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Old 02-13-15 | 12:48 PM
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I've always liked the FDJ kit. With the exception of 2012 when they had two sponsors (FDJ + BigMat), FDJ has been the only sponsor. The design has obviously varied over the years, but the four-leaf-clover-with-diamond symbol has dominated the jersey since its 1999 introduction, making it close to "pro team kit without writing".

Now that I think about it, the vast majority of my jerseys have some sort of symbol as their main design instead of words. Pro kit: the FDJ four-leaf-clover, the ONCE blind-man-with-cane, the Z Team's huge "Z", and the colored blocks of the La Vie Claire jersey. My non-pro-kit jerseys are the same: heavy on graphics, light on words.

The only sold-color kit I have is a blaze orange rain helmet cover. It would appear obvious I don't like a jersey covered with words, but it still has to be "loud", not subtle. I wouldn't be caught dead in that "plain" Sky kit

Here's Thibaut Pinot 'modeling' the FDJ 2015 kit:



And finally, allow me to give the ArtByOpsal jerseys (an unsolicited plug) special mention. I've got the KOM jersey. When wearing it one day, a motorcycle went slooooowly past me, and the leather-clad rider said something like 'that's cool!' to me.
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