2011 Pro Team Kit & Bikes

Chips Lovell

Teams are slowly unveiling their new kits for next year. Here's a few I've spotted already:

Saxo Bank goes for light blue:


HTC - High Road lose the fake abs and go for a simpler look:


Garmin - Cervelo is more Cervelo than Garmin:


Quick Step add a dash of red:


Katusha adds more than a dash of red:

Chips Lovell

Movistar (formerly Caisse d'Eparnge):


Bianchi Adroni Giocattoli:

Lumen

That HTC kit is f'ing awful. Black shorts with a white jersey is so un-pro.

Garmin is nice.

I thought Katusha were going to be using DT 40/60 wheels on their Focuses.

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

I thought Katusha were going to be using DT 40/60 wheels on their Focuses.

I read before that Vision are their new wheel sponsor.

niceonetom

The movistar kit is a bit meh, but their bikes are likely to inspire envy. How does a few dozen pinerello dogmas with campy electronic 11 speed sound?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65l6slrvIc

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

The movistar kit is a bit meh, but their bikes are likely to inspire envy. How does a few dozen pinerello dogmas with campy electronic 11 speed sound?

Custom wheel decals too.

cipo

Out in thebikehub in Howth, tried on the new Specialized lid seen above on cav and pinotti... It's outrageously light!!!

Not sure on the style factor but it's super light barely know it's there!!

Garmin gear looks way too like sky!! Not sure sky will change anything except for fonts when in Italy!!

Brammeier's Irish champ kit isn't bad!

niceonetom

The Garmin-Cervelo isn't as ugly as it might have been though I'm not sure if that's a genuine pic.

Chips Lovell

Hmmm, yes, the red doesn't really go with the kit. You'd think the bike would be black and blue.

pointer28

None of them doing too much for me tbh, I won't be rushing out to buy any of them

HTC one is utterly rank.

Saxobank would be nice but looks like someone accidentally left a blue sock in the wash.

Garmin is inoffensive but not too exciting, I really liked the old argyle one.

Junior

The HTC one is very retro .. I quiet like it, the Garvelo one just seems lazy.

Raam

I like the new HTC one.

Junior

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

I read before that Vision are their new wheel sponsor.

Ah, I was going from here:

http://www.focus-bikes.com/int/en/bikes/bikes-2011/category/racing-bikes-3/model/izalco-team.html

...but it looks like the wheels on those are clinchers which wouldn't make any sense on a team bike.

Regarding the HTC - the jersey's fine, it's just those shorts I have a problem with. The white Specialized symbol near the crotch is plain dodgy looking.

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

Regarding the HTC - the jersey's fine, it's just those shorts I have a problem with. The white Specialized symbol near the crotch is plain dodgy looking.

I expect that is the classics shorts. No doubt there will be a white version for the sunnier races.

dave.obrien

niceonetom wrote: »

The Garmin-Cervelo isn't as ugly as it might have been though I'm not sure if that's a genuine pic.

Is it just me or is there something weird going on with the shifters here... Is there a sram red badge on a shimano lever?

Captain Havoc

Black and amber, classy colours.

sy

el tonto wrote: »

Love the bike but christ almighty look at the decor in the background :eek:

Katusha jersey is my pick

superrdave

sy wrote: »

Love the bike but christ almighty look at the decor in the background :eek:

Katusha jersey is my pick

Everyone knows a true cyclist's home is a velour heaven.

Doesn't hurt near the same as leather or fabric if you sit on it with road rash.

omri

Any word on new team set up by Schlecks ? Will they start in any of big tours ?

Quigs Snr

The new Luxemborg/Schleck team is ranked as the number 1 team in the world on it's rider rankings and will have a protour license, so yes, they will start all of the major races.

omri

Quigs Snr wrote: »

The new Luxemborg/Schleck team is ranked as the number 1 team in the world on it's rider rankings and will have a protour license, so yes, they will start all of the major races.

Do they have website or any sneak peak on their colors/bikes etc available anywhere in the web ?

DirkVoodoo

Everyone seems to be moving to SRAM now. Liquigas have ditched campagnolo:





I am starting to question their euroness!

lukester

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Liquigas have ditched campagnolo:

Porca madonna, non ci credo!

Chips Lovell

Omega Pharma - Lotto:

Raam

Maybe it looks better in the flesh.

niceonetom

Supposedly these are leaked pics of what the leopard-trek team will be wearing:





The boring bastards. They should have gone with something like this, only with spots instead of stripes.

Chips Lovell

Leopard still don't have a main sponsor I see. I wonder how that's going to go for them. They no doubt have a hefty wage bill.

niceonetom

Their scarf bill alone must run to thousands.



There'll be alive streamed press conference at 7pm GMT which, if you want to follow you should get out more click here. Maybe there'll be more sponsors forthcoming.

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

The boring bastards. They should have gone with something like this, only with spots instead of stripes.

This?

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Raam

Lumen wrote: »

This?

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My god that site has some awful shíte.