Bike and Clothing Colours..

[DaveyM]

My bike is all black.
If I just wore all black I would just look like a chubby ninja .
I have an orange top and black pants with yellow and green panels to help me be seen. I never really worry about them matching the bike.

I just don't want to look like a idiot with all Sky Gear then doing 5 mph up a slight hill

 

[DRHysted]

I feel the sight of me in lycra is enough to make people want to gouge out their eyes. So it really doesn't matter if anything else matches.

 

[NickJ95GB]

i have a red bike (triban 3) and a white/blue giro monza helmet, and wear cream shorts and whatever t-shirt, because i can't imagine lycra making any difference at all, does it?

 

[monkeylc]

I just cycle around in my pants,people notice me alot

 

[Deleted member 20519]

I wear whatever, I have my cyclechat jersey which is orange, blue and white - my white and black bibs and my red and white bike so it doesn't really match. If I could afford it, I'd be buying the full Cofidis team kit - looks good.

 

[monkeylc]

If i could afford it I'd buy some red pants or yellow ones,makes you more visible.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I didnt plan this, but my bike is Silver/Grey/Black my shirt is black or white, shorts black or grey, trousers black or grey, Garmin 500 black/silver. the white shirts has red colouring so is out of place now, mind I guess I wont need to worry about that till next year.

 

[vickster]

Not red shorts...google polish cycling team and to another poster, Lycra is most comfy and practical for cycling in

 

[GetAGrip]

Not red shorts...google polish cycling team and to another poster, Lycra is most comfy and practical for cycling in

It could be he already has

 

[youngoldbloke]

As usual, consult the rules - esp 14 - 17. Shorts black, jerseys, your choice.

 

[JoeyB]

I buy whatever is on offer in Aldi / Lidl haha

 

[Raymonda]

I don't match but as I have a black/silver bike then it doesn't clash with most clothing options. Though my tops consists of a hi-viz jacket, an Altura Transformer jersey in blue/black and a Northwave skeleton gilet.

All my shorts are black. I was tempted by colours but black goes with everything so ...

 

[Sandra6]

I have tried finding clothes to match my bike - it's white, (I can't be trusted wearing white, ends up filthy) with a blue and a green line, but I can't find ladies clothes in those colours.
I only have two cycling tops and one is black, the other red, my cycling shorts are black. Most of the time I wear my gym kit which is mostly pink tops and black bottoms.

 

[middleagecyclist]

Four bikes. Two grey, one black and one white. Always black bibs (varying lengths) with whatever colour top I fancy that day as no worries about clashing. If cold out I wear a red Altura Night Vision LS jersey. My N+1 in the spring will be red so I will have to match my tops more carefully then I suppose!

 

[Cyclist33]

I was buying my first long sleeve top and got a blue one but now I've got it home I dont like the colour, so after some thinking about it I've decided to opt for black lycra shorts and all tops will be orange, yellow, green.
I have a black and red bike and I dont want matching clothes as I think that looks naff.
So Question..
Do you like to match clothing colours to the bike or do you mix it a bit..

It just depends how I feel on the day. No two persons' colour appreciations are the same anyway. I do think wearing team replica kit is a bit chavvy and sad.