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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@wiscot
Yes, but it took a foresighted French woman to translate one of his paintings into the best kit ever. Just like someone took Betsy Ross's work and came up with the Captain America kit.
Not sure where the bozo found inspiration this year though...
That image of Vos the boss and her honor guard of Dutch henchwomen makes my Cloggy heart swell a bit with nationalistic pride, I must admit.
You see, that's what makes me mad as hell when some foreigner makes assumptions about us Americans.
You never, never ever ever mix beef jerkey with your chewing tobacco.
@TBONE
@TBONE
The holster is standard issue. :^)
The answer . Have anyone but a yank design the next kit .
@Gianni
Just remember the massive difference in meaning between minge and minger kids!
Well....shite, here I am on a Monday, looking forward to ditching work early on Friday and heading up to Richmond. And now, now you've made me less excited. Spain needs more white, less red and yellow. It's a hot country, the kit makes me feel hotter. The U.S kit....well, that just needs to be blown up and started again from zero.
Potholes on the course? Goddamn!
And yes, Gianni. Sadly, cops and most motorists treat cyclists as squirrels, or worse, criminals. Hey, at least Delaware has pulled out "Share the Road" signs and replaced them with "Cyclists May Use Full Lane." It's a start, at least.
@KogaLover
I don't think Vonn or Julie race for the U.S. ski team; they race with them, hence the different speed suits...
The Eritrean kit is not subtle, but I like what I see:
@Gianni
Just make sure you don't get the words muddled, the meanings are very different.
Also, you pronounce the 'g' in 'minge' but not in 'minging'.
Glad to help.