so... highroad revealed it's new team kit for 2009.
it's pretty different from the '08 version, which was a study in modesty.
yes, gone is the stark black and white contrast, which harkened us back to a simpler time in cycling. a more low-budget time.
a time before anyone realized you could hire a designer to create your kit.
by special request, i am going to share my thoughts on this kit, and you are going to read it, and consider my words briefly before moving on to the next blog and forgetting about this forever.
so it goes.
anyway, to the point. as you can see above, this shit is yellow.
yellow. wtf?
not only is it yellow, but it is yellow and white! a combo made in hell. in fact the only thing that might be worse is yellow and blue...
as for the styling, well frankly they look like a third-tier spanish or italian team.
shudder!
the nod to, (aka really crappy rip-off of), the former (and uber-cool) csc kit is... interesting. the muscles on the csc kit looked realistic, and were well done. no, these look more like they were attempting the bumblebee theme. or rather than the tough david-hasselhoff-in-bay-watch-running-in-slow-mo theme they were clearly going for, they got the gay one.
worst of all, is the white shorts. i mean, c'mon. this photo is delivering more packages than ups.
also, not working in this overall shoddy kit is the all important transition from jersey to bib short. there main panel of the jersey, (yellow), just... ends. leaving you staring straight at the polish sausage.
what does really work, is the national champion versions of this kit, which are all on the womens side of the team:
although it would be kind of embarrassing to be one of the 2 women that didn't bother to win a national championship.
also, it looks like maybe canada and denmark should swap bibs. (and not just for skibby's entertainment).
4 comments:
I am sure that this was an accidental release of the kit prior to a big race. People weren't supposed to see this.
Clearly you're just jealous.
it looks like maybe canada and denmark should swap bibs.
Why would a Danish rider want dumb Canadian maple leaves on her shorts?
I guess I just don't understand fashion.
I couldnt agree more.
leave the designers outta of the whole thing. (did LS use a Designer?)
anyways, the chicks look like they've got a visit from Aunt Flow. Maybe its cause chicks, "sync" up.
I know, I shouldn't have gone there, but the kits are THAT bad. And Redmond would have anyways.
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