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BUYER'S GUIDE
16 of the best cycling T-shirts Sept 201824 cycling T-shirts — choose from the best designs
Want to proclaim your allegiance to the world's greatest activity, sport and mode of transport? Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts so the world knows you love riding bike even when you're not doing it.
Type 'cycling T-shirts' into Google and you get a vast range of choices: brand logos, political statements, jokes good and bad, homages to races and straightforward cycling-themed art.
Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts. Feel free to add your own in the comments.
24 of the best cycling T-shirts for 2021
Art
Revolutionary – Eddy Merckx — £27.01
The incomparable Merckx by CycloBuzz at RedBubble
Enjoy — £10.00
A play, of course, on the iconic Coke slogan, from Rinsed.
Kraftwerk: Tour de France — £15.39
There are a number of Kraftwerk-inspired cycling T-shirts around. We like this take on the iconic Tour de France cover.
A Lifetime of Bicycles — £15.99
From kiddie trike to road racing bike.
Infinity — £14.99
The infinity symbol in chain links. Simple.
All-weather rider — £14.99
Just keep in mind that after you wear this you can never again skip a ride because it's raining.
Bicycle Exploded Diagram — £15.99
A 1977 Raleigh Gran Sport featuring state-of-the-art centre pull brakes, square-taper cranks, and toeclips and straps.
DNA — £22
Billed as 'the genetic road map of cyclists' by Cycology. (Now with the helix twisting the right way!)
Evolution — £14.99
Just in case any of your friends need reminding that cyclists are the pinnacle of human evolution.
Races
Lanterne Rouge —£15.39
Here's a tribute to the race's last-placed rider, the famed lanterne rouge. We've all been there. Artist Anthony Robson has a couple of dozen other designs too.
Col de Galibier T-Shirt — £25
Monuments and climbs abound at velolove.cc and this Galibier number is a fairly typical example. Done in a cheery blue, it doesn’t scream cycling, which makes it all the better in our book.
Giro d'Italia - £10.00
A tribute to the Tour of Italy from Rinsed T-shirts.
Le Mont Ventoux — £13.99
Often a crucial climb in the Tour de France, the windy mountain is celebrated by this T-shirt from Amazon.
l'Alpe d'Huez — £14.99
Always a significant climb when it's included, some say the Tour de France is won on l'Alpe d'Huez.
Vuelta — £10
The only grand tour that more-or-less started on time last year, and we love the colours.
Slogans and statements
Pasta is always the answer — £22.99
We're quite fond of baked goods as well, so if anyone can find a 'Will ride for cake' shirt, let us know.
The more you drive… — £15.39
The wisdom of renegade scientist Dr. J. Frank Parnell from Alex Cox's 1984 cult science fiction movie Repo Man.
Slow And Steady Sloth — £14.99
Don't we all feel like this some days?
Fat and money — £19.99
Nuff said.
Too Many Bicycles — £10.95
A bit more straightforward than some of the others, but a fair bit less costly as well. It also leads us neatly on to:
Bike maths — £22
The expanded version of the timeless cyclist's formula. Can you ever have too many? If in doubt, consult the T-shirt.
Stay Awesome — £15.99
Inspired by Transport for London's ludicrous 'Cyclists Stay Back' stickers of a few years ago, so we include two car window stickers, two A6 stickers and five business card stickers with each T-shirt and for every tee we donate £5 to the Cyclists' Defence Fund. The front has a small road.cc logo.
Brands
Campagnolo Classic — ~£32.00
Is there any cycling brand with a mightier heritage than Campagnolo?
Rapha — £24
Probably the UK's most controversial cycling brand, so here's one of their T-shirts for you to argue about.
Read on…
Check out the comments for loads more recommendations from our readers and some independent t-shirt artists.
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I just got a manatee on a fat bike from them. I like it very much.
Okimono has some wonderful shirts such as this design by Giro stage winner Jos van Emden:
They also have a beautiful "Marginal gains" shirt in pre-order
That is a straight steal from Adam Hansen's brand 'Hanseeno' that I've been wearing for a couple of years:
I think you're right, looks alike.
More a fan of the Marginal Gains shirt anyway
Missus bought that one to me, in a different color though.
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Just love cycology's range. They're awesome.
I love my cycology "DNA" shirt.
It couldn't be more me, I am a molecular biologist.
So have you noticed the glaring mistake in the design? (the black one at least)
The Z-DNA one ?
Is the helix back to front?
Yup - left-handed DNA is not un-known, but rare apparently.
The odd thing is that the grey version of the T has the correct alpha helix.
Someone must have flipped the image.
I bough one of these Ts and had to send it back as although it fitted fine on the chest and shoulders it was really really long in the body. Very odd.
I'm still waiting for "I don't really like cycling"
Wearing my fave as I read this article (with cat on lap, if you were worried about some freaky attire).
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Check out our range of cycle inspired T-shirts and sweatshirts at http://vintvelo.com/shop/ . Our designs include road cycling, time trial, CX, vintage, and MTB themes. Available in bamboo and organic cotton. This one's our current best seller.
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Take a look at my brand, Broken Riders - brokenriders.com
We're mainly influenced by mountain biking but love all two-wheeled activiy. And who could argue with the philosophy on our best selling t-shirt?
All our clothing is ethically sourced (meaning no sweatshops or child labour), and is eco-friendly. We only use water-based inks and our cotton tees are 100% organic and made in a factory that only uses wind and solar power.
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I design and print tshirts for men under the name Sight Hound. I'm really pleased with a new Tshirt just listed at notonthehighstreet, which can be personalised with a location red spot to mark a favourite ride or home town. The UK map graphic is made up of bike bits: wheels, gears, etc. It's an interesting design with a personal touch... that's what my customers say, I hope you'll agree.
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/sighthound/product/bike-map-tshirt-per...
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Love this Pine T-Shirt from Setup Clothing . Woods, Bike, Dog, whats not to love.
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My favourite is the Angry Cyclocross t-shirt by Cling CC.
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