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May 18, 2013 at 6:12 pm #18830
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Apologies if the intricacies of the Scottish language is lost on you all đŸ˜€
But I’ve noticed a few derisory comments about people wearing sky kit to sportives etc. why is it considered naff? -
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Necro!
Necro!
Was searching for team bottles and people’s opinions on them and found this thread. Very entertaining.
Anyone has team bottles on their bike?
HarryTrauts
It’s amazing how angry some
It’s amazing how angry some people get about what to wear on a bike! I’m certainly with the “wear what you want” camp.Personally, I have a stash of vintage cycling gear that I’ve bought over the years, some 20 years plus. Remember Tulip? Full kit and I still fit into it. That’s what keeps me going. That and my love for actually cycling.
pants
tired old fart wrote:pants
tired old fart wrote:pants wrote:People should just wear whatever they want, personally I’d rather be someone good in crap gear and a crap bike than the other way round.none of the gear all of the idea! Ha Ha :D
also if you are actually crap you can blame the bike!
tired old fart
pants wrote:People should
pants wrote:People should just wear whatever they want, personally I’d rather be someone good in crap gear and a crap bike than the other way round.none of the gear all of the idea! Ha Ha đŸ˜€
People should just wear
People should just wear whatever they want, personally I’d rather be someone good in crap gear and a crap bike than the other way round.Gkam84
THIS is why you only wear the
THIS is why you only wear the yellow jersey if you are leading the TdF, otherwise you get something like thisdarren13366
Surely someone should ask
Surely someone should ask Pierre Roland how much of a twat he felt wearing polka dot jersey, shorts, helmet and socks whilst being overtaken by half the peloton on his polka dot bike on Mont Ventoux. If he felt ok about it, then so should everyone else đŸ˜‰Leviathan
bashthebox wrote:People will
bashthebox wrote:People will be saying it’s ok to wear Pierre Rolland’s polka dot shorts next… ;)
That would be fab! Why not, awesome.Seriously, I can’t believe this thread has come back again. Whoops/bump.
bashthebox
Yesterday I saw an XXL full
Yesterday I saw an XXL full Sky pro kit panting up a gentle incline, and last year’s Sky World Champ in a similar size doing a similar thing. I have nothing against people being out of shape – we’ve all got to start somewhere – but spending £430 in a slightly misguided attempt to look like Chris Froome marks you out as…. something.Mind you I’m not one to talk. Yesterday it was so hot I tore the sleeves off an old jersey and looked like an abomination against cycling fashion. But hey, I kept a bit cooler.
Philsopinion
Can’t say I studiously went
Can’t say I studiously went through each comment but the ones I had read (too many) led me to pick up on “all this rubbish” and a few too many people needlessly commenting on individuals taste.Nothing wrong with proudly showing a little team allegiance especially after Froomes fantastic efforts yesterday.
Jamescorbridge
Just ride guys. And if you’re
Just ride guys. And if you’re buying Italian, go a size up……700c
Philsopinion wrote:I have to
Philsopinion wrote:I have to say reading all this rubbish about team kit is almost enough to put a new cyclist off even bothering to get out and ride. I’ve recently returned to riding and as I need a jersey just happen to like and have bought some of the pro team kit. I don’t hurtle past people thinking I’m in some way superior, I certainly don’t make snide comments as I’m in no position to and just because I have some team kit I don’t profess to be any kind of expert. So books and covers springs to mind.For all those people passing comment, how about we all concentrate on riding (and getting others to), rather than worrying our tiny minds about what is allegedly naff and what isn’t .
Wear what you want, when you want and enjoy the experience!
Majority of posts on this thread actually say exactly this, so I’m not sure where you are coming from with ‘all this rubbish’. If this is representative of wider road cycling opinion then rest assured you are unlikely to be judged by very many, whatever you wear.
As for Rolland’s polka dot shorts, agreed, they were bad, like some children’s pajamas or something! At least he won’t have to worry about that after yesterday’s stage! (unless he’s still wearing by default as the yellow’s technically leading KOM,.not sure).
People will be saying it’s ok
People will be saying it’s ok to wear Pierre Rolland’s polka dot shorts next… đŸ˜‰I have to say reading all
I have to say reading all this rubbish about team kit is almost enough to put a new cyclist off even bothering to get out and ride. I’ve recently returned to riding and as I need a jersey just happen to like and have bought some of the pro team kit. I don’t hurtle past people thinking I’m in some way superior, I certainly don’t make snide comments as I’m in no position to and just because I have some team kit I don’t profess to be any kind of expert. So books and covers springs to mind.For all those people passing comment, how about we all concentrate on riding (and getting others to), rather than worrying our tiny minds about what is allegedly naff and what isn’t .
Wear what you want, when you want and enjoy the experience!
tomisitt wrote:Undoubtedly
tomisitt wrote:Undoubtedly Sky’s sponsorship has been very beneficial to British cycling, encouraging more people to get onto bikes. But don’t think for one second that their sponsorship is based on anything other than sound financial reasoning.BTW, Sky’s zero-tolerance didn’t stop them employing Geert Leinders, so I think we should be careful before getting too sanctimonious.
My Johnny-come-lately observation was meant to illustrate that Sky has no historic love of cycling; they identified sport where they could get maximum exposure, threw relatively large amounts of money at an expensively assembled team, and have done very well out of it.
I’m happy that Wiggins won the Tour, even if it was uncomfortably remiscent of US Postal (and about as exciting), and I’m delighted to see Brits doing well in the peleton. It’s a shame Sky don’t have a women’s team. Presumably because it doesn’t get the sort of media coverage that warrants that sort of investment.
Ultimately, in my view Murdoch and his corporations are morally bankrupt, and that’s why I’d never wear the kit. If other people want to, that’s entirely their business.
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