Dear ELITE biker

[Dickie]

@Certifried 26413 wrote:

now you must purchase and wear a kit based on this jersey and ride around for a day holding a sign that says “please give me my 80s street cred back!”

Holy Crap I will own that, oh yes!

[KLizotte]

@DaveK 26438 wrote:

Needs more Cipollini

Mario “best kit ever” Cipollini by mia*moore, on Flickr

Mario “best kit ever” Cipollini by mia*moore, on Flickr

Someone please, please tell me these outfits were not official racing kit. Oh my god. My eyes have been permanently damaged.

Cycling has entered ice dancing territory. We will never get any respect if this continues….

[PotomacCyclist]

But football and wrestling fans (and athletes) sometimes wear Zubaz. Hard to get any worse than that.

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[KelOnWheels]

@PotomacCyclist 26510 wrote:

But football and wrestling fans (and athletes) sometimes wear Zubaz. Hard to get any worse than that.

I’m going to pretend that that is a DayQuil-induced hallucination and I didn’t actually see it.

[Mark Blacknell]

@KLizotte 26509 wrote:

Someone please, please tell me these outfits were not official racing kit. Oh my god. My eyes have been permanently damaged.

Cycling has entered ice dancing territory. We will never get any respect if this continues….

Kathy, you *must* learn about Mario Cipollini. Click to embiggen:

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[ShawnoftheDread]

@KelOnWheels 26522 wrote:

I’m going to pretend that that is a DayQuil-induced hallucination and I didn’t actually see it.

But they’re perfect for Rex Kwon Do. No one would want a roundhouse kick to the face while you’re wearing those bad boys.

[KelOnWheels]

@ShawnoftheDread 26530 wrote:

But they’re perfect for Rex Kwon Do. No one would want a roundhouse kick to the face while you’re wearing those bad boys.

Those ARE a roundhouse kick to the face. Or at least the eyes.

[jrenaut]

@rsewell19 26365 wrote:

…The labels need to be dropped. Defining someone as an “Elite”, “Roadie”, “Commuter” does nothing more than divide us, and that just bums me out. I have been riding in this area for 6 years, and 30 years in total, and I have no doubt that the majority of cyclists out there are idiots no matter what label you assign them….

I have two labels for cyclists: Idiots, and Not Idiots. That pretty much applies to any other set of people, too.

[KLizotte]

@Mark Blacknell 26528 wrote:

Kathy, you *must* learn about Mario Cipollini. Click to embiggen:

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Whoa, I just looked him up on Wikipedia. Quite a character. He definitely should have gone into figure skating instead. And I thought this year’s LiquiGas kit on the TdF was bad (contrast stitching around the chamois is always a bad idea).

Can’t believe some folks considered Cipollini to be a sex symbol. Yuck.

[pfunkallstar]

@KLizotte 26542 wrote:

Whoa, I just looked him up on Wikipedia. Quite a character. He definitely should have gone into figure skating instead. And I thought this year’s LiquidGas kit on the TdF was bad.

Can’t believe some folks considered Cipollini to be a sex symbol. Yuck.

I need one of his Tron skinsuits so as to appear sufficiently Elite.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@pfunkallstar 26543 wrote:

I need one of his Tron skinsuits so as to appear sufficiently Elite.

I think you’re supposed to all-caps ELITE. Forum Style Guide rule.

[Jason]

@pfunkallstar 26543 wrote:

I need one of his Tron skinsuits so as to appear sufficiently Elite.

Yeah, I can’t seem to seem the last word in your post, the one right before the period.

[KelOnWheels]

@KLizotte 26542 wrote:

Whoa, I just looked him up on Wikipedia. Quite a character. He definitely should have gone into figure skating instead. And I thought this year’s LiquidGas kit on the TdF was bad.

Can’t believe some folks considered Cipollini to be a sex symbol. Yuck.

Well I guess when your last name is “Little Onion”, your only other option is to become the Lion King

[pfunkallstar]

@Jason 26549 wrote:

Yeah, I can’t seem to seem the last word in your post, the one right before the period.

I’m so Elite that I get to e.e. cummings whatever I want.

[vvill]

@KLizotte 26542 wrote:

Whoa, I just looked him up on Wikipedia. Quite a character. He definitely should have gone into figure skating instead. And I thought this year’s LiquiGas kit on the TdF was bad (contrast stitching around the chamois is always a bad idea).

Can’t believe some folks considered Cipollini to be a sex symbol. Yuck.

Haha, yeah I also thought the contrast stitching was a bit too attention grabbing.

But Cipollini’s stuff was awesome! It was unique, and supposed to be over the top, and he had the results to pull off the look. Pro cyclists train as hard as figure skaters; nothing wrong with dressing like one.

Also, it was the 80s.

(aka awesome)

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