TS: assos vs rapha vs pearl izumi

lolllllll

feelin the belgain hardman vibes here:

http://www.solocc.com/photoBank/product_images/48B8E3B3-802B.jpg

http://www.solocc.com/photoBank/product_images/48BA1A7D-802B.jpg

this I have to have

http://www.woolyswheels.com/shopping/images/cinettica_racer_red08.jpg

ended up getting this in blue w/ the white stripe - it's biting the rapha steez pretty hard, including 'sportwool' fabric, for about half the price!

nice.
wool jerseys: c
wool shorts: d

in 1988 i bought my first pair of cycling shorts and shop guy convinced me that wool was real, spandex was i guess not real. they were nice wool shorts with a chamois chamois, but never never again.

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I just dropped $700 on my club's annual gear order: 2 jerseys, 1 bibshort, 1 skinsuit (!), shoe covers, 1 vest, 1 rain/windbreaker, arm + knee warmers and gloves. everything's louis garneau at a pretty sweet discount but still... I'm supposed to be saving up for a trip!

That said, there were 2 things i had in the cart and ended up passing on:
+ LGarneau Diamond custom team helmet (with personalization!)
+ light-colored "away" bib shorts... i'm pretty much terror on my dark bibs, light bibs are just asking for trouble.

kinda feeling this though the big bold helvetica just ~SCREAMS~ '00s;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsincock/sets/72157624096182343/detail/

definitely feeling that. where to buy?

classy imo

who the fluck is bernard

I do like that.

Hinault?

wkiw bernard

haha, while googling the designer [MUST READ]:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FORMER+L.A.+MAN+PULLED+FROM+THAI+TEMPLE.(News)-a083895413

copyright 1997

if you're interested, leave a comment here: http://trackosaurusrex.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry100610-101639

isn't bad form to wear team kit you don't actually race for

speaking of 00s kit design, search unattached rider

^^^ yes if hunt3r still posted here he would confirm

i don't think that's a team or a club, looks like an independent design tbqh.

is bernard actually a team tho

confirm/deny

it IS an independent design!

oh wait you meant Bernard. in that case: rad!

a quick google leads me to believe that it is an independent design from a graphic designer from LA who once sang Hotel California to authorities while perched illegally upon a tall portion of a sacred thai temple, but has since returned to the USA and taken up CX.

also, teams and clubs usually have sponsors plastered hither and thither across the jerseys, n00bz.

what is worse, wearing replica club kit or wearing nationals/maillot jaunt/maillot rose knock offs?

wearing bib shorts with no jersey, just a big gold chain and medallion.

lol

OMG YOU GUYS

riding out to the fancy beer store with bros last weekend. passed, in procession as a family: a young lady on a cobbled together but decent conversion, her brother on some kinda off the peg hipster fix, lead by their father.

wearing: jean shorts, cheap kswiss tennies, some team jersey I didn't recognize, 80s Oakley, a pushbroom mustache, and one of those ball caps with a braid at the brim/cap jxn

riding: carbon Specialized with DA and f/r HED3 wheels, on white plastic bmx pedals

also: smoking a cigarette

lone wolf and cubs

http://bernardridesagain.com/

if its the first cycling kit from bernard, how is bernard riding again?

is it a liggett-ism w/r/t hinault?

so yeah it's just a graphic designer getting a run of some bespoke champ sys kit, here's the details:

Currently I am putting together a second run for folks - the first one has already sold out. I am taking pre-orders only, and expect the goods to come in around late july or early august. The cut off for all pre-orders will be June 27th. If you are interested let me know and I can add you to the order.

Here are the prices:

Short Sleeve Jersey $70
Long Sleeve Jersey $80
Long Sleeve Thermal Jersey (fleece lined) $110
Wind Vest $70
Bib Shorts $95
Fleece Arm Warmers $35
Lycra Arm Warmers $30
and
Caps $15

On the jerseys you have your choice of the "club fit" or the "race fit", the club fit being more standard and the race fit a bit more snuggy and a little shorter in length.

All the prices include shipping within the US. Shipping out of the country will be an additional charge.

With your order please include the address you would like your items shipped to.

cutty @ 2:05

http://www.rapha.cc/gentlemens-race-litchfield-ct

you guys can finally peep the legs

3:23, team GOP? the fuck is that about

vid is amazing. kudos.

aw now i miss new england :(

feeling some of the twin six jerseys
http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/images/paps/t610j07_lg.jpghttp://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/images/paps/themissandout_large.jpghttp://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/images/paps/Argyle_grey_large.jpg

TS: assos vs rapha vs pearl izumi

you always are streets ahead

mark c tbf!

Love my Twin Six jersey, but you can't wear it with a bag as it pills easily. Would very happily stock up on them if they were a bit cheaper (they're still nowhere near top end prices though).

yeah I'm holding out for a sale on alwaysriding but fear they'll go out of stock in my size before that happens

I get the feeling Alwaysriding is the kind of shop that doens't really "do" sales!

ATTN: SHASTAFARI

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/first-look-rapha-paul-smith-collection--27174

steve, u still rocking polka dots, or are those already 2LY?

loving my new decathlon wind/rain jacket

light, stowable, and waterproof, perfect and only £15

our kit for this year is diagonal stripes which honestly i'm not loving.

haven't touched polka dots since 2008 tbqh (i can't climb either).

i think mondrian style a la Look/La Vie Clair will be big in 2011.
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=look%20la%20vie%20claire

rapha sample sale is soon londoners

I'll have 1x softshell and 1x jersey pls, pm for address

You've got an fb message dude.