Jersey etiquette - Page 16 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

04-10-2004, 08:13 AM

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"Matt O'Toole" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Zippy the Pinhead wrote:
>
> > Visibility is improved wearing yellow. It's the closest color to the
> > one that was selected for fire trucks and emergency equipment -- that
> > sort of lime-greeney-yellow color. If someone makes a jersey in that
> > firetruck color, I'll give up the yellow.
>
> Actually, if you're really concerned about visibility, flourescent pink is
> the
> best color. Many studies have been done on this subject, and pink always
> wins.
>
> > Until then I could give a rabid rat's rump about who rags me.
>
> Start wearing a flourescent pink jersey, and we'll see...
>
> :-)

You do that, and I start calling you "Simoni."

Have you people never heard of the Maglia Rosa? Giro d'Italia?

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Riding for the pink team isn't an insult in cycling. That puts you on
either ONCE's TdF team:

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041.stm

(they ride in yellow jerseys normally, but must switch for the Tour)

Or T-Mobile's (formerly Deutsche Telekom) team:

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041.stm

Lanterne Rouge,
--
Ryan Cousineau, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

04-10-2004, 08:11 PM

You forgot Mercatone Uno (pink in honor of Pantani's Giro win) and Lampre.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

04-10-2004, 08:11 PM

You forgot Mercatone Uno (pink in honor of Pantani's Giro win) and Lampre.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

04-10-2004, 08:11 PM

You forgot Mercatone Uno (pink in honor of Pantani's Giro win) and Lampre.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

07-03-2004, 10:38 AM

jeffbonny <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>So "cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> says:
>
>>I have read about how people get ragged on for wearing "the" yellow jersey (TdF)
>>while riding, but does this extend to all yellow jerseys? What about , for
>>example, a Brazil national soccer team shirt or an LA Lakers jersey? What about
>>a plain yellow shirt? Should everyone stop wearing yellow rain jackets?
>
>Get a grip. There is only one yellow jersey, we all know what it looks
>like and only an ******* wears it without having won it.
>
>>Enquiring minds want to know.
>
>Trolls have to ask.

Hmmmm.... should I wear the yellow jersey that I got for winning (as
part of a team) a 24 hour MTB race? I hope it won't upset Fab too
much if I wear it...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
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Home of the $695 ti frame

07-03-2004, 10:38 AM

jeffbonny <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>So "cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> says:
>
>>I have read about how people get ragged on for wearing "the" yellow jersey (TdF)
>>while riding, but does this extend to all yellow jerseys? What about , for
>>example, a Brazil national soccer team shirt or an LA Lakers jersey? What about
>>a plain yellow shirt? Should everyone stop wearing yellow rain jackets?
>
>Get a grip. There is only one yellow jersey, we all know what it looks
>like and only an ******* wears it without having won it.
>
>>Enquiring minds want to know.
>
>Trolls have to ask.

Hmmmm.... should I wear the yellow jersey that I got for winning (as
part of a team) a 24 hour MTB race? I hope it won't upset Fab too
much if I wear it...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Home of the $695 ti frame

07-03-2004, 10:38 AM

jeffbonny <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>So "cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> says:
>
>>I have read about how people get ragged on for wearing "the" yellow jersey (TdF)
>>while riding, but does this extend to all yellow jerseys? What about , for
>>example, a Brazil national soccer team shirt or an LA Lakers jersey? What about
>>a plain yellow shirt? Should everyone stop wearing yellow rain jackets?
>
>Get a grip. There is only one yellow jersey, we all know what it looks
>like and only an ******* wears it without having won it.
>
>>Enquiring minds want to know.
>
>Trolls have to ask.

Hmmmm.... should I wear the yellow jersey that I got for winning (as
part of a team) a 24 hour MTB race? I hope it won't upset Fab too
much if I wear it...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Home of the $695 ti frame