THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. SOURCE: BRYN LENNON/GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
The Road Cycling World Championships are on our doorstep. The USA is hosting, which makes me nervous immediately. How can we fuck this up? Ask Taylor Phinney for starters. This event has not been hosted by the USA since Moreno Argentin won in Colorado almost thirty years ago. We just don’t have the experience to pull off cycling events of this importance. The police are used to impeding cyclists, not protecting them.
But the Americans can’t win either the women’s or men’s road races simply because of the awful kit they have to wear. All V will be drained by the lameness of the jersey. The Rainbow Jersey would refuse to even slip on over such an abomination. Back in the day, Greg LeMan wore the Captain America jersey and won the World Championship at age 22. Going into the worlds as Captain America is a lot more powerful than whatever the hell this new design is. FFS, give these riders a chance. Representing your country in the World Championship should be a highlight of any cyclist’s career.
The Belgians, the Aussies, the Italians, The French: they all have jerseys that say we are here as a select, badass team and we are going to fuck you up. The American’s look like a trade team for a car dealership. It hurts. The Spanish might be in trouble too by the look of last year’s design and the fact they generally refuse to work at crunch time.
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@Harminator
Let's make no mistake: big coffees, meal servings, more guns, money and cars are in fact all better. More bikes and guitars too.
When it comes to kits and jersey's only one question needs to be asked, Does the jersey look good with black shorts? If yes, then in all likelihood, the kit is fine. In the case of the USA jersey, uhhhh, no, it would not. I'm with @Gianni in this instance. Yuck.
@Gianni
That's it! You're right about that. An advert person worrying about branding. It's the same fugly sh** with recent Olympic kits yes? Seriously? WTF?
So why exactly can't we keep the "Captain America" kit from year to year? At the very least perhaps let the La Vie Claire lady design it. She has some good sense.
USA kit looks like one of those travelling American freestyle basket team set to tour across the country this summer to a shopping centre carpark near you. Spain, like a cross between a Jelly Belly and Kool Aid Jug dude.. "Oh yeah!!"
This is a true low point for us Americans, even the Canadians are making fun of our kit.
"Oh God."
Ahahahaha! Gianni, you never fail to make me laugh, mate.
@brett
I love the All Blacks but I don't want their logo as my national emblem.
The British kit is OK-ish. Certainly heaps better than it used to be, but then again
seems that having a crappy kit isn't always a barrier to success.
(noting that he's out this year after doing something I did earlier this year. Bruised rib cage sucks badly. Literally. You go to breathe in hard and can't, because some arse is stabbing you with much pain. Dropped by club rides thanks to that)
Eh, to look good is to already go faster, but to look terrible is to already work harder. Maybe we'll pull this one out.
Nice wrap up @gianni, Gerrans looking like an Australian gorilla, be nice to see him get a win, but had a crap year...... I think the Spanish armada kit is the worst of the crop..maybe its part of the strategy to freak out the other teams and make them throw up?