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Best/Worst Kits of the new season
After seeing most of the new kits, I thought i'd see what others thought would be the best and worst looking this year, here are mine
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Actually really like Vacansoleil kit, barbed wire holes optional! RSNT not good at all, diluted leopard, and saxo banks eagle, really???
its ALL about the liquigas kit
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Peter Sagan doing what he does best, wheelie a road bike
My ratings, based on visibility, recognition and originality (and where applicable champion jerseys) ...
Quite like that...
BMC
Garmin
Sky
Does what it says on the tin..
Astana
Lampre
Liquigas
Lotto
Rabobank
FDJ
AG2R
Eusakatel
Movistar
Vacansoleil
Are you going out dressed like that...
Radio Schleck
Green Edge
Katusha (lose extra points for crap bikes)
Omega Pharma Quickstep
Saxo Bank
What's so bad about Canyon bikes?
Garmin wins this year, as they did last year. Geox's kit would've been quite cool this year judging by the pics.
I hope Astana are going to be wearing their David Bowie style silver skinsuits again.
Loving the fact they have Italian and Spanish nation champion jersey's but no riders
And UK too:
http://www.rockracing.it/shop/en/products.asp?id=2&subcatid=6&catid=2
Brilliantly nuts.
The Columbia kit looks pretty smart too.
I would add Lotto-Belisol to the worst, but i still think RSNT is worse, but the Harrods kit on that site isn't all that bad, at least you'd be seen
Rock Racing, a loveable band of lunatics, here are the teams offerings for 2012:
http://www.rockracing.it/shop/en/products.asp?id=2&catid=2
They have kit and bikes but I dont think they have any riders.
Or a licence.
Actually, this site here has a pretty comprehensive covering of 2012 kits:
http://tourdejose.com/team-kits-2012/
Some 'rather interesting' offerings out there....
I think the Radio Shack Nissan Leopard Livestrong Craft Tinky Winky Dipsy La La Po Trek jersey looks pretty smart this year.
Farnese Vini's is the best for those that dont want to have to use a seperate Hi-viz when they are cycling:
http://www.photors.net/2012_tmb/squadra_farnese_12/ascani_photo_scanferl...
Team Net App have a very "corporate" looking kit. I'm not sure what it is, I think it reminds me of my first attempts at using powerpoint:
http://www.teamnetapp.com/typo3temp/pics/4a613673f7.jpg
An at least the rsn one wasn't this. In case you're wondering, yes I do photoshop kit onto riders just to see how it would look:
I did this when it was still LEOPARD SCHLECK, ahead of the times, but I can't prove it
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Its all about the garmin kit, like last year's tdf one:
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Nice to see Bertie's keeping his pecker up...
BTW, Italian fans will have a field day with that jersey, given one of the nicknames in the language for the old John Thomas (uccello = bird, don't ask me why)
Best, Well there are two i like the look of
1, Cav's Sky world champion one, will enjoy seeing it on a British rider in a British team
2, Saxobank, loving the eagle on it, SORRY, i could only find a pic of Alberto in it
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WORST, Has to go to RSNT, specially Busche's American champion one, NO thought into it and not even the proper flag
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