best cycling club jersey

magicbastarder · 14-06-2021 12:14am #1

so; which club has the best jersey? i certainly don't know nearly as much as many on the forum here, but i do like the dunshaughlin one. there seems to have been a welcome change towards simpler designs in the last few years, or is that just me?

Don't Chute! · 14-06-2021 8:14am

I’ve always liked the St Tiernans jersey. Tallaght Wheelers I quite like too. And the Marble City Wheelers because it’s black and amber! Reservoir Cogs too.

buffalo · 14-06-2021 8:28am

This thread is useless without pics.

And you can't beat the Orwell Wheelers eight-pack 💪

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fat bloke · 14-06-2021 8:48am

Biased of course but I do think the Irish Road Club made a great job of the last revamp.

The Joe Daly kit is really simple but looks great on, to my eye.

I think a big mistake clubs make is going for the "budget" cut so you end up with ill-fitting saggy, baggy kit regardless of the wearer. It's well worth going for the modern, race fit style, - full zip, with the slick aerobanding around the leg grippers on the shorts and the waist and arms/cuffs and collar on the jerseys.

Macy0161 · 14-06-2021 9:04am

What I think was the first Reservoir Cogs jersey when it was more like the Reservoir Dogs artwork. I think they've changed it since though?

fat bloke wrote: »

I think a big mistake clubs make is going for the "budget" cut so you end up with ill-fitting saggy, baggy kit regardless of the wearer. It's well worth going for the modern, race fit style, - full zip, with the slick aerobanding around the leg grippers on the shorts and the waist and arms/cuffs and collar on the jerseys.

My club offers both in the club shop, so it's up to the riders.

Wishbone Ash · 14-06-2021 9:05am

De Ronde van Cork have a nice distinctive one.

magicbastarder · 14-06-2021 9:07am

fat bloke wrote: »

Biased of course but I do think the Irish Road Club made a great job of the last revamp.

oh no, that's ugly. i can count six, possibly seven usher logos on it. that's why i liked the dunshaughlin one, it's a nice classic simple design.
it's like this, but without the rainbow stripes.

Plastik · 14-06-2021 9:20am

Jerseys without a sponsor > jerseys with a sponsor.
Original design > rip of a retro or pro kit.

daragh_ · 14-06-2021 9:30am

Everyone is going to say their Club jersey, which is fair enough (but wrong).

The STCC Jersey is the classiest jersey out there and I'm not biased in anyway*. It also makes you** go faster as pictures from the weekend testify.

*not an actual fact

**apart from me

Other than that I've always liked this one

ednwireland · 14-06-2021 9:30am

i like ours (probably the only one that does !)

daragh_ · 14-06-2021 9:32am

I can tell you what the ugliest jersey out there is but I don't want to upset anyone.

eeeee · 14-06-2021 9:41am

Everyone's gonna pick their own club!
In fairness Sundrive has famously had the best kit in the country for years - other clubs have moved their kit closer to their design over the last few years (the retro, simple look).

Otherwise I like the 905 kit and the Dan Morrissey kit, I like that they're colourful.

Peterx · 14-06-2021 9:42am

Another thing going for the Tiernan's jersey is you get to see it in the Veulta, similarish to the Burgos colours.

I like the revamped Bray Wheelers one, mostly as the older Bray Wheelers one was pretty bad!

eeeee · 14-06-2021 9:47am

Peterx wrote: »

Another thing going for the Tiernan's jersey is you get to see it in the Veulta, similarish to the Burgos colours.

I like the revamped Bray Wheelers one, mostly as the older Bray Wheelers one was pretty bad!

Bray have to win best improved kit!

The UCD kit is lovely too.

Macy0161 · 14-06-2021 10:08am

As it's getting a mention and I do like the current iteration. Also there is a story behind the colours - Blue for the sky and sea, purple for the heather (and the now missing Yellow for the gorse). Not sure how to embed it.

Weepsie · 14-06-2021 10:22am

Have Dublin wheelers changed theirs recently?

I thought I saw some in a mint green type type with italicized writing over the weekend and it was nice.

I'm in agreement with wishbone ash otherwise. The de ronde jersey is lovely

fat bloke · 14-06-2021 1:20pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

oh no, that's ugly. i can count six, possibly seven usher logos on it. that's why i liked the dunshaughlin one, it's a nice classic simple design.
it's like this, but without the rainbow stripes.

