Do you co-ordinate??

[Fab Foodie]

It's so not!!! Imagine having a black and yellow bike for example and wearing red and blue kit - it's just so wrong!!!!!

Agreed!

My kit has to match colour-wise with my bike...what were you thinking FM?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Fluorescent yelow or bright red tops. Whichever reasonable quality shorts are cheapest (usually black). Not deliberately coordinated but I think it has a certain low key functional class.
Personally, I don't think there's a sadder sight in Britain than a tandem crew wearing matching kit. I mean no offence to anyone on here who happens to do that, but really.

 

[Milo]

Dont see tandems here think its cos of the hills.

 

[yenrod]

In my book you NEVER ever buy a matching team kit - that is just sad.

Though you can get away with the top alone but shorts NOOOO WAAAY !

I always wear black shorts with whatever top so it sort of goes...I use dto have dark blue/navy colour shorts...tremendously comfortable I lemented their downfall when I had to eventually stop wearing them !

Ive mainly a all these in long sleeve long sleve zipp tops..- Carrara / Mongoose / pure flouro yello tops & a Coniblli / a plain grey jobby + a Casino short sleeve top/s but I do need some short sleeve stuff BUT i wont be paying loads for them as Im a tight arse with money !

 

[snorri]

Yep all co-ordinated. Have a blue/white helmet and a blue/black bike....thus I have a plethora of blue tops in various shades...with blue/white shoes to match.

That's more or less my colour scheme too, but I always find it difficult to select a suitably patterned tie.

 

[punkypossum]

There is no way I would ever buy a team kit (although I'm very happy to wear the team jersey trek sponsored me with ), would feel like a complete idiot pootling around at a snail's pace on a mountain bike in that, but although most of my gear is non-brand, cheap and often not even cycling specific, it still needs to match to a certain extent...but, as said above, most things match a silver bike and black or grey shorts anyway, so problem solved!

 

[Joe24]

Best not to wear full team kit. But i am going to get the cycle club jersey. Problem is that it is yellow, green and black, and it wont match my bike.

 

[longers]

What, didn't Will give you the 15% discount he gave the rest of us?

 

[buggi]

i've just bought new shoes to match my new bike

 

[Rob S]

I remember being called a snob on an American forum several years ago when I 'complained' in this kind of thread that I'd seen someone riding in a Banesto jersey and Gan shorts....many seemed to think I had a problem with a rider having rival banks on their kit...even though I'd said the mix of colours was a right mess and you should coordinate...then they said that so long as it was cycling shorts and a cycling jersey it didn't matter what colours they were....clearly I was in a minority of one and left mumbling about them condoning the pairing of a light grey suit jacket with blue pin-striped suit trousers because at least they are wearing a suit.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I've heard it said that some people even mix Shimano and Campagnolo on the same bike

 

[got-to-get-fit]

i usually buy things cos they are cheap. Im not tight but i just begrudge paying money for things that are gonna get sh*t up through the winter. So im a bit like patrick and only buy when things are reduced or on a sale rail.
Therefore often im not very co-ordinated.
However i now feel as though im commiting a cardinal sin, since you lot all seem to set a lot of store by looking good on the bike. So once the nice weather finaly gets here im gonna do some trinny and suzana style shopping.

Then again i dont want to be known as all style and no substance or all gear no idea.

 

[wafflycat]

g-t-g-f... you can get round it by saying you are making a political statement by wearing a rainbow of colours you are a metaphor for the different folk of the world all getting along together

 

[got-to-get-fit]

No offence Wafflycat but that sounds a bit camp.

I dont mind being uncoordinated but im not having the camp cyclist tag as well.

 

[wafflycat]

Some folk have no sesne of adventure