Originally Posted by sggoodri
If my jersey and cycling shorts have no logos on them, because I bought plain ones myself, does this mean I am not wearing a kit?
Personally, I'd feel as silly riding to work in a logo jersey as I would driving a minivan covered with nascar sponsor stickers.
However, I won't ever go back to wearing cotton on the bike.
I think it's more the spandex shorts and bright-colored jersies that set off some of the more redneck-oriented and possibily homophobic drivers...the team/sponsor logos probably don't make much of a difference - unless the driver is a cyclist and hates alleged poseurs.
Riding in regular cargo shorts, shirt, ball cap, etc. almost always gets me treated better by drivers than when wearing clothing that looks more like cycling kit - and more space too. At the same time the drivers who happen to be 'serious cyclists' look down on me with disdain as some homeless/DWI dude, since I am not dressed like them and lord forbid, not wearing a helmet!
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