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BUYER'S GUIDE
24 cycling T-shirts — choose from the best designs
[This article was last updated on October 29, 2020]
Want to proclaim your allegiance to the world's greatest activity, sport and mode of transport? Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts so the world knows you love riding bike even when you're not doing it.
Type 'cycling T-shirts' into Google and you get a vast range of choices: brand logos, political statements, jokes good and bad, homages to races and straightforward cycling-themed art.
Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts. Feel free to add your own in the comments.
24 of the best cycling T-shirts for 2020
Art
Revolutionary – Eddy Merckx — £26.26
The incomparable Merckx by CycloBuzz at RedBubble
Enjoy — £10.00
A play, of course, on the iconic Coke slogan, from Rinsed.
Kraftwerk: Tour de France — £16.02
There are a number of Kraftwerk-inspired cycling T-shirts around. We like this take on the iconic Tour de France cover.
A Lifetime of Bicycles — £15.99
From kiddie trike to road racing bike.
Infinity — £14.99
The infinity symbol in chain links. Simple.
All-weather rider — £14.99
Just keep in mind that after you wear this you can never again skip a ride because it's raining.
Bicycle Exploded Diagram — £15.99
A 1977 Raleigh Gran Sport featuring state-of-the-art centre pull brakes, square-taper cranks, and toeclips and straps.
DNA — £22
Billed as 'the genetic road map of cyclists' by Cycology.
Evolution — £14.99
Just in case any of your friends need reminding that cyclists are the pinnacle of human evolution.
Races
Lanterne Rouge —£14.96
Here's a tribute to the race's last-placed rider, the famed lanterne rouge. We've all been there. Artist Anthony Robson has a couple of dozen other designs too.
Col de Galibier T-Shirt — £25
Monuments and climbs abound at velolove.cc and this Galibier number is a fairly typical example. Done in a cheery blue, it doesn’t scream cycling, which makes it all the better in our book.
Giro d'Italia - £10.00
A tribute to the Tour of Italy from Rinsed T-shirts.
Le Mont Ventoux — £13.99
Often a crucial climb in the Tour de France, the windy mountain is celebrated by this T-shirt from Amazon.
l'Alpe d'Huez — £14.99
Always a significant climb when it's included, some say the Tour de France is won on l'Alpe d'Huez.
Vuelta — £10
The only grand tour that more-or-less started on time this year, and we love the colours.
Slogans and statements
Pasta is always the answer — £22.99
We're quite fond of baked goods as well, so if anyone can find a 'Will ride for cake' shirt, let us know.
The more you drive… — £14.96
The wisdom of renegade scientist Dr. J. Frank Parnell from Alex Cox's 1984 cult science fiction movie Repo Man.
Slow And Steady Sloth — £14.99
Don't we all feel like this some days?
Fat and money — £19.99
Nuff said.
Too Many Bicycles — £10.95
A bit more straightforward than some of the others, but a fair bit less costly as well. It also leads us neatly on to:
Bike maths — £22
The expanded version of the timeless cyclist's formula. Can you ever have too many? If in doubt, consult the T-shirt.
Stay Awesome — £15.99
Inspired by Transport for London's ludicrous 'Cyclists Stay Back' stickers of a few years ago, so we include two car window stickers, two A6 stickers and five business card stickers with each T-shirt and for every tee we donate £5 to the Cyclists' Defence Fund. The front has a small road.cc logo.
Brands
Campagnolo Classic — ~£32.00
Is there any cycling brand with a mightier heritage than Campagnolo?
Rapha — £24
Probably the UK's most controversial cycling brand, so here's one of their T-shirts for you to argue about.
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