Weigh In: New US Champion Kit
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 3:15 PM EDT
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PrintSo we got our first look at Tyler Hamilton's new USPRO road champion's kit during the first stage of the Tour of Britain Sunday. It was very similar in design to the rest of the team's "London Rocks" kit.
Initial impressions? I'm guessing this isn't the last re-incarnation of the kit we see before the year is out. Though not shown here, Rahsaan Bahati's kit says "US Criterium Champion."
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thats a union jack..
r u sure that is the official champ jersey?
And whats with riders doing there own thing now? Why is that allowed?
National champ kits are individualised. To with Garmin’s duo:
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
i like those two.
simple, identifiable. nicely done.
i always really like the new zealand kits.
by Jen See on Sep 8, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My first thought
was that he’d lost so much skin in crashes that the surgeons had accidentally pulled the top of his head a bit too far to one side.
IMPORTANT
don’t read this thread with food in your mouth. Definite choking hazard.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 8, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm trying to imagine him with glasses on
and saying “hey Murray have you got us any gigs?”
by plinytheelder on Sep 9, 2008 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He
could wear it with a bit more pride tho.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 8, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Pity the bike clashes.
I’m such a girl when it comes to coordination of accessories issues. I am awaiting with horror Egoi in his gold and orange get up tomorrow….
I agree.
I just picked up a beautiful “cycles ginet” vintage jersey, it’s orange and black, the problem is that my road bike is a deep red – now I basically can’t wear the jersey! Should have thought of that when I bought it…
by plinytheelder on Sep 9, 2008 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm...
size 4, 20 inches across the chest…let me ponder that for a while! If I can drop 10 more pounds or so I might want to wear it around on my black beater bike! (unless of course you’re size 2…)
by plinytheelder on Sep 10, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
heh....heh....heh.... um, no. That would not be me.
Not that I know what sure what sizing system we’re talking, but I’m pretty sure I’m not a size 2 or 4 in any universe.
If they produced a Canadian champs paint version of the Felt AR available to the public, I would probably buy it. I don’t know how…but I would.
Though the new version of their bike will clash less. 
courtesy of the Garmin chipotle site
How many of these do Garmin actually have? A whole set? Anyone nerdy enough to have a list? Is that the whole raison d’etre of the team, to collect national and Olympic champions?
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
off the top of my head
until the end of June this year (or thereabouts, when most had their national championships):
RR – Millar (UK), Dean (NZ), Backstedt (Swe)
TT – Millar (UK), Zabriskie (US), Hesjedal (Can)
Tour onward, roughly:
RR – Martin (Ireland), Dean (NZ because theirs is in January), in the last few weeks add Meier (Canada – stagiaire)
TT – just DZ now I think.
Did anyone else notice
How, well, British Millar’s legs looked next to the white tt uni?
Man I thought I was pale, but compared to Millar I’m a Mediterranean Sun Goddess.
/end body snarking.
Millar wears a white lotion that protects his skin
from the sun because he is allergic to the sun. Makes him look very white, unnaturally so.
obscure factoid
don’t feel bad.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 9, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
My question still stands - Just when did riders start dictating their own national champ jerseys?
Levi was the first in the US to do last year – before that it was stars and bars just like the podium jersey. I know “they” are all doing it now and maybe I am old school, but I don’t like it.
Whats next the rainbow jersey looking like a My Little Pony?
Whats next the rainbow jersey looking like a My Little Pony?
Well if a Brit wins, they could get Jordan to design it for them.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I won't have you rubbishing My Little Ponies!
A design such as this would look oh so stylish on Paolo:
Were you sucking on that day-glow jacket they gave you yesterday? You know there’s e-numbers in that dye? It’ll rot your brain.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a lovely photo of Ricco you have there...
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
by crashdan on Sep 9, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The national champion jersey...
…has always been designed by the team. But when Toyota-United formed in 2006 – and virtually copied many of the pre-existing designs, all hell broke loose. Perhaps that is why Levi’s “Captain America” kit was so far off base.
The rainbow jersey has looked like “My Little Pony” in the Moreno Argentin (1986 champion) days:
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
They’ve said they have four different Harrods-related kits to wear in the UK. The Phoney Pharaoh sells Rock & Republic tat in his retail emporium.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
Hey...I'm in one of those pics!
