most embarrassing cycling kit you've owned

ednwireland

just wondering, mine was a pair of luminous pink descente shorts (at the time i didnt think so) no pics of em though

jiffybag

US Postal kit from 1999/2000 era . Still feel the shame now , luckily there are no photo's around.:mad:

bogmanfan

Tights. I don't care what anyone says, men in tights are all ridiculous.

Chips Lovell

A high viz, winter jacket, with a few reflective stripes. It is now sulking in my wardrobe.

le petit braquet

Carrera 3/4 length "denim" tights. Found them a few weeks ago as I was clearing out the attic and shuddered as I put them in the bin.

lpb

ROK ON

Bert and Ernie cycling top.

BTW Ednwireland. I would love to have pink shorts - can you still get them somewhere?

Captain Havoc

le petit braquet wrote: »

Carrera 3/4 length "denim" tights. Found them a few weeks ago as I was clearing out the attic and shuddered as I put them in the bin.

lpb

This funky pair by any chance? I'm extremely disappointed by the lack of posters modelling their mentioned garments.

Cookie_Monster

ROK ON wrote: »

Bert and Ernie cycling top.

****ing sweet!

The little bit of pink on the boards shorts when wearing a yellow top is the closest I've been

thebouldwhacker

Shame is normally in the eye of the beholder and seldom in the wearer.....

Zorba

A pair of santini cycling shorts that were too small and used to ride up the crack of my arse, leaving me cycling around with a wedgy that i never knew about for months till someone pointed it out :o:o

Surveyor11

bogmanfan wrote: »

Tights. I don't care what anyone says, men in tights are all ridiculous.

I dunno, I think there's something cool about walking into a cycling shop and asking for a pair of tights, without the person in the shop batting an eye lid. Last weekend, I went into a shop and asked about a pair of tight high leg warmers. Not a word was said. I bought them and walked away a happy man.

le petit braquet

Captain Havoc wrote: »

This funky pair by any chance? I'm extremely disappointed by the lack of posters modelling their mentioned garments.

The very ones - except they were 3/4 length as "popularised" by Edwig Van Hooydonck and are now known as "bib knickers"

cipo

I, in my early days of riding, owned a pair of Cipollini's zebra print Aqua&Sapone?? shorts!!! What a d***head!! ;-)

Wore them with proper mongo hairy legs too!! Disgusted with myself..

I was unaware of the rules of the Euro-Pro back then!!!

cipo

Also got to say, in reply to Tights topic....

Tights are vital in brutally cold weather!! No way you can ride without them.

el tel

A gatorade winter jacket of the impermeable front variety. Way too baggy and way too green, white and Orange to be worn in many places I would be cycling in N.Ireland.

Like every single piece of cycling kit I've ever owned, I still have it!

bogmanfan

Not disputing this at all. I've been wearing them every time I go out for the last month or so. However, I still look like a tool. And everyone else in them does too...

cipo wrote: »

Also got to say, in reply to Tights topic....

Tights are vital in brutally cold weather!! No way you can ride without them.

daragh_

I beg to differ. I look totally awesome in my cheap ass Lidl tights.
I especially like the way they go all saggy when they get really wet. Class.

daragh_

Anyway, all the hipsters are wearing super skinny jeans... have you seen those things? Tights by another name.

bogmanfan

daragh_ wrote: »

Anyway, all the hipsters are wearing super skinny jeans... have you seen those things? Tights by another name.

Yes, I have seen the hipsters. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to me they look like tools also

funkyjebus

There is nothing more embarrising than wearing cotton on a bike. Except livestrong gear.

ROK ON

cipo wrote: »

I, in my early days of riding, owned a pair of Cipollini's zebra print Aqua&Sapone?? shorts!!! What a d***head!! ;-)

A certain mod has been known to wear the same shorts. I have to say, the full zebra print outfit is pure class.

PurpleBee

I'm disappointed by the lack of pictures in this thread

Chips Lovell

ROK ON wrote: »

A certain mod has been known to wear the same shorts. I have to say, the full zebra print outfit is pure class.

