors as respect.
05-19-14, 10:45 AM
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I have no issue with wearing a team kit on training/fun rides, although I understand why some people are hesitant. I think it would be ridiculous to wear one during a race.
I bought a super cheap 2011 Radioshack bib/jersey combo for $35 online. I love the bibs and they're my only pair, so I wear them a decent amount with other jerseys. I only wear the Radioshack jersey later in the season (usually a bit slimmer) and on days when I feel strong.
It's pretty silly, but I feel like I'm only allowed to wear it when I can really hammer it down. I'd hate to be wearing it struggling on the hills when the local cycling club comes flying past me. But it's oddly satisfying passing someone when you've got a giant "NISSAN" on your ass.
I bought a super cheap 2011 Radioshack bib/jersey combo for $35 online. I love the bibs and they're my only pair, so I wear them a decent amount with other jerseys. I only wear the Radioshack jersey later in the season (usually a bit slimmer) and on days when I feel strong.
It's pretty silly, but I feel like I'm only allowed to wear it when I can really hammer it down. I'd hate to be wearing it struggling on the hills when the local cycling club comes flying past me. But it's oddly satisfying passing someone when you've got a giant "NISSAN" on your ass.
05-19-14, 10:45 AM
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I wear a lot of older team jerseys. Never the current colors of a pro team. I also wear a lot of "vintage" team jerseys. And, I do have a lot of brand jerseys, mainly Castelli. I never show up to a race wearing a team style jersey except the club I race for. Since I am a Cannondale guy, most of my team jerseys have Cannondale somewhere on them. Full kits are a no-no for me. I ride, you ride, we all ride, just RIDE!
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05-19-14, 10:49 AM
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Germany is lucky that it has such great colors and simplicity. Switzerland is lucky that they have really cool modern minimalist design. If I lived in Germany I'd wear that all the time, but red white and blue with stars never quite looks good on a jersey 
Edit: I may wear this though.
Edit: I may wear this though.
I wear this one with black shorts:
05-19-14, 10:54 AM
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Seems like at my kids' school, half the boys on any given day are wearing soccer jerseys Man U is a huge favorite.
05-19-14, 01:07 PM
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I see no problem with wearing a team's kit. Would I wear a team jersey combined with their shorts/bib? Nope. I will wear one or the other, but never together. I liken it to soccer jereys, which have sponsors on them as well. I will wear my team's shorts (Arsenal), but not combine it with the top, and vice versa. There is an expectation when one shows up to a soccer field, fully kitted up with top, shorts, socks, to perform extraordinarily or be ridiculed into oblivion. I expect the same should happen in cycling. Now, we were once schooled at a pickup soccer game by a fully kitted Jamaican cat, who came in stretching and jumping up and down heading imaginary soccer balls as his warmup. He ended up with a hat-trick, and thus, I had no problem with him wearing a complete kit, lol.
i see i came to you after the previous post.
05-19-14, 01:31 PM
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05-19-14, 03:23 PM
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I am getting this kit in a few weeks, I like the Sky design, the price, the unique green color and the white back for heat protection
This kit is designed to aid the best cycling team in the peloton. Even though it is a knock off, I live in such a sparsly populated area 99% won't know what Sky, Pinarello, or the WWF are with the later potentially being confused with Wrestling
This kit is designed to aid the best cycling team in the peloton. Even though it is a knock off, I live in such a sparsly populated area 99% won't know what Sky, Pinarello, or the WWF are with the later potentially being confused with Wrestling
05-19-14, 03:26 PM
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Maybe this situation could be resolved by not even letting pro teams wear pro kits. Everyone could be required to wear plain white cotton t-shirts so that there's no delineation between pro, amateur and recreational riders.
05-19-14, 03:30 PM
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What's the difference in wearing a full major league uniform, NFL uniform or NBA to your recreational activity? I see no problem with it..
05-19-14, 03:45 PM
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05-19-14, 04:05 PM
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This is kind of pro.
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05-19-14, 06:35 PM
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^Yeah, a little too well! I don't want to be a Hinault poseur.
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I have a Polish national champion jersey that I wear regularly. I'm Polish and like OPQ so it works well, plus the design is cool. I don't think anyone has mistaken me for Kwiatkowski yet. I wouldn't wear it to a competition, though; I also think that wearing a full kit with the bibs on a replica team bike would be kind of dorky.
05-19-14, 07:12 PM
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I don't do it...for no particular reason. There are some that I rather like.
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