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• What do you look for in cycling gear?

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• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Thanks arrowplum, I haven't yet, but I will do now.

  And thanks everyone else for the suggestions. Really liking the retro feel of that Solo stuff

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Thanks for your suggestions. All are ace, and infinitely less sarcastic than I was expecting. I think most of you are on the same wavelength as us, which is nice.

  Just kinda surprised that nobody has one of those things where they go 'why the fuck do they not have xxxxxxx on jerseys?'

  I guess that's why the design hasn't changed for the past 30 years!

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Minas, what sort of colours, though? I mean, are you after the typical lairy team colour type things that are already out there, or do you just mean those 'urban' type styles people like Rapha do, but with a bit more colour in them?

  Thank you

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Ah, maybe I've mis-sold this… we're not anti-lycra. It will be 'cycling gear', which means lycra, for sure… we're not trying to muscle in on Levis commuter jeans or anything. I guess we're just trying to get past the two camps, which seems to be one side being LYCRA! in capital letters (branded team gear, garish colours etc) and the other side being gear just made for cycling the few miles to work, but that isn't that great for serious cyclists.
  We're trying to see if there's a middle ground. I've personally found a few awesome shirts that are technically retro team gear (like the old Molteni black shirts on Prendas, for instance…), so perfect for those big, 100-mile, weekend rides, but they also look ace with jeans or whatever.

  Hope that makes sense…

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Nah, there's still plenty of scope for sarcasm. Bring it on...

  :-)

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Thanks AWu-Tang.

  The general vibe we're looking at is for clothing that works like that - perfect for going to the pub/cafes without looking like a fool in luminous lycra, but also just as good for getting out on a road bike for long rides, too...

• What do you look for in cycling gear?

  in General • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Hi all.

  I'm getting involved with a new company developing some cycling gear. I just wondered if any of you regular riders/couriers etc had any thoughts as to things that are missing from current cycling gear (which hasn't changed, design-wise, for quite some time...)

  Perhaps pockets specially designed for mobile phones (somewhere more 'seeable' for the rider, maybe?) headphone holes in caps to keep them in place and stop them getting tangled in helmet straps, reinforced fabric on certain areas that wear away quicker (when wearing backpacks or bags, for instance).

  Would lights incorporated into the design of shirts (or at least places you can attach lights) make you feel safer, or wouldn't you bother using them?

  And couriers... anything that'd make your life easier? Would your shirt benefit from having somewhere to attach your radio, or does that always sit on your bag? Is there anything specific to you that'd make you go out and buy a certain brand over others?

  I'm just looking into a bit of research and trying to work out whether there are different needs for 'urban' riders - commuters, couriers etc - than the typical racing, lycra gear?

  Cheers for any help you can give. And, no doubt, for the sarcastic responses I'm about to be bombarded with as well...

  Matt