This guy? Never seen him before.

daragh_

bogmanfan wrote: »

Yes, I have seen the hipsters. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to me they look like tools also

True that.

When I grow up this is the look I want.

LCRC_BAX

cipo wrote: »

I, in my early days of riding, owned a pair of Cipollini's zebra print Aqua&Sapone?? shorts!!! What a d***head!! ;-)

Wore them with proper mongo hairy legs too!! Disgusted with myself..

I was unaware of the rules of the Euro-Pro back then!!!

Don't be slagging the man you're named after Cipo!

Captain Havoc

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

This guy? Never seen him before.

If that Aqua & Sapone outfit looks cool on that dude, it'll look cool on anyone :pac:

Surveyor11

Not a hint of embarrassment, some folk have no shame!

http://triplec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cipo.jpg

ednwireland

Surveyor11 wrote: »

Not a hint of embarrassment, some folk have no shame!

http://triplec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cipo.jpg

jeez your the spit of mario cipollini, how that working out ?

Surveyor11

Ha! I'm the anti-Euro Cyclist, I think I break about just all of their rules! For me, most embarrising kit has to be the bib longs. Work great in the cold, by my, I look like a total spanner in them.

Signal_ rabbit

I am currently wearing these, as they were cheap! Embarrassed? Noooooooooo......!

cycletheroad

I had a Banana team jacket back in the early nineties , which looking back on now is funny as it had a big banana on the back:D. They were a big uk team back then, chris lily-white among others was a team member.

furiousox

I'm still having acceptance issues with my Giant TCR T-Mobile.
The amount of times I've had to say "It's not pink, it's MAGENTA!"
Can't bring myself to buy the team jersey, too risky!

midonogh

32 posts in and nothing from Beasty! What gives?

Beasty

midonogh wrote: »

32 posts in and nothing from Beasty! What gives?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k

... I have nothing to feel embarrassed about;)

witty username

I donned full lampre kit for a week a few years ago until i cycled through finglas one evening and a car full of lads drove up beside me mimicking jockeys riding horses with hand gestures etc while pi$$ing themselves laughing... in fairness, they were right, wtf was i thinking, even fabio baldato looked like a spa in it... i gave the lampre kit to my girlfriend and have stuck to all black ever since.

The tax man

When I rekindled my interest in cycling I bought the Discovery Channel kit.
I quickly learnt that "himself" was associated with that kit and it's remained in the wardrobe ever since.

alfalad

Captain Havoc wrote: »

This funky pair by any chance? I'm extremely disappointed by the lack of posters modelling their mentioned garments.

Oh sweet Jesus, that's the worst thing I have ever seen!

ednwireland

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I'm extremely disappointed by the lack of posters modelling their mentioned garments.

i seem to have lost all my photos from then (if i find some i shall post)

studiorat

le petit braquet wrote: »

Carrera 3/4 length "denim" tights. Found them a few weeks ago as I was clearing out the attic and shuddered as I put them in the bin.

lpb

Lovely, I had the full length versions in Purple! Do I win a prize?

victorcarrera

A spare tube which had previously been repaired about 5 times on my first club spin punctured. 20 riders watched me as I changed it with a similar vintage and of course I pinched the replacement while installing it.

07Lapierre

Ask me in 20 years time and the answer will be " What I was wearing in 2011".

le petit braquet

studiorat wrote: »

le petit braquet wrote: »

Carrera 3/4 length "denim" tights. Found them a few weeks ago as I was clearing out the attic and shuddered as I put them in the bin.

lpb

Lovely, I had the full length versions in Purple! Do I win a prize?

But did you also have the matching jacket also in faux denim?

studiorat

No I had the Raleigh/Weinmann team jersey.



Tell you the truth I bought the tights in Cycleways, they were stupidly cheap. Mind you I caught a glimpse of myself in the Blast on youtube from this year, the gear is a bit more expensive but I still look like a bleedin' spanner!

nerraw1111

Kellogg's yellow jersey from around 1992. Still have it. And still looks awesome/terrible.

Cool castorama top from around the same time.