New Team Sky kit - would you wear it?

Andy P, I'll do a break down for you, just to completely kill any remaining humour.

You wrote:
I don't ride for the team, so no, I won't be wearing the kit.

This is the sort of rule made popular by a website called The Velominati. This is a portmanteau of Illuminati, the secret society, and Velo, the French word for bike. On this website they have a list of rules which are somewhat tongue in cheek, but some people take them far too seriously.

After this ajmarshal1 replied with

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Ah, the good old Velominazi.
I've got a green jersey and I'm shit at sprinting. Come at me bro.

Now then, the word Velominazi is a play on the word velominati that some people to show their displeasure at the bores that hold "The Rules" in such high esteem that they use them as gospel. You've probably guessed what the play is but essentially they've created another portmanteau by tagging the word 'Nazi' on the end.

The "green jersey" is a green coloured cycling top, traditionally awarded to sprinters in the Tour de France. Other grand tours use other colours, green is usually achieved by mixing the primary colours of yellow and blue.

"Shit at sprinting" means that he isn't very good at sprinting.

He is suggesting that there may be some humour in the incongruous pairing of a poor sprinter wearing a sprinters jersey.

"Come at me Bro" is a phrase originally used by some Americans to suggest that they want to initiate a fight but don't really want to throw the first punch. It's often accompanied with outstretched arms, bouncing up and down, etc. Similar to the sort of behaviour you see in pubs and clubs in the UK where some mindless child bounces around trying to look "hard" and shouting inane nonsense like "Do you want it" and such like to make it look like they want to fight but the reality is often that they are just posturing. Come at me bro has now become a bit of an internet meme with the phrase being tagged on to the end of something they have written to mockingly suggest they believe in something so much that they would enter in to physical confrontation to defend that belief. It's kind of implied that the ridiculousness of such a thing highlights that it is not a literal request, but is in fact just a joke.

So, armed with this new knowledge, lets return to the post:

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Ah, the good old Velominazi.
I've got a green jersey and I'm shit at sprinting. Come at me bro.

You see, it's supposed to be funny. Or rather it was supposed to be funny.

I have a "Once" team top and i have been accused of supporting drug cheats by wearing it.

Didn't realise they are now Astana.

The replicas aren't as see through (thank the Lord). But I was interested to spy the blue version.

Very nice and almost road.ccish in colour.

I am sure our new jersey will be much better, although I am keeping my argyle one.

http://www.rapha.cc/shop/team-sky?cm_re=Homepage-_-MainCarousel-_-tskit2014

I would have absolutely no problem wearing this strip. However:-

I'm 45 with a raging cake addiction and more body-hair than the average chimp!

You would probably pay me lots of money not to wear it.

I wouldn't wear it because I'm a self confessed cycling snob and abhor those that wear FPK(w).

At least I'm honest

As an OPQS fan, I am unlikely to invest in the new Sky kit - besides, I don't think it would be very flattering to a man of my dimensions! Also, having read the following, I am even more disinclined to wear see-through kit!

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/24/chris-froome-sunburn-team-s...

Full Pro Kit I think.

The (w) presumably rhymes with bankers

Re the Froome sunburn pic - OUCH!

Still, understandable that a pale skin Brit wouldn't realise the power of the hot African sun - it's not like he grew up in Kenya or anything is it?

I'm going to have to get matching shorts for my sky top then -currently I'm offending too many groups of people!

But then I'd also like a replica USPS jersey, just for the hell of it!

I'm kind of hoping wearing a sky top makes me a target for bike snobs, TBH -livens up a ride, especially if I manage to disprove the assumption that I have 'all the gear and no idea'!

In answer to the original question, no. I have the 2013 top and that's see through enough. Allthough i'm living in Perth, Australia at the moment, and haven't managed to get any sun through the side panels.

On the subject of wearing team kit. The Velominati actually says it's a no no to wear championship jerseys and race leader jerseys.

I personally don't have an issue with it, it is no different to wearing a football top, it supports the team, and in Team Sky's case, supports British Cycling. You can't wear these outfits when racing, unless of course you actually are part of that team.

Rapha Condor JLT had an interesting concept, they allowed you to be an official rider, if you paid your membership, you could wear their kit at races.

i find some of these posts totally brilliant .

For me it comes down to this, do you wear a rugby team shirt when you go to one of your teams games? yes....

Do you wear a rugby team shirt when your playing for your own team? No.

When im training i wear a rugby team shirt but would i wear it out in "public", NO BLOODY WAY",

So with this i saw.
Wear team kit when you go to support TDF ect, DONT wear kit in races(most of the time its banned anyway)

and dont wear it when your training, it makes it hard to spot real pros and mainly you look stupid esp when your belly overhangs the bars in team sky kit.

Sorry all you mid 40 somethings going through mid life crisis

'Nazi how? I was trying to be nice, the guy meant well enough. Slightly pot kettle there!'

Not you. Try reading the thread. How can you say he meant well enough without reading his post...:)

No, I wouldn't wear current kit. Its just not my thing. I do wear retro team kit. I have a nice orange San Pellegrino shirt from the 50's and 60's made in modern materials. I also have some other stuff from 10-15 year old teams that I feel comfortable wearing. The website Prendas do some great stuff. I don't have a problem with people who wear current team kit but I dont think its a cool thing to do.

Godwin's Law; you killed the thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

'I have to stick up for the guy who made that comment as I see folks are calling him out for being "ill tempered"... which is really not necessary! '

the nazi comment was necessary, presumably?

Is there a statute of limitations on wearing team kit? I like old/retro jerseys which I buy off Ebay, for example my 1973 bike looks very similar to the one on which Ocana won Le Tour, so I hope I'm OK wearing my Bic jersey to complete the illusion.

I also have a jersey emblazoned 'Kampioen West_Vlaanderen' - mid '80s judging by the font. I guess the real champion wont mind me wearing it as he must have put it on Ebay.

Thanks for the translations. What an ill-tempered chap.

Al_S...well, quite. And indeed I was not berating or blanking anyone. The question was would *I* wear it, and my answer referred to me, not anyone else. However, our colonial chum appears to have read this differently. Ah well.

Do I get a pass on Rule 43 for getting our logo on a team kit?
http://storify.com/ade_wwf/conversation-with-vaughters

"come at me bro" is a praticularly american invitation to fight.

On the "team kit is for team members", I kind of go with that- though I'd never berate/blank someone else for it. Might rib them a bit if they were a mate, but not a stranger. After all, Rule 43 is important and one that no-one can find fault with, surely?