Adidas Rio GB Cycling Kit

Bloody hell. Don't want to get the car wrong. Very tight range of inoffensive acceptability there. If in doubt, go for a navy, diesel VW Tiguan.

Mid range of course. Gotta keep that finishing kit in check 

Personally I think the design of the Team GB kit is pretty awful- but then it's long been the case. The replica kit for sale obviously isn't the actual competition kit- and I guess that they'll be using UK Sports Insitute kit for that.

As for the snobbishness- to be honest, playing football down the park with your mates in full kit would get you a hell of a ribbing if you're above the age of 10(ish). Cycling isn't that different, the term "full kit wanker" is just as, if not more, prevalent in football and other sports. Football fans wear replica jerseys to spectate, not to participate. The idea that cycling is "different" in this regard is utter shite and is a made up stick to try to beat "Velominati" types with in a reverse reverse reverse (??) snobbery deal. There's a guy around my home town that's regularly to be seen in full movistar kit on a Canyon (not team coloured)- he's perfectly happy, obviously, but whilst he's skinny he does to my mind look like a bit of a tit. I don't know him and I'd I wouldn't approach him in the street to slag him off though.

Decent quality and fit I bet on this range. Adidas is hit and miss. Some stuff is really quite good, other stuff is tragic - boxy shoulders, horrible seams etc (ie. supernova cycling kit). 

As to whether it's cool. There is no single piece of cycling equipment or clothing that is universally thought of as cool. I wear stuff that I know people actually loathe. Cyclists will lose sleep agonising over whether something is acceptable or not.

That's the part of cycling that picked up middle-class anxieties and with that comes snobbery and anti-snobbery and on and on. A good example are team jerseys, which are a sign of support in any sport around the world, but in cycling a small and noisy and rather angsty sect feel outraged that a team jersey is worn without having been 'earned'. Bit sad. The only way you earn a replica jersey is by paying for it, you know, with money. I don't wear team jerseys myself, but I have no chip on my shoulder about it when I see other guys out in them. 

Wear what you think is cool, but there's no harm in canvasing opinion. 

I'll give you mine since you asked - I like the Adidas Rio kit fine, but I think previous years were better. Something of the ink blot about the jersey, but the bib shorts are ace looking. Navy and the red lining looks classy.

Besides, the fitter you get and the more guys you drop, the more you can do whatever you like. I always secretly liked Rapha for example but didn't feel right buying it until I was putting out respectable distances and times for my area. That's not how it should be, but it's how I felt, and how you feel personally is what matters. Now I genuinely wear what I like, in lieu of anyone else's opinion, but I wasn't like that starting out. 

Looking for camo shoes at the moment.

That's how I roll.

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Has anyone bought the GB Adidas kit? It seems to be pretty well discounted just now! Just wondering if it is good quality/fit etc? Plus is it "cool" to wear it....? J

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