2011 Pro Team Kit & Bikes

Chips Lovell

Teams are slowly unveiling their new kits for next year. Here's a few I've spotted already:

Saxo Bank goes for light blue:


HTC - High Road lose the fake abs and go for a simpler look:


Garmin - Cervelo is more Cervelo than Garmin:


Quick Step add a dash of red:


Katusha adds more than a dash of red:

Chips Lovell

Movistar (formerly Caisse d'Eparnge):


Bianchi Adroni Giocattoli:

Lumen

That HTC kit is f'ing awful. Black shorts with a white jersey is so un-pro.

Garmin is nice.

I thought Katusha were going to be using DT 40/60 wheels on their Focuses.

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

I thought Katusha were going to be using DT 40/60 wheels on their Focuses.

I read before that Vision are their new wheel sponsor.

niceonetom

The movistar kit is a bit meh, but their bikes are likely to inspire envy. How does a few dozen pinerello dogmas with campy electronic 11 speed sound?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65l6slrvIc

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

The movistar kit is a bit meh, but their bikes are likely to inspire envy. How does a few dozen pinerello dogmas with campy electronic 11 speed sound?

Custom wheel decals too.

cipo

Out in thebikehub in Howth, tried on the new Specialized lid seen above on cav and pinotti... It's outrageously light!!!

Not sure on the style factor but it's super light barely know it's there!!

Garmin gear looks way too like sky!! Not sure sky will change anything except for fonts when in Italy!!

Brammeier's Irish champ kit isn't bad!

niceonetom

The Garmin-Cervelo isn't as ugly as it might have been though I'm not sure if that's a genuine pic.

Chips Lovell

Hmmm, yes, the red doesn't really go with the kit. You'd think the bike would be black and blue.

pointer28

None of them doing too much for me tbh, I won't be rushing out to buy any of them

HTC one is utterly rank.

Saxobank would be nice but looks like someone accidentally left a blue sock in the wash.

Garmin is inoffensive but not too exciting, I really liked the old argyle one.

Junior

The HTC one is very retro .. I quiet like it, the Garvelo one just seems lazy.

Raam

I like the new HTC one.

Junior

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

I read before that Vision are their new wheel sponsor.

Ah, I was going from here:

http://www.focus-bikes.com/int/en/bikes/bikes-2011/category/racing-bikes-3/model/izalco-team.html

...but it looks like the wheels on those are clinchers which wouldn't make any sense on a team bike.

Regarding the HTC - the jersey's fine, it's just those shorts I have a problem with. The white Specialized symbol near the crotch is plain dodgy looking.

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

Regarding the HTC - the jersey's fine, it's just those shorts I have a problem with. The white Specialized symbol near the crotch is plain dodgy looking.

I expect that is the classics shorts. No doubt there will be a white version for the sunnier races.

dave.obrien

niceonetom wrote: »

The Garmin-Cervelo isn't as ugly as it might have been though I'm not sure if that's a genuine pic.

Is it just me or is there something weird going on with the shifters here... Is there a sram red badge on a shimano lever?

Captain Havoc

Black and amber, classy colours.

sy

el tonto wrote: »

Love the bike but christ almighty look at the decor in the background :eek:

Katusha jersey is my pick

superrdave

sy wrote: »

Love the bike but christ almighty look at the decor in the background :eek:

Katusha jersey is my pick

Everyone knows a true cyclist's home is a velour heaven.

Doesn't hurt near the same as leather or fabric if you sit on it with road rash.

omri

Any word on new team set up by Schlecks ? Will they start in any of big tours ?

Quigs Snr

The new Luxemborg/Schleck team is ranked as the number 1 team in the world on it's rider rankings and will have a protour license, so yes, they will start all of the major races.

omri

Quigs Snr wrote: »

The new Luxemborg/Schleck team is ranked as the number 1 team in the world on it's rider rankings and will have a protour license, so yes, they will start all of the major races.

Do they have website or any sneak peak on their colors/bikes etc available anywhere in the web ?

DirkVoodoo

Everyone seems to be moving to SRAM now. Liquigas have ditched campagnolo:





I am starting to question their euroness!

lukester

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Liquigas have ditched campagnolo:

Porca madonna, non ci credo!