No. 8 of 53 in this gallery. I’m the dork with the navy blue hat with red Serotta ‘S’. My #1 son is in front of me with the red hat on. Cool!
Damn you for breaking down that fourth wall...
… I had convinced myself you looked like this… and now you’ve shattered my illusions…
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
uh...
did the us rejoin the british empire? i feel certain i would have been informed of this.
that kit looks awfully brit. not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it certainly doesn’t look like a us champion kit.
eh, typical rock. either it’s your thing or it isn’t. not mine.
It’s a Harrods-related kit Gav. As I said. One of four specials.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
eh, right
but why is the us national champion dressed in union jack? harrods or no, it’s a tad bizarre.
It took me a while
to spot the stars and stripes in there, too. The union jack is part of their themed kit for the Tour of Britain. But it must be a bit off-putting to their fans to drop $200 (or is it 400) only to find that you are riding around in last week’s kit. Not last year’s but last week’s.
I've always liked the Union Jack, think it's a great flag
and all it’s variations (Oz, New Zealand, Canada etc, etc). But that’s me.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
hey, our election will be over and done with in a month
and yours still won’t have happened yet! ;-)
it’s all very formal and tradition-bound, the Prime Minister had to make plans to visit the Governor-General (Queen’s rep in Canada) yesterday to ask for Parliament to be dissolved and an election called.
Our elections
never end.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 8, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I know. Loved the old flag
and love the new one too. I still think the Toronto Maple Leaf’s have the best jersey in hockey.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Oh great
here we go. It’s not like anyone else got him started on the Original Six…
Canadiens’ sweater is better, yo.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 8, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Winnipeg Jets
have the best jerseys in all history in all sports in all times. End of discussion.
by plinytheelder on Sep 9, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
WHA Jets or NHL Jets?
If WHA then I’d have to argue for the Cincinnati Stingers as best.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
anything with the name “Hawerchuk” and the number 10 on the back
by plinytheelder on Sep 9, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Dale Hawerchuk?
That’s it – it’s go time.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Best jerseys (from the original 6)
1. Maple Leafs (Blue)
2. Chicago Blackhawks (the red ones)
3. Detroit Redwings (red ones)
4. Boston Bruins (Black)
Tie for last – Habs and Rangers. Hated both teams then, hate both teams now :-)
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Nothing to see here, move along
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Ugliest hockey unis ever
Vancouver Canucks. Back in the 80s when they had the unipant design with the large multicolor V
Makes me shudder just to think about it.
Don't misunderestimate me
I spent an entire youth despising/resenting/envying the Habs. I mean “les habitants”… the sports equivalent of “If you lived here you’d be home now.” But they do have cool sweaters.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 9, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
lol you from Boston?
when I was a kid they used to beat up on Boston every year. Some things never change.
by plinytheelder on Sep 10, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Sad but true
I’m not from Boston, but close enough.
Bobby Orr was a childhood idol.
I hate the Canadiens.
well hey
you guys have them beat in every other sport! er…
by plinytheelder on Sep 10, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think that's
as big a factor as it is in the Land of Ridiculous Football Kit Prices (I’m quite happy with my two Forest kits – 2003 and 1980 (that one’s a bit snug, granted)).
And locally, you’ve got to like some of the variations – the Austin kit has to have some appeal for Austin expats, no?
1980?
The Brian Clough version? Can’t be many of those left now.
An incredible achievement those cups
not ever likely to happen again.
How
is this different from any club? At least when Roma tweaks their kit in some unnoticed way, I can refuse to buy it. For my cycling club, it’s $120 every March.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 8, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
different worlds, to me
money to your local club is both fine (in that you know where it is going, presumably supporting something you believe in, etc.), and understandable (sponsors change every season). Plus, it’s your club. This whole spending $£$ to keep up fandom? Just silly, says I.
$120?
Good god are you getting ripped off.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
full kit
plus WSBA license. yes, we have state licensing. All because we refuse to have an income tax.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Sep 9, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
That' still more than I pay for ours
Someone should check the Team books.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
It's not 400 bucks...
That’s American pricing. It’s $600 (for a jersey and shorts) when you convert the pounds to U.S. dollars.
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
just wait till they start making things in the Euro-zone
Your kit will be (cue pinky finger) one million dollars!
~
But, um, ouch. Guess Mr. Al-Fayed drives him a hard bargain.
