Jan 9, 2009 0
Borrowing some inspiration (perhaps too much?) from Rock Racing. I’ve been playing around with a new logo for the Maxpowercycling team. The other idea is to use a flying chimp like in the Wizard of Oz….
Thanks to new teammate Matt Starr of Postallservice.com for some help in coming up with cool ideas.
Dec 19, 2006 4
Black appears to be the new blue for 2007. Team kit designs for the pro peloton seem to follow common trends as each team has their own variation on a popular theme. The previoulsy trend was a blue team kit that started getting popular in the 1990s when cyclist realized they did not always have to wear black shorts. For a while it seemed as though just about every team sported a mostly blue colored team kit. It was tough to tell some teams apart. The most confusing moment came in the 2005 Paris-Roubaix when Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) where in a final break away. Their respective team kits looked so similar that it was tough to tell the riders apart from the helicopter. Now the team kit designers love affair with blue has come to an end as black seems to be the new popular color.
With Caisse D’Epargne and Team CSC daring to sport the almost all black look, many teams are following through and going dark too.
Dec 14, 2006 0
Perhaps to get speculation of a butt-ugly team kit out of the way. The Predictor Lotto or Lotto-Predictor team as I would like to call them released the team kit design for 2007. The salmon pink and blue that everyone feared would replace one of the nicer jerseys in the peloton has been given a nice treatment. Yes there is lots of pink, but offset with the black, gray and dark red it still retains a manly look. So the stylist for the Lotto team should be thanks for pulling this design out from what could have been a complete disaster.
The team kit is modeled by Dominique Cornu (left) e Bjorn Leukemans.
Picture from velo-club.net
Jan 25, 2006 4
This week has been full of team presentations from the major Pro Tour teams and smaller continental teams. Everyone has the hope and ambition for the new year. Plus, the new kits are released for the coming year. Here is a look at a few team kits and my impression.
Discovery Channel:
New design for the jersey this year looks a bit more like the Quick-Step team jersey. They chose a blue grey mix. The front of the jersey is grey from the shoulder down. This grey also flows to the side of the jersey. Although this looks good enough on sketches, but the end result is that skinny 135lb men look like they have beer bellies. Not a good look, see the pics for yourself. The grey belly is not flattering. Perhaps it is taking a note from a shark like last years Disco team jersey? If so, is Jabberjaw their inspiration?