No you're ugly

Strobing · 14-06-2021 1:49pm

I'm hesitant to buy my own club jersey considering you're basically a billboard, nevermind that it's not the nicest looking club jersey out there. Most of them I've seen are a bit ugly tbh

billyhead · 14-06-2021 2:24pm

Swords CC. Close the thread:)

comete · 14-06-2021 2:39pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Have Dublin wheelers changed theirs recently?

I thought I saw some in a mint green type type with italicized writing over the weekend and it was nice.

I'm in agreement with wishbone ash otherwise. The de ronde jersey is lovely

Could have been Ashbourne Wheelers?

wanderer 22 · 14-06-2021 2:59pm

As a neutral Johnny no-mates club, I'd give Sundrive my vote. Although it does look very similar to the one the chap wears on the Strava log-in screen...any idea what jersey this is?

14-06-2021 3:31pm

Saw a fella up my way last week in kit that was like the offspring of the Wanti and Androni jerseys. Mainly white with blue shoulders and a tonne of different logo's.

No idea what club it was but it looked great.

comete · 14-06-2021 3:40pm

colm18 wrote: »

As a neutral Johnny no-mates club, I'd give Sundrive my vote. Although it does look very similar to the one the chap wears on the Strava log-in screen...any idea what jersey this is?

Brixton cycles, my old local club, rode with them for 5 years while I lived in London. I still ride around sligo in the kit. I know the guy in the strava pic, but rarely rode with him as I mostly rode on the track, he’s a cycle courier that rides with the club mostly on the road.

The kit is actually shop kit, so anyone can buy it, but the associated club also wear it. It was redesigned earlier this year so it’s slightly different, but still the nicest club kit: https://www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/product/3884/milltag-brixton-cycles-classic-jersey-recycled-fabric-m/

Weepsie · 14-06-2021 4:47pm

comete wrote: »

Could have been Ashbourne Wheelers?

Yup, think so. Especially given the part of the world I was in

Morris Garren · 14-06-2021 5:03pm

Sundrive have had one of the best jerseys for many years, and I agree with the love for St Tiernans too. Unfortunately it seems easier to identify the more garish and uglified club jerseys than the cool ones-- there should be a National committee set up to ensure compliance with some minimum standard of velo-coolness before these are let loose on the roads!

JimmiesRustled · 14-06-2021 5:10pm

I always thought the Powerhouse sport jerseys looked well, especially from 2019. Although I was only ever used to seeing them from behind on race day

doozerie · 14-06-2021 11:34pm

I haven't seen it in the flesh, but I like the look of the new Ballymena kit.

happytramp · 14-06-2021 11:52pm

Not a member, but St Teirnan's by a distance for me.

jamesd · 15-06-2021 4:59am

Portumna CC, designed by local school.

daragh_ · 15-06-2021 9:23am

Cycling Ireland used to have a page with Club Jerseys - vanished now.

Would be cool to have some sort of online archive of current and old jerseys. Might throw one up on Flickr or someplace similar.

CramCycle · 15-06-2021 10:08am

I liked the SDCC one, Carlow newest one is nice as well. I like the STCC kit and I know I appear biased but I hated their old one, it was awful. I do dislike Lucan and Longford for the simple fact that they have the same colours, same initials and I simply dislike Hi Vis yellow unless it intentionally garish. Orwell appears to be influenced by the HIghroad HTC kit which I like but it doesn't work great with the green, but green is a hard colour to pull off in a kit unless it is a large block colour I think. I also like the sundrive kit, tempted to join them just for the kit.

JimmiesRustled · 15-06-2021 10:33am

CramCycle wrote: »

I liked the SDCC one

Emphasis on past tense there?

Macy0161 · 15-06-2021 10:36am

How does it work with kits that have sponsors? Cheaper or free kit? I love my retro kits plastered in irrelevant sponsors, but some club kits look like they've been organised by Swiss Tony!

Wishbone Ash · 15-06-2021 10:37am

CramCycle wrote: »

...Carlow newest one is nice as well. ...

They also have the nicest GAA county jersey.