Because gav, just because. This is RR we’re talking about here. Logic goes out the window.
And if it is the Union Jack I just hope he’s wearing it the right way up. You can be castigated in the UK for not having it the right way up. And I’d hate to see him castigated.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
ha!
i once read a spy novel – forgetting the author – where a very key plot line turned on the right hanging of the Union Jack.
Oh, and I dig the Union Jack. And definitely dig the Maple Leaf – so simple and iconic.
Personally I hate the fuggin thing. Eight hundred years of oppression and all that :)
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
by fmk on Sep 8, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I was prepared to hate it,
but I kind of like it. Maybe it’s the outlaw biker in me.
The rider? Not so much.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
I like it too
in a Grateful Dead sort of way. Steal your face!
-and Union jack? Come on folks. It takes a real Europhile to think that. America bought England a loooooong time ago.
Definitely on the Union Jack side of things
before I even saw the comments. Then again, I’m not sure I’m qualified to give an opinion here – ever us champ jersey I’ve ever see makes me either want to yell “Captain America!” or start humming “Believe it or not, I’m walkin’ on air . . .”
~
And as much as I like the Steal Your Face connotation (which I am 99% sure Ball did not have in mind . . .), I think it’s time to move away from the skull. The R&R logo itself is pretty sharp – I’d work from there.
Meh...
It’s as cool and unconventional as Mikey Ball ( and that is NOT a compliment ). Now if said rider and his new kit would please just quietly GO AWAY.
Why did they ever disconnect the toll free Barfko Swill Hotline ??? WHY !!!???
agreed,
that thing is f***ing hideous. How about a jersey with a watermelon in some easter hay, now that would be dope.
by plinytheelder on Sep 8, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Not half as dope as the suit in your profile
So that’s how you roll eh? Nice!
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
First prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize?...
… Set of steak knives… Third prize is you’re fired.
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
They're not driving Caddys in England.
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
heh.
Had been wondering about that, too. Rolls didn’t want to send a couple of Phantoms with racks on top?
Funny you should say that about the racks
From Cycling Weekly’s report on stage 3:
Rock Racing’s team car does not carry any spare bikes because it does not have a roof rack and so Hamilton had to change bikes three times, using a neutral service bike and then a bike borrowed from Great Britain.
I bet they wish they’d taken tne Volvo.
That's just how my man Jalen rolls...
…whether it’s draft night or at his home page, “the most interactive site on the net”!
That was the best all time NBA draft suit
And there have been some memorable ones.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
That damn kit is like a gigantic red white and blue tribal tattoo... fugly...
Now crashing, on the other hand, gives you scar tissue, and scar tissue tells a story no idiotic tribal barbwire tattoos ever will. And as the stories of your scars are retold, you’ll get hungry for sour mash and pork rinds.
-Bob Roll
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
my little pony and meeeeeee
(not what I had in mind, but now it’s got me thinking about a Tribal Pony)
If I drop some acid and stare at Tyler's kit, will it send me a secret message?
Or just give me the U.S. Blues?
Can we do this at ToC?
;-)
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Here's What Everyone Else Was Wearing...
…on Stage 1 in London on Sunday.
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
Wow talk about el gran vato!
Those dudes are going to be hittin’ switches on their bikes!
by plinytheelder on Sep 9, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
heh, heh
that’s funny. I wonder if the chrome chain handlebars will be removed for the climby stages.
ah, at least now
Hamilton’s kit makes much more sense. I hadn’t seen the other team mates, but now his natty kit actually looks right. Out of context, though, it’s still a wee bit confusing.
He looks like he races for team Canadian Dry...
Sevilla and ginger ale… the Mancrush Cocktail…
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
The Fujis are...
…commemorative-issue for the race, according to the team’s website.
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 8, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
"Commemorative issue" for the race...
…seems to mean for this race and nothing else.
by Chief Commissaire on Sep 9, 2008 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions
found out what was going on - they have dropped DeRosa for good
due to supply issues…hence the Fuji on the jerseys now.
Gotta hand it to Ball – dropping sponsors in-season due to non-performance definetly pushes the status quo.
I'm generally not opposed to the RR graphics
But they do look better in some color schemes than others….. Red, white and blue, Nat. kit or otherwise, not my favorite. And it took me a while too, to find the stars and stripes on Tyler.
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