Casual Bikewear: Do you?

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RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 19:28

As we all know, there's a fair variety of casual bikewear out there. That is, bike/manufacturer related clothing such as caps, t-shirts, polo shirts, jackets etc that you can buy, devoid of any protective ability. Being nothing more than casual clothes, they are suitable for being worn around town.

Opinions are divided on casual "bikewear", with some people even going so far as to condemn them as tasteless etc (usually the same people who never clean their bikes and riding everywhere solely to clock up miles, to be used as currency in the "I am morally superior to thou, thou sportsbike riding heathen" stakes).

Other people will proudly wear such clothes, not only to draw attention to the fact that "yes, that bike is mine, that's why I have the matching jacket", but also to express support perhaps, for their manufacturer's racing efforts, or to show affection and interest for/in a particular marque of motorcycles. Round our place of work, particularly, they seem to almost be coming into a vogue of their own, with several people wandering round in BMW, Subaru, Mitsubishi and Yamaha jackets.

So which are you? Do you think bike clothing is completely tasteless, do you strongly stand by it, or are you content to let people have their own say about what they wear?

Which am i?

Well.
Here's mine

The black thing is a wristband - also goes round the brake reservoir when riding.

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11/10/2007 at 19:30

I avoid any clothing that has large labels on the outside. Ideally I want no external labels at all, but that's less practical.

Although IDRGAF if others like to wear them.

Thou sportsbike riding heathen.

Captain Scarlet

11/10/2007 at 19:34

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Do you wear clothing with team sponsorship. I do What do you think of my jacket.

It's cheap shit ebay special, I wouldn't wear to go for a shit...HTH

Why use 1 word when 55 will do....

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str0nach

11/10/2007 at 19:40

I have two (no pun) visordown t-shirts

Interestingly I get a lot of compliments for the Doohan one? Biking is cool.....apparently

jabbo

11/10/2007 at 19:42

i don't see the prob. i have a few caps i have collected over the years

You just have to accept that riding a bike is like sex. Always approach it that it could be the last ride you ever have so give it all you've got, nail it from start to finish.

RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 19:43

Captain Scarlet wrote

edited version

Do you wear clothing with team sponsorship. I do What do you think of my jacket.

It's cheap shit ebay special, I wouldn't wear to go for a shit...HTH

Why use 1 word when 55 will do....

It was actually quite cheap, only cost £25.
The quality is decent though, there's plenty of double stitching and all the labels are embroidered on in pretty good quality.

As for "editing" my post though, please don't. I chose the words I chose for a reason, if you want to go and read it again, I actually asked several questions

PG wrote

Thou sportsbike riding heathen.

stray cat

11/10/2007 at 19:51

I would vote for no. 1, but that is why I do wear it.

Captain Scarlet

11/10/2007 at 19:55

RS250-Squid wrote

It was actually quite cheap, only cost £25.
The quality is decent though, there's plenty of double stitching and all the labels are embroidered on in pretty good quality.

As for "editing" my post though, please don't. I chose the words I chose for a reason, if you want to go and read it again, I actually asked several questions .

Sorry young man..cheap shit jackets look like cheap shit jackets. Aprilia do a lot of nice branded clothing. I have afew aprilia T shirts and fleeces. I wear these at bike meets and when out on the bike.Then again I also have some Ducati stuff and some GE stuff, so branding isn't an issue. Quality is. I would rather do without than wear cheap copy from a thai sweat shop.

Your bike on the other hand looks good...

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RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 19:57

Captain Scarlet wrote

Your bike on the other hand looks good...

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As for the jacket, if it ever became a case of cheap copy vs genuine article, I would have gone for the genuine one - I checked beforehand, and the jacket that I have doesn't have an equivalent in Aprilia's clothing lineup.

So it's not so much a cheap copy of something, as a third party produced original item

protoborg

11/10/2007 at 19:59

If they want me to advertise for them then payup, otherwise I'm not a free hoarding.:smoke:

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Captain Scarlet

11/10/2007 at 20:07

RS250-Squid wrote

Ta .

As for the jacket, if it ever became a case of cheap copy vs genuine article, I would have gone for the genuine one - I checked beforehand, and the jacket that I have doesn't have an equivalent in Aprilia's clothing lineup.

So it's not so much a cheap copy of something, as a third party produced original item .

Do a search for aprilia clothing, not as expensive asyou would think or look through ebay and there is always loads of last years kit.
Buy cheap, buy twice....

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RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 20:08

protoborg wrote

If they want me to advertise for them then payup, otherwise I'm not a free hoarding.:smoke:

I used to say the same thing about nike/reebok etc when I was younger.
Of course in that regard, I've since turned into a total charver.

Captain Scarlet wrote

Do a search for aprilia clothing, not as expensive asyou would think or look through ebay and there is always loads of last years kit.
Buy cheap, buy twice....

Fair's fair :smoke:

Mr Four Eyes

11/10/2007 at 22:30

I think the kit looks pretty cool, the caps are not my think i preffer my beabie hats

but i like the jacket and its nice and bright in ya face aswel :smoke:
as for me no i dont have any jackets with bike company logos all over them but i like to wear my motox shirts as normal shirts :smoke:

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WiseBuddha

11/10/2007 at 22:39

RS250-Squid wrote

The black thing is a wristband - also goes round the brake reservoir when riding.

Hate to be the village idiot here, but why the fuck do people do that?

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Lloyd_christmas

11/10/2007 at 23:28

'bike' clothing is utterly fucking gay.

I cringe when i see a man out and about with a garishly fashioned paddock jacket bearing the emblem of someone or other.

"Wow, he must be the manager of a MotoGP team, or he could just be a 20-50 year old overweight nobody, who thinks wearing a shite jacket makes him look like a member of a pit crew, when in fact it entices most to feel sorry for him and only identifies him to other overweight chad cunts with a reality gene missing."

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RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 23:31

WiseBuddha wrote

Hate to be the village idiot here, but why the fuck do people do that?

I believe it stems from their use in racing.
I don't know from experience so I'm only going on what I'm told.

Apparently as you scream round the track, braking hard every now and again, the brake fluid becomes hot enough to start boiling and expanding inside the brake system (What stops the expanding fluid from simply pressing against the pistons and applying the brakes I do not know). Eventually there is enough pressure to force the hot brake fluid past the seals in the master reservoir, and the fluid starts leaking out past the filler cap.
the wristband is there to soak it up before it can get onto paintwork.

Whether it's just an urban legend or not I'm not sure, but there must be a good reason for it.

WiseBuddha

11/10/2007 at 23:37

RS250-Squid wrote

Whether it's just an urban legend or not I'm not sure, but there must be a good reason for it.

If it isnt a urban legend then yes it is a good reason for it, if you are on a track and riding at those extremes. Which brings me back to the original question:

WiseBuddha wrote

Hate to be the village idiot here, but why the fuck do people do that?

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RS250-Squid

11/10/2007 at 23:41

Dunno, why do people fit sporting tyres that they're never gonna use, or buy powerful machines that they're never going to fully exploit?

Boys and their toys mate, can't be anything else.