NamelessPhil · 15-06-2021 10:38am

Since we're promoting our own clubs, I'll give a shout out for the very distinctive Audax Ireland jersey. Not many clubs use green and it's very easy to spot a fellow club member on international events.

Wishbone Ash · 15-06-2021 10:46am

NamelessPhil wrote: »

... I'll give a shout out for the very distinctive Audax Ireland jersey....

:eek: Distinctive alright because it's awful. Every time I see one I feel like shaking my head. Sorry but it just doesn't do it for me.

daragh_ · 15-06-2021 10:47am

I've always liked the Audax Ireland Jersey because it's so distinctive. (Sorry WA)

Cuchulainn CC had a similar Celtic Knot theme at one point I think? Prefer their newer kit.

midonogh · 15-06-2021 10:47am

comete wrote: »

Brixton cycles, my old local club, rode with them for 5 years while I lived in London. I still ride around sligo in the kit. I know the guy in the strava pic, but rarely rode with him as I mostly rode on the track, he’s a cycle courier that rides with the club mostly on the road.

The kit is actually shop kit, so anyone can buy it, but the associated club also wear it. It was redesigned earlier this year so it’s slightly different, but still the nicest club kit: https://www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/product/3884/milltag-brixton-cycles-classic-jersey-recycled-fabric-m/

Not even the nicest club kit in South London

https://www.facebook.com/devercycles/photos/10157648937147836

I do really like the Brixton and De Ver jerseys for their classic simplicity

My vote is for the St Tiernan's kit and I'm not a member

dahat · 15-06-2021 12:07pm

Macy0161 wrote: »

How does it work with kits that have sponsors? Cheaper or free kit? I love my retro kits plastered in irrelevant sponsors, but some club kits look like they've been organised by Swiss Tony!

Most sponsorships are a token amount. Kit suppliers may offer a small discount but nothing significant as far as I know.

CramCycle · 15-06-2021 12:15pm

dahat wrote: »

Most sponsorships are a token amount. Kit suppliers may offer a small discount but nothing significant as far as I know.

Money into the clubs coffers, nothing for the members is pretty normal. helps the club do events etc.

Junior · 15-06-2021 4:37pm

Ahh, rememember when club sponsors paid for a whatchamacallit ? Oh yeah, a Rás Team !

Inquitus · 15-06-2021 5:29pm

07Lapierre · 15-06-2021 6:40pm

Inquitus wrote: »

What club is that?

doozerie · 15-06-2021 7:10pm

Inquitus wrote: »

Not sure why, but that immediately makes me think of a more swear-ey version of this:

Eamonnator · 15-06-2021 7:54pm

comete wrote: »

Brixton cycles, my old local club, rode with them for 5 years while I lived in London. I still ride around sligo in the kit. I know the guy in the strava pic, but rarely rode with him as I mostly rode on the track, he’s a cycle courier that rides with the club mostly on the road.

The kit is actually shop kit, so anyone can buy it, but the associated club also wear it. It was redesigned earlier this year so it’s slightly different, but still the nicest club kit: https://www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/product/3884/milltag-brixton-cycles-classic-jersey-recycled-fabric-m/

A few years ago, I met a chap on the R.O.K. he was wearing the Brixton Cycles club kit. He had a Parlee bike custom painted in matching colours, one of the nicest combinations, I've ever seen.

wheelo01 · 15-06-2021 8:03pm

07Lapierre wrote: »

What club is that?

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cletus · 15-06-2021 8:42pm

Is it considered bad form to wear club jerseys if you're not a member of the club?

secman · 15-06-2021 9:27pm

cletus wrote: »

Is it considered bad form to wear club jerseys if you're not a member of the club?

Was wondering too, i have 2 Summer kits and 1 winter kit of club gear , its a nice kit but about 10 of us left the club about 18 months due to silly rules... club spins were to be rode at a max of 25kph as none of the rider leaders could manage more....

Wishbone Ash · 15-06-2021 9:31pm

wheelo01 wrote: »

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Did you miss the 'wink' in 07Lapierre's question?

comete · 15-06-2021 9:47pm

cletus wrote: »

Is it considered bad form to wear club jerseys if you're not a member of the club?

I personally wouldn’t do it unless I moved to a different country.

secman · 15-06-2021 9:49pm

comete wrote: »

I personally wouldn’t do it unless I moved to a different country.

What about a different county

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