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We need your help choosing the Planet X - road.cc pro team's jersey

Coming to your local Premier Calendar race or Tour Series round soon

Ikea is not normally our favourite place but last time we were there we walked out with something altogether snazzier than flatpack furniture – co-sponsorship of a professional racing outfit Team Planet X – road.cc. Nice.

Getting a team was the easy bit though now comes the altogether tougher challenge of kitting them out with some dapper jerseys that'll make 'em stand out in the peloton (no race radio in the Premier Calendar or Tour Series this year) and on TV and that all their soon to be legions of fans would be happy to wear too.

That's where you all come in, we've had the digital colouring kits out and we've come up with some designs, we think we've got a winner – that's it up top. It's been mahyem* getting to this point so… we'd like to run it past you lot first. After all we've always said road.cc is a club – that's what the .cc is there for so – tell us what you think. 

The jerseys here are our final shortlist in descending order, but check the gallery to see the longer list – click on the gallery pics and comment on the ones you like – Planet X may make more than one team jersey… some of them in wool too.

 

This one riffs on the old del tongo Colnago jersey. A big favourite with Planet X boss Dave Loughran - cos it reminds him of when he was 18.

 We liked the del tongo vibe too, but in blue… don't tell Dave.

 

Taking an all together more Belgian inspired turn of direction is this daring little green number. 

 

Stepping away from the retro theme this one is sure to stand out in a crowd or a sprint for the line. Runs the blue jersey a close second in these parts.  

 We'll be talking a lot more about the new team in the coming days and weeks introducing you to the riders and their bikes… some sort of Planet X we're guessing. When you pop in to IKEA for some meatballs, sponsoring a racing team is not usually high on the agenda, but now that we've got one we're going to enjoy it in new and different ways, and we're going to share that fun around.

So, which one's your favourite jersey?

*Expect some exciting Mayhem based news in the very near future.

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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Lantern rouge | 14 years ago
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I like No.9, 6, 4 and No.8 in that order.

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JJ the Flying D... | 14 years ago
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Love retro9b and the Del Tongo one!

Personally I wouldn't go for Champions stripes of any country on the sleeves/collar. You need to earn them  3

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chiefoldmist | 14 years ago
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I'd vote for / buy the retro 9 or dev2

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Simon_MacMichael | 14 years ago
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Stripes are wrong round to be GB national champion, which would be blue nearest cuff, red furthest away  26

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pgm31 | 14 years ago
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The green Retro4 would be perfect if it had red white & green bands on the collar and sleeves (i.e. Welsh and Italian colours) but it's still my fave. The blue Retro 9 is nice too - in fact most are good except for the Paisley ones [i]and especially[/i] the psychedelic bubbles.

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demoff | 14 years ago
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I like DEV 3 the best, classy uncluttered and if pushed for a secomd would go for Retro 7 on the same understated lines.

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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Thanks Pete,

but I think Mr Loughran at Planet X has plans on the jersey production front  1

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TheHatter | 14 years ago
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I'm liking Retro 9 - though not sure about the tricolour on the sleves as it does seem to suggest a national champ. Maybe an argyle pattern around the sleeves would be a nice subtle Roadcc twist?

ps the del tongo looks more crash test dummy to me.

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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Like the way you're thinking their - yeah I agree the whole national champions thing is a bit of a can of worms really as JJ the Flying Dutchman said you gotta earn them, he should know…

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CycleGringo | 14 years ago
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The 3rd one looks good but a updated one of these

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would be better.

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JJ the Flying D... | 14 years ago
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Unfortunately we don't have official crit champs in the Netherlands, would have a better chance with them than racing against the likes of Robert Gesink, Karsten Kroon, Johnny Hoogerland etc....
Wouldn't mind a Dutch flag on my bike though, to show the roots  3

In my opinion 9b wouldn't have that problem, those colors might be the same as the Luxembourg flag (who can name any riders from Luxembourg anyway  3 ), but they are upside down and don't look like 'wannabe' champion as it's just part of a great design.

No problems as such with the Del Tongo design!

Last point for today, guess the bike design might influence what kit design would look best as well?

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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good point JJ.

I'm guessing a black bike will go with anything… pink might clash a bit

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adeclay (not verified) | 14 years ago
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I'd go for Retro 8 followed by dev 7 IF, you lost bubbles on the shoulders. My mate wants green, white & orange, but then she is Irish

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Blackhound | 14 years ago
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I would avoid yellow as it can clash with leaders jerseys in races and white as will be hard to keep that way.

The argyll themes one's look nice, certainly nicer then Garmin-Transitions.

My favourite has to be the green with red band, Mayo GAA colours, how could I possibly not buy one.

As others have said would be nice to have one that is not the same as a pro teams and also looks good with plain black shorts.

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Deac | 14 years ago
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Retro 4 4 me  3

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jezzzer | 14 years ago
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"ikea isn't normally our favourite place" ...??

yes it is - you go there all the time

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badbunny | 14 years ago
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I like Dev7 because its slightly different, the rest look much of a muchness to me  3

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VecchioJo | 14 years ago
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/wades in/

i'm going to dismiss all of the designs with the white band going across the chest, there's too much of that whole 'retro' vibe going on at the moment, it's not big, it's not clever and it's boring

Dev6 looks like the junior champion of some minor eastern-european state, Dev2 looks costco american champion and Dev7 is on drugs

i'm going to agree that there needs to be some kind of reference to the plaid of the existing jersey to maintain some sort of 'brand' coherence

in which case we can dismiss the two black/blue ones because they're too Discovery and plump for Dev5 with maybe some subtle tweaking

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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Dev6 looks like the junior champion of some minor eastern-european state

Venezuela actually B)

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ourtel | 14 years ago
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retro9 or dev8

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Road Racer | 14 years ago
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Dev 8 for me. Also need to stay away from sky blue else clash with Cycle Premier-Metaltek-Basso

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Kestevan | 11 years ago
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Dev 8 for me, with Retro 6 a very close second.

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notfastenough | 11 years ago
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Gutted - I just looked at the 'recent comments' list, and thought this was happening now! Road.cc sponsoring a pro-team? Woohoo!

Oh. Right.

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scottishcyclocross | 14 years ago
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dev8 does it for me

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sponging-machine | 14 years ago
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I quite like DEV7, but you'd need pink bikes to match.

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Jon Burrage | 14 years ago
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Surely there is a serbia and montenegran tilt in their for those sleeves too? I do like the top though and how the road.cc band stands out (which, lets face it is the most important thing)

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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Update - our first choice was retro 9, newly installed up top. Are those sleeves French, Dutch or British? We've got two Dutch guys on the team - so we're going the Anglo- Dutch route.

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stever | 14 years ago
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I still have a Del Tongo top
/wipes away small tear
And the wool shorts. More tight than retro, if truth be told. But not an inch on the wastline mind.

For that reason I vote yellow through to the next round.
...that blue is bob on for another team from the 80s too. Anyone?

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step-hent | 14 years ago
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dev3 looks good for a re-run of the road.cc jersey - if it was in merino or sportwool I'd definitely have to get one...

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Fringe | 14 years ago
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will the planet x/road.cc team be following suit and sport 'guards as well  4

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