mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Would that be one of the 'ironic' YACF ones?
I don't have a KoM one, but I'm perfectly happy to ride in my yellow jersey, though my red one is far more apt.
King of the Mountains polka dot jersey
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Would that be one of the 'ironic' YACF ones?
I don't have a KoM one, but I'm perfectly happy to ride in my yellow jersey, though my red one is far more apt.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Personnaly, I would never wear a yellow jersey out of respect for the past and present champions who won it the hard way. But that' s my own opinion. Every one to his own.
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Thanks to all who've made me feel a bit more confident about my choice of clothing. I reckon that most motorists associate red spots with clowns so when they see the KOM they think of a figure of ridicule! They won't know the history and status of the red polka dot so they feel better about themselves by mocking something they have little, if any knowledge of.
http://www.dazzle-dancewear.co.uk/red-spotted-clown-bow-tie---fancy-dress---dancewear-7820-p.asp Maybe this type of thing is ingrained in their memory?
http://www.dazzle-dancewear.co.uk/red-spotted-clown-bow-tie---fancy-dress---dancewear-7820-p.asp Maybe this type of thing is ingrained in their memory?
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
HEY!!! YOU SHOULDN'T BE RIDING IN THAT JERSEY!!
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Well that didn't go as planned..
Boris Bajic
Guest
I think it has nothing to do with anyone else.
The team kits and similar are largely manufactured and sold by the same enterprises that contribute to the teams and to the races.
I think team kit with matching team bike colours and team bottles look a little silly, but I think fat people drinking Diet Coke in public look silly too. It's just a personal view (or prejudice) and it should have no bearing on anyone's decision whether to wear something or not.
As it happens, I have Santini winter tops that bear a strong resemblance to both the Maglia Rosa and the Yellow Jersey.
Nothing is worth yelling at people about, but button-down collars with formal attire are wrong.
The team kits and similar are largely manufactured and sold by the same enterprises that contribute to the teams and to the races.
I think team kit with matching team bike colours and team bottles look a little silly, but I think fat people drinking Diet Coke in public look silly too. It's just a personal view (or prejudice) and it should have no bearing on anyone's decision whether to wear something or not.
As it happens, I have Santini winter tops that bear a strong resemblance to both the Maglia Rosa and the Yellow Jersey.
Nothing is worth yelling at people about, but button-down collars with formal attire are wrong.
Mr Haematocrit
msg me on kik for android
- Location
- Out of the saddle
I pity anyone who's life is such that they give a shoot about what im wearing. These people need to get on facebook and stalk someone with a more interesting existence than their own.
Mr Haematocrit
msg me on kik for android
- Location
- Out of the saddle
I would really like to buy a jersey which has a quarter of it as the world champ colours, a quarter yellow jersey colours, a quarter polka, a quarter something else i shoud not be wearing...... Offend everyone in one go 
I would really like to buy a jersey which has a quarter of it as the world champ colours, a quarter yellow jersey colours, a quarter polka, a quarter rainbow... Offend everyone in one go
I'm liking your style.....
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
+1!
I would really like to buy a jersey which has a quarter of it as the world champ colours, a quarter yellow jersey colours, a quarter polka, a quarter something else i shoud not be wearing...... Offend everyone in one go
And wear it with a good few inches of crack showing.
Too many folk in life are bothered with what others do/wear rather than live and let live. If you want to wear your polka dot jersey, and can ignore the odd eejit who has nothing better to do than tell you they object to that, then wear it. As others have said, people wear football & rugby tops without playing for the team concerned and no-one questions that. At least with cycling clobber it's usually worn while actually cycling (although I did see a fella walking a dog in a cycling jersey and jeans the other day and, contradicting my live and let live mantra, personally that struck me as simply wrong).
Seems to be snobbery and unwritten 'rule books' with many aspects of life that are simply recreation - I've experienced them in football, fishing and cycling. Some are well intended, some preserve tradition and decent manners etc., but many are just folk getting above their station. Too much time spent having to comply with what others want - cycling is your time to wear what you want.
More things to worry about in life than judging someone by the top they wear cycling (like my skinny hairy legs poking out from the lycra shorts :-)
Seems to be snobbery and unwritten 'rule books' with many aspects of life that are simply recreation - I've experienced them in football, fishing and cycling. Some are well intended, some preserve tradition and decent manners etc., but many are just folk getting above their station. Too much time spent having to comply with what others want - cycling is your time to wear what you want.
More things to worry about in life than judging someone by the top they wear cycling (like my skinny hairy legs poking out from the lycra shorts :-)
