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Why is it considered wanky to wear sky kit

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  • May 18, 2013 at 6:12 pm #18830
    joc

    Apologies if the intricacies of the Scottish language is lost on you all 😀
    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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  • May 20, 2013 at 7:16 am #736571
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    Super Domestique

    Keeping with the football
    Keeping with the football analogy, what about people who have supported (for eg) Chelsea for years. Do they have to somehow prove they were there before the glory years?

    One thing is for sure, if anyone new to cycling reads the polar opinions and regulations then it’ll be enough to put them off! Then we will all miss the ‘what first road bike’ threads.

    May 20, 2013 at 6:36 am #736569
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    joc

    I get that Sky stands for the
    I get that Sky stands for the galactico type mentality throwing money around much like Chelsea or Man City….to use a footballing comparison. but you can’t underestimate what they have done for cycling in this country.

    May 19, 2013 at 11:33 pm #736567
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    Leviathan

    Gkam84 wrote:I have Colin

    Gkam84 wrote:
    I have Colin Lynch’s World Champ and James McCallum’s Scottish Champs Jersey’s.

    It would under NO circumstance be ok for me to wear these…EVER. I didn’t earn them and I shouldn’t wear them

    If you were given these and didn’t just acquire them for money then ABSOLUTELY wear them, what else are you supposed to do with them? They were given to you presumably, you would be honoring the rider and that gift to wear them. If you won’t wear them throw them away, sell them, or just give them away to someone who will. Come on G, you are getting a bit grumpy lately.

    In my experience club colours tend to be as awful as half the pro teams are. Sky is not a bad design if you don’t mind the Sky logo and what it stands for. One main colour is always the best way to go.
    Frankly this is the most exercised people have been here for a while with some sextuple quoting going on. Just chill and wear what you want.

    May 19, 2013 at 10:19 pm #736565
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    Cooks

    Jesus. Cyclists seem to be
    Jesus. Cyclists seem to be such snobs.

    May 19, 2013 at 10:14 pm #736563
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    Gkam84

    So at the moment, I am in
    So at the moment, I am in possession of two genuine champion’s tops. It would be alright to wear them on a sportive……NO

    I have Colin Lynch’s World Champ and James McCallum’s Scottish Champs Jersey’s.

    It would under NO circumstance be ok for me to wear these…EVER. I didn’t earn them and I shouldn’t wear them

    May 19, 2013 at 9:34 pm #736561
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    Ghedebrav

    Oh, and as for the whole ‘you
    Oh, and as for the whole ‘you can’t wear the yellow/pink/rainbow/etc. unless you’ve actually won it’ – seriously, get a grip. It’s clothes.

    (Though personally I’d want to be pretty secure in my climbing abilities before donning the polka dots 😉 )

    May 19, 2013 at 9:27 pm #736559
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    NDD

    Ride naked if you give a
    Ride naked if you give a s***

    Nonsense comments on the whole

    May 19, 2013 at 9:27 pm #736557
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    Ghedebrav

    +1 for the club kit. I’m not
    +1 for the club kit. I’m not a clubman myself (and I’m a hoodie/t-shirt & commuter-shorts person. Oh, and I have flat pedals, which you may admire as the recede into the distance) but I always reckoned that if I went serious ‘roadie’ I’d join a club and wear their colours.

    Nowt particularly wanky about wearing any team kit IMO, though I suspect on some riders of more robust physique (not knocking that either, having lost five stone myself thanks in part to pedal power) aren’t quite getting the performance boost they think they are…

    But wear what you like. Admire the stylish and accept the others as fellow human beings on bicycles. There’s (much) more to life than sock colour.

    May 19, 2013 at 9:20 pm #736555
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    edster99

    liam.cahill1 wrote:Wear any

    liam.cahill1 wrote:
    Wear any team kit you like, but not a rainbow one….please! This makes you a bit of a douche full stop.

    And for those of you that will be going to Bourg d’Oisans and the surrounding area at the time of the TDF, be warned. If you are spotted my me or my mates in a polka-dot jersey, we will attack you, reach the top, descend back to where you are, then do it all again just for kicks! But as we go past, prepare to still hear encouragement from each and every one of us, because being a cyclist is hard enough without other cyclists abusing you on the road. We all do it mentally.

    That gets my vote. Personally, I don’t think you should wear a jersey that is awarded for acheivement (polka dot, yellow, pink, green, rainbow, etc) unless you did achieve it. Team kit, I couldn’t care less about. There’s no comeback if someone stuffs you repeatedly thats for sure.

    May 19, 2013 at 8:59 pm #736553
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    Cooks

    Maybe you’re proud of your
    Maybe you’re proud of your nation’s olympic achievements? Hence my olympic GB jersey?

    May 19, 2013 at 8:59 pm #736551
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    surfer35

    Aaaaaaargh….. Get a bloody
    Aaaaaaargh….. Get a bloody grip. Go cycle, enjoy yourself.

    May 19, 2013 at 8:55 pm #736549
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    Liam Cahill

    Wear any team kit you like,
    Wear any team kit you like, but not a rainbow one….please! This makes you a bit of a douche full stop.

    And for those of you that will be going to Bourg d’Oisans and the surrounding area at the time of the TDF, be warned. If you are spotted my me or my mates in a polka-dot jersey, we will attack you, reach the top, descend back to where you are, then do it all again just for kicks! But as we go past, prepare to still hear encouragement from each and every one of us, because being a cyclist is hard enough without other cyclists abusing you on the road. We all do it mentally.

    May 19, 2013 at 8:15 pm #736547
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    paulfg42

    I don’t have any team kit but
    I don’t have any team kit but I do have a rainbow jersey and I like wearing it. ICGAF about anyone who thinks that is naff or wanky.

    May 19, 2013 at 7:51 pm #736545
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    herlihy

    Crosshouses wrote:Confused
    [quote=Crosshouses]Confused newbie here, I thought ‘the rules’ were a joke – they amuse me anyway – but it appears that some folk take them seriously, have I got it wrong?

    That is what I thought. I assumed Velominati was a piss take like Johnny Speight creating Alf Garnett. I.e intended to make anyone quoting his rules look like a wanker. It works very well.

    May 19, 2013 at 7:49 pm #736543
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    joc

    Fixie Girl wrote:Its fine

    Fixie Girl wrote:
    Its fine just so long as they are wearing the scarf and waving one of the supporters flags or wearing any one of the Sky Branded kit marketed by Rapha #laughingallthewaytothebank

    Love Rapha, hate Sky


    Hate Sky?…because?

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