Why is it considered wanky to wear sky kit

stepho wrote:WHO GIVES A FUCK

stepho wrote:

WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT ANYONE IS WEARING ON THEIR BIKE.

Please people.
my 5 year old son wears a Valentino Rossi Moto GP champion hat, should i tell him he can’t wear it because he never earned it? give me strength. X(

OK let’s recap. Do the papers talk of someone “Wearing the hat” the same as they say “Wearing the Maglia Rosa”, or “Wearing the Rainbow Jersey”? There’s the difference. If you want to wear team kit, I couldnt care less. (Honestly).

@The Rumpo Kid:
Sorry, I
@The Rumpo Kid:

Sorry, I think I got a bit carried away there, im sure you arent elitist and I understand your view. I do have to admit that I would feel very self-conscious about wearing a polka-dot jersey, as it would in my mind be akin to making a statement about my climbing abilities, but wearing a pair of prendas armwarmers with the World Champion stripes on wouldnt bother me a jot.

I live in leafy Cheshire and I see a lot of riders out in full rapha gear, I cant help the feeling that they are trying just as hard to fit in with a stereotype as the man in the Wiggins kit.

It is not wanky to wear a Sky
It is not wanky to wear a Sky jersey if You…
…want to commit a crime, everybody will remember the Sky jersey as they have seen such an item before, but you are not only one wearing one making life very difficult for Metropolitean police :O
(This is based on the theory that humans tend to remember only a limited number of visual impacts, preferable items they have seen before and can relate to.)

– My second coice of disguse:
http://innercitymobility.blogspot.de/2013/04/london-fashion-visibility-ii.html – the Gore one.

And now pardon me I have a bank “appointment” 👿
http://innercitymobility.blogspot.de/2013/04/london-carradice-money-carrier.html

The Rumpo Kid wrote:joc

The Rumpo Kid wrote:

joc wrote:

The Rumpo Kid wrote:

joc wrote:

The Rumpo Kid wrote:

wifwaf wrote:

Of course it would be inapropriate for a pro rider to wear colours they hadnt earned ie. World Championship stripes.

For the rest of us, refusing to wear team colours or trophy gear because you havent ‘earned’ them demonstrates you are actually far more delusional than the 22 stone sportive rider resplendant in his Sky kit.

Refusing to wear this gear is an attempt to be closer to the pro-world than the people who do. Get a life and if you like the look of gear, wear it.

So what would you think of a Non-Olympian who wore an Olympic Medal? That they were somehow demonstrating they were not “delusional”? No. You would rightly consider them to be a bit sad at best.

Wearing a yellow Jersey is not the same as wearing an Olympic Gold metal… Are you serious. Because that’s like the worse comparison ever

The difference being? Although an item of clothing, The Yellow Jersey, like a medal, says the wearer has achieved sonething.

I’m just not buying that…. So if you wear a brazil kit with stars next to the badge you are pretending to be a World Cup winner? It’s a replica kit, not close to running about with an Olympic gold medal round your neck…. Like I said, a shite comparison

The stars on National Football shirts (whether worn on the pitch or down the pub) indicate that the Country, not the wearer, won the World Cup.

Oh really? The shirt also indicates that the wearer qualified to play for his country. Most observers have the maturity and intelligence to realise this is not actually the case and that the wearer is expressing his support for the country/player in question, not plagiarising his achievements. Putting trophies on your mantlepiece you havent actually won would be sad, wearing team kit or winners colours in cycling is not. Its all about context and perspective. In cycing there are a lot of elitist snobs and they look just as sad as the people they are despising.

joc wrote:The Rumpo Kid

joc wrote:

The Rumpo Kid wrote:

joc wrote:

The Rumpo Kid wrote:

wifwaf wrote:

Of course it would be inapropriate for a pro rider to wear colours they hadnt earned ie. World Championship stripes.

For the rest of us, refusing to wear team colours or trophy gear because you havent ‘earned’ them demonstrates you are actually far more delusional than the 22 stone sportive rider resplendant in his Sky kit.

Refusing to wear this gear is an attempt to be closer to the pro-world than the people who do. Get a life and if you like the look of gear, wear it.

So what would you think of a Non-Olympian who wore an Olympic Medal? That they were somehow demonstrating they were not “delusional”? No. You would rightly consider them to be a bit sad at best.

Wearing a yellow Jersey is not the same as wearing an Olympic Gold metal… Are you serious. Because that’s like the worse comparison ever

The difference being? Although an item of clothing, The Yellow Jersey, like a medal, says the wearer has achieved sonething.

I’m just not buying that…. So if you wear a brazil kit with stars next to the badge you are pretending to be a World Cup winner? It’s a replica kit, not close to running about with an Olympic gold medal round your neck…. Like I said, a shite comparison

The stars on National Football shirts (whether worn on the pitch or down the pub) indicate that the Country, not the wearer, won the World Cup.

I wear a Columbia Jersey as
I wear a Columbia Jersey as it helps me climb better. I’m sure of it. Put it this way it can’t make me any worse. And I’m not even Columbian.

if its for sale wear it, if
if its for sale wear it, if its earned wear it. if your granny knits it wear it.

Is it naff… yes.
It’s the
Is it naff… yes.

It’s the cycling equivalent of all the Manchester United fans who live in Surrey.

Is it something that anyone should make a snarky comment about… no.

Think what you like, let them wear what they like.