Maybe I'm just too hard to please . . .

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . but to me every one of these team kits--except maybe Katusha--looks like they were designed by a committee on tranquilizers. Yaaaaaawnnnnn . . .

Cyclingnews.com's resident Mr. Blackwell doesn't seem to like many of them, either.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-2011-team-kits

BBD

[Fixed]

when you are in a group it is not so bad
i mean take a look at the cats
in their kits where is the modesty
i wear them but if i have to get off the bike
i wear cargos over them for city riding
cheers imho
some things i miss
black shorts a
modest jersey
white socks
black cycling shoes

[old fat man]

i can't believe he gave the highest marks to the radioshack kit. so ugly (though better than last year). i'm glad i don't have to worry about being paid to wear any of those.

[victoryfactory]

Dave;

It's not fashion or design, it's advertising.
it's a billboard.
And with today's multiple sponsored teams there is
no way to make it look cool.

When I hit the lottery and sponsor a team I'll let you
design the kit

VF

[AngryScientist]

i like the new leopard kits. they look clean and classy to me. i prefer the smaller logos and understated look. i agree though, the rest of them are pretty poor.

http://cdn0.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/01/07/1/bettiniphoto_0065182_1_full_4_600.jpg

[victoryfactory]

Wait a minute... I take that back!

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=53622&stc=1

[victoryfactory]

These guys look like salesmen at an auto parts store...
http://cdn0.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/01/07/1/bettiniphoto_0065182_1_full_4_600.jpg

[victoryfactory]

Yikes! I wonder if those shorts are brown in the back?
UGH!

[BumbleBeeDave]

Wait a minute... I take that back!

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=53622&stc=1

Don't mess with me! I still have that sharp . . .





















. . . ROBE! :D

BBD

[oldguy00]

I really liked the garmin kit!

[BdaGhisallo]

I am loving the Leopard kit. Looks classy as all get out. They took Team Sky and raised them.

[Ahneida Ride]

no wonder we look like game ..... not humans .... to motorists

[regularguy412]

These guys look like salesmen at an auto parts store...
http://cdn0.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/01/07/1/bettiniphoto_0065182_1_full_4_600.jpg

Yah,,, 'cept the guys at the parts store can't kill it on the climbs.

:D

MIke in AR:beer:

[RPS]

some things i miss
black shorts a
modest jersey
white socks
black cycling shoes
Still very common where I ride. ;)

[false_Aest]

Hommé,

From UCI rule book

"Votre barres ne doit pas être X de BB et votre kit doit être laid"

Google Trnaslate says

"Your handle bars must not be X from the BB and your kit must be ugly."

[wc1934]

i can't believe he gave the highest marks to the radioshack kit. so ugly (though better than last year). i'm glad i don't have to worry about being paid to wear any of those.

to me, the radio shack kit is the worst of the bunch and uglier than last year - wonder if they ever conduct focus groups to get input.

[dancinkozmo]

I really liked the garmin kit!

...me too :banana:
the rest...meh

id have to pick brooklyn 7-11 and renault/elf as my all time favs

there was also one year molteni was sponsored by campagnolo and had addidas stripes on the shoulders...nice

[mike p]

1 sky
2 garmin
3 leopard
4 shack
5 saxo

Mike

[Fixed]

cheers imho

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . when men were men and team kit was TEAM KIT! :D

BBD

[97CSI]

to me, the radio shack kit is the worst of the bunch and uglier than last year - wonder if they ever conduct focus groups to get input.Beauty in the eye of the beholder.................. I thought it was one of the best two and much better than last year (would have preferred a brighter red, though). Think all those pansy-a** pastel blues and greens and whatever belong in the distaff peleton.

[Pete Serotta]

Just a Pete biased opinion...... :D


. . . but to me every one of these team kits--except maybe Katusha--looks like they were designed by a committee on tranquilizers. Yaaaaaawnnnnn . . .

Cyclingnews.com's resident Mr. Blackwell doesn't seem to like many of them, either.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-2011-team-kits

BBD

[KeithS]

I have a few years of these. Local (for me) guys doing good work. Probably discussed here before. If you're looking for good cycling wear both on and off the bike. I mean well constructed - dare I say fashion forward. Now that's the perspective of a 54 year old middle class straight white guy who left to his own devices would wear stripes and plaids together, but who would never wear leopard, zebra or tiger. Well at least not mix them.

[veggieburger]

Quick Step is AWFUL!! Leopard I like. Everyone else is...muh...uninspiring.

[Lifelover]

. . . Maybe I'm just too hard to please . . .

BBD


Have you ever considered that the people designing the kits are not trying to please you?

[1centaur]

When I read that piece I had to stop and go back to look at the scores several times because it felt like oppositeville. Then I wondered if the piece was intentionally backwards to be funny.

Look at Lotto, then look at Movistar. Which one has taste, shows the logo, has an interesting design twist, and should be easy to pick out against the blacks and whites? Or as a more extreme example, Lampre vs. the Shack? The Shack has some of that same already-dated-by-the-time-it's-worn closeout bin look of Lotto. To be a great kit it should have some element of timelessness, discovered style and effectiveness, which incorporates visibility and fans wanting to buy it and ride it. Sky and Lay-O-Pard have that good-for-a-season but now it's done style, but Movistar and Lampre look good for a decade or more.

[Mr. Squirrel]

they all look good on the pavement. <nuk nuk!>

mr. squirrel