jersey advice

lizzylad84

hey guys, recentley after discovering the wonders of cycling and just wondering if its the done thing to wear @pro@ cycling jerseys, team sky, garmin etc?

cheers
peter

kenmc

not unless they pay you to do so

Darkglasses

It's not cool with cycling fashionistas, but personally I think you can wear anything you like. Don't own any myself but I have no big issues with it.

lizzylad84

ok what about kits by live strong etc?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Do you really need others to tell you what to wear? I wear what i like, when i like and no one is going to tell me different. If others choose not to wear pro jerseys then thats fine, dont wear them, but if you want to the work away.

I have one team subaru jersey that i wear, i dont know if subaru actually have a team anymore but i dont honestly care. I drive a subaru and thats the reason i picked it. I like it, i dont care if others dont.

kenmc

lizzylad84 wrote: »

ok what about kits by live strong etc?

oh. you're one of them

ednwireland

wear what you want. end of

although if you wear a yellow jersey, king of the mountains world champions jersey etc etc develop a thick skin (or great riding ability)

Roger Hassenforder

Have regard to Rule 17.

The biggest sartorial faux pas you can make is to have a different bike to that of your jerseys sponsor, I nearly bought a Cube jersey, LBS man checked me just in time. I would have died of the embarrassment.

djfattony2000

I bought a jersey in Decathlon the other day for £2.59. It's green.

They also had Black, red and blue ones but they were twice the price.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/C-11007-tops

NeedMoreGears

I was given a yellow TDF replica jersey. It's a good quality jersey but I've never worn because "great riding ability" continues to elude me. Thinking about dying it red or something or else just leaving it at the bottom of the increasingly large pile jerseys. Decisions decisions....

Idleater

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

It's a good quality jersey but I've never worn because "great riding ability" continues to elude me.

On our recent pyrenees trip, manafana certainly was chatting to a dude that would fall short on this whilst climbing the col du port.
Yellow paint job bmc, and yellow helmet iirc. Black jersey though.

Arrow in the Knee

Xpose might do a feature about the do's and don'ts about cycling gear.

Will my Pok a Dot jersey clash with my yellow helmet?

J Madone

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

Xpose might do a feature about the do's and don'ts about cycling gear.

And Brendan Courtney might do a feature on saddles and saddle positions

Cyclepath

I wear the cheapest stuff I can find (just bought these on Amazon, and very pleased).

The only team stuff I'd ever wear is the previous season stuff they sell off cheap!

kincsem

I bought this recently. Nice (and cheapish.)
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=51312

Arrow in the Knee

You could wear a Ag2r La Mondiale jersey and other cyclists would believe you are performing better than the Professional Ag2r cyclists who were at the TDF and other tours this year!!!

Henlars67

Cycling gear is expensive.
If you find cheap kit buy it and wear it.
0I picked up a HTC Highroad jersey for €25 so I wear that regularly.
Don't see the difference between that and some lad turning up for a kickaround in some football jersey.

brayblue24

Wear what you want. I do and I couldn't give a fiddlers what others think. I don't know them anyway so who cares. Besides if people are that shallow about this that says more about them than it does you.

There's many on here with that type of snobbery who not that long ago were ordering Boards.ie jerseys :rolleyes:

RobFowl

ednwireland wrote: »

wear what you want. end of

although if you wear a yellow jersey, king of the mountains world champions jersey etc etc develop a thick skin (or great riding ability)

Thats pretty much it!
Life's to short to worry too much what other people think. The most important thing is to get out and ride. If you find something to wear that makes you do that then its cool..

Arrow in the Knee

brayblue24 wrote: »

not that long ago were ordering Boards.ie jerseys :rolleyes:

So where do you get the boards.ie jerseys?

Roger Hassenforder

brayblue24 wrote: »

Wear what you want. I do and I couldn't give a fiddlers what others think. I don't know them anyway so who cares. Besides if people are that shallow about this that says more about them than it does you.

There's many on here with that type of snobbery who not that long ago were ordering Boards.ie jerseys :rolleyes:

Thats crazy talk, next thing people will start disregarding sock height etiquette

denlaw

kenmc wrote: »

not unless they pay you to do so

Well said that man , I would be of the same view , I'm not paying major ding to buy one of those team jerseys and then give the sponsers on it free advertisement ..

brayblue24

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

So where do you get the boards.ie jerseys?

That's volunteering talk

Roger Hassenforder

I think last time, 1000 posts qualified for the gilet, 2000 for the jersey

ednwireland

denlaw wrote: »

Well said that man , I would be of the same view , I'm not paying major ding to buy one of those team jerseys and then give the sponsers on it free advertisement ..

i doubt me riding round with milram on my jersey makes any difference to anyone !:D

awec

Would have no issue wearing the jerseys that certain people are paid to wear.

Wouldn't wear the ones that have to be earned.

Wishbone Ash

ednwireland wrote: »

if you wear a yellow jersey.... ......develop a thick skin (or great riding ability)

......and don't let a certain French man catch you!

"When I see potbellied cyclists with stomachs like they're pregnant wearing the maillot jaune, it appals me"

(Le Blaireau)

Cee-Jay-Cee

The other thing to remember is that it is difficult to recognise ripple when they're wearing helmet, glasses (usually) and cycling gear. I regularly meet other cyclist (both while out cycling and driving) but I have yet to recognise a single person. So wear what you want, no one will know you anyway.

Mcofferon

Seriously, wear what you want but...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/aug/14/top-six-cycling-team-jerseys-not-to-wear

Dermot Illogical

If you're going to wear a polka dot jersey to a sportive, at least be sure you can get up the hills without walking. :eek:
At least one culprit at the SKT.
Also, one of my highlights was overtaking Mark Cavendish after the 2nd food stop.
:pac:

GT_TDI_150

I look at it differently ... Wear what u want but where does the money go?

Im the same with footy shirts, i have Newcastle and swindon shirts, 2 teams i support so i've no prob with some of my hard earned making it their way ... No matter how nice the next arsenal, chelsea shirts are, i aint ever getting one of them!

I love watching cycling, do i support any one rider or team enough to buy a jersey and 'support' them, afraid not

Dermot Illogical

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

I love watching cycling, do i support any one rider or team enough to buy a jersey and 'support' them, afraid not

You couldn't really, could you? They'd be bound to let you down at some stage.