GB Team Kit whilst commuting - Don't

[fossyant]

Please don't wear GB team kit whilst commuting, especially if you are not in the Squad.

We get loads of squad riders round here...

So there is me, just pulled out of work and spot a 'fully' kitted rider in front (short top / shorts and shaved legs)..... soon caught him..."Oh have you been training on the track".......I then the face then turns round and the fella's older than me...doh....erm.....not a squad rider.....

He must have thought I was a looney..... he did say, "not as much as he used to".....then commented on it was a bit parky... (it would be in short top/pants).

So for the sake of embarrasing moments, don't wear GB kit unless you are in the squad. I did go on to ride off into the distance anyway....

 

[CotterPin]

Personally any pro team kit is a bit of a no-no as far as I am concerned. It just looks wrong, especially when it is a bit of a mix and match job. Far worse are cyclists in the yellow jersey - it's like having a copy of the FA Cup on your mantelpiece. (Or am I being a bit too snobby here?*)


*This is a rhetorical question as I think I might know the answer.

 

[BentMikey]

Nothing wrong with pro kit IMO. Yellow jersey is a no-no, mind.

 

[AdamBlade]

On a similar note, what would you consider reasonable wear for commuting? Just interested as I currently commute in shorts (non-cycling) and Altura cycle jacket. Thinking about getting myself some cycling shorts.

 

[BentMikey]

On a similar note, what would you consider reasonable wear for commuting? Just interested as I currently commute in shorts (non-cycling) and Altura cycle jacket. Thinking about getting myself some cycling shorts.

Go with what you like and feels comfortable, don't listen to any of us on here.

It takes all kinds, some people on here ride with bikesters (type of baggy trousers that are the most uncool thing *ever*).

 

[4F]

Nothing wrong with pro kit IMO. Yellow jersey is a no-no, mind.

I have seen some bloke round this way wearing a king of the mountains jersey in table top flat Suffolk .

 

[Joe]

I have some pro kit, but nothing that matches!
I also wear a polka dot jersey quite often, though not when commuting.
Screw the rules!

 

[Landslide]

Nothing wrong with pro kit IMO. Yellow jersey is a no-no, mind.

I'd quite happily wear "a" yellow jersey, but I'd have to be taking the piss to wear the Maillot Jaune.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i have been known to commute in a full z team kit when it was all i had clean…

 

[snapper_37]

I've got a lovely cannondale siemens long sleeve jersey. I like it as the colours are fab and hides a multitude of sins being virtually black

Wearing pro-team stuff is just the same as folks who wear a full england strip when having a kick around over the park, imo.

 

[Landslide]

i have been known to commute in a full z team kit when it was all i had clean…

What did you wear when you were doping?

 

[Arch]

It takes all kinds, some people on here ride with bikesters (type of baggy trousers that are the most uncool thing *ever*).

I don't know about 'cool', but if you think Bikesters are 'baggy', you need to look up the meaning of baggy. Mine are slim and elegant (except around my fat arse.)

 

[fossyant]

Don't mine Team Kit, just not GB Squad....that's for the Squad

 

[HLaB]

I don't mind somebody having the kit but they've got to have the speed to pull it off.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy team kit. On some level, you must be pretending to yourself that you're actually riding for that team, which strikes me as abit odd. Especially if you're just going to work. Still, whatever floats your boat. One of the things I used to enjoy doing was overtaking these people while I was commuting in my work clothes.