I ride Treks, road, tri, mountain. Live near Waterloo, have many friends that work there, enjoy supporting a local company, yada yada yada. After watching some of this years pro races, I LOVE the cervelo test team kits. Am I breaking cycling/man code if I ride a Trek and sport the cervelo test team kit? I don’t want to be shamed out of my group rides or shunned from the cycling set.
I ride Treks, road, tri, mountain. Live near Waterloo, have many friends that work there, enjoy supporting a local company, yada yada yada. After watching some of this years pro races, I LOVE the cervelo test team kits. Am I breaking cycling/man code if I ride a Trek and sport the cervelo test team kit? I don’t want to be shamed out of my group rides or shunned from the cycling set.
Not sure, but you definitely are breaking “cool” code if you wear a kit for a team on which you do not ride.
And it would definitely be a bit weird to be in full-on Test Team gear while on a Trek. Not a lot, but a bit.
if you were wearing test team kit on a cervelo
i would say thats lame
but wearing it on a trek
that is awesome
you need to work vinokurov in there
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CYCLING /MAN CODE - Riding Trek bikes with Cervelo Kit = POSER
I think it breaks every single code written about cycling and several style codes as well.
If you have friends that work for Trek then I would see if they can get you some TREK kits with no team names on them. The only other kit that I think you could pull off would be the LIVESTRONG kit on a TREK.
Do you mean I am not cool if I wear my astana/kazachstan railways/gaz prom cycling shorts?
Lol, what if I put a big X over the cervelo e’s while I am on the Trek? Add to the coolness?
not really sure if I can pull off any team kit, much less a kit LA wears. I wasn’t going to really buy the Cervelo kit, I am WAY too concerned about what people think of me to make such a leap without the sage advice and wisdom of the ST throbbing brain
for a cyclist it’s the eighth sin. there’s nothing lamer.
for a triathlete it’s perfect. don’t forget to wear compression socks
Would the calf guards be okay, and maybe some compression forearm guards. Of course I was thinking about getting the white kit with black writing so that when I hop out of the water everyone can see everything 
Wait, cold water, see through kit, maybe not such a bad idea, you know the whole frighetened turtle thing.
i guess we all know why cycling shorts should be black yuk
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It also depends on how fast you ride. If you can drop the people calling you a poser, well…
for a cyclist it’s the eighth sin. there’s nothing lamer.
for a triathlete it’s perfect. don’t forget to wear compression socks
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Never wear a team kit that you don’t ride for. The only exception is retro kits. I would sport an old 7-11 jersey…
there’s onl one thing that’s worse: that fat gus with unshaved legs and their belly hanging over the top tube, wearing the full world champion kit… one should be allowed to fine them
I think another exception was discovered yesterday with Vino sporting a kit with his own picture on it.
My buddy’s immediate comment was “I don’t wear pro kits, but if he made that jersey available I would wear it everyday”
if you were wearing test team kit on a cervelo
i would say thats lame
but wearing it on a trek
that is awesome
you need to work vinokurov in there
I don't think you can get a cervelo test team jersey with a screen print of Vino on the front, but if you could, that would be pretty epic, especially if you photoshopped it so it looked like he was riding a P4
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Real men don’t ask what they can wear while biking.
**I ride Treks, road, tri, mountain. **
I LOVE the cervelo test team kits.
You can pay for school, but you can’t buy class
Well, at least you paid for school, right?
I recently bought a really nice Gerolsteiner jersey for like $12 from the LBS. However, I own a specialized, and I can get away with it due to the sarcasm/irony factor of wearing a defunct team jersey. Wear whatever you want, with the knowledge that wearing full lycra and a mushroom shaped beanie, while balancing yourself upon your manhood, is not cool in any circle.
Pro team kit = uncool (unless you are a pro on that team)
Kits of local teams you are not on = uncool, but less uncool than above
Kits of team(s) you are on = OK
That is my opinion, but I still ride without a shirt sometimes. So, I am on the fashion police’s most wanted list anyway.