Chips Lovell

Omega Pharma - Lotto:

Raam

Maybe it looks better in the flesh.

niceonetom

Supposedly these are leaked pics of what the leopard-trek team will be wearing:





The boring bastards. They should have gone with something like this, only with spots instead of stripes.

Chips Lovell

Leopard still don't have a main sponsor I see. I wonder how that's going to go for them. They no doubt have a hefty wage bill.

niceonetom

Their scarf bill alone must run to thousands.



There'll be alive streamed press conference at 7pm GMT which, if you want to follow you should get out more click here. Maybe there'll be more sponsors forthcoming.

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

The boring bastards. They should have gone with something like this, only with spots instead of stripes.

This?

(warning: may cause emotional distress)

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

This?

(warning: may cause emotional distress)

My god that site has some awful shíte.

Haldir

niceonetom wrote: »

Their scarf bill alone must run to thousands.



There'll be alive streamed press conference at 7pm GMT which, if you want to follow you should get out more click here. Maybe there'll be more sponsors forthcoming.

Anyone else think they all look like cast members of 'Oliver'

omri

Once you get used to their new kit it's actually not that bad. I liked their bikes.

niceonetom

Is it possible to schleck your chain on Di2?

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

Is it possible to schleck your chain on Di2?

In theory, "the front derailleur performs the inward shift from the big ring in two parts, effectively eliminating dropped chains."

In practice, it is possible.

Chips Lovell

Nice paintjob on those Treks

Chips Lovell

Skil - Shimano:

niceonetom

I'd ride this bike.



EDIT: are the wheels rebranded? HEDS maybe?

niceonetom

el tonto wrote: »

Skil - Shimano

Unnecessary meddling with a classic. Don't like the green at all.

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

are the wheels rebranded? HEDS maybe?

Not exactly - they're Bontrager Aeolus, however Steve HED designs at least some of Bontrager's wheels so there is some depth of collaboration.

ednwireland

niceonetom wrote: »

Is it possible to schleck your chain on Di2?

Lumen wrote: »

In practice, it is possible.

the way schleck changes gear who knows

el tonto wrote: »

Skil - Shimano:

not digging the green stripes

omri

niceonetom wrote: »

I'd ride this bike.



EDIT: are the wheels rebranded? HEDS maybe?

That button on the inner side of the left middle bar of the bike. Is that famous Cancellara's speed booster ?

dave.obrien

omri wrote: »

That button on the inner side of the left middle bar of the bike. Is that famous Cancellara's speed booster ?

It is indeed; it's technical name is the "gear shifter". Mental stuff is going on in cycling these days... Just look at the background of the pic, it's all dark 'n' stuff. Creepy.

removing tongue from cheek now

niceonetom

omri wrote: »

That button on the inner side of the left middle bar of the bike. Is that famous Cancellara's speed booster ?

No, those are the shifters. Di2 allows multiple shift buttons so the rider can change gear while on the aerobars or on the base bar. I'd say that a marginal but significant advantage at the top level.

'68 Fastback

niceonetom wrote: »

I'd say that a marginal but significant advantage at the top level.

Is that Dave Brailsford "Marginal" or do you think it actually benefits the rider?!

Lumen

'68 wrote:

Is that Dave Brailsford "Marginal" or do you think it actually benefits the rider?!

The obvious benefit is that you can change gear out of the saddle. This is a significant benefit on a fast hilly time trial.

At club level the TTs I've done have been either pancake flat (where you'd use a TT bike) or hillclimbs (where you'd use a road bike with clipons).

RobFowl

ednwireland

team leopard
dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,dull,

you think they would have come up with something better, this should have been the new jersey (and bike)



oh yes and all this tru racing sh1te give it a rest

bcmf

Its The Schlecks from Luxembourg. WTF did/are you expecting!

ednwireland

bcmf wrote: »

Its The Schlecks from Luxembourg. WTF did/are you expecting!

good point

RobFowl

bcmf wrote: »

Its The Schlecks from Luxembourg. WTF did/are you expecting!

Seeing how Frank pays Spanish gynaecologists 10k for "training advice" I would have thought he would have been more minded towards a riskier jersey :rolleyes: