GP d'Ouverture -- 2 things...

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/jan06/gpmarseillaise06/marseille004

Unibet needs to work on color spec -- the green in their hats and
jersey (and on their team car -- see next pic) don't match. My masters
fattie team is more coordinated than that....

Geslin is coming along nicely.

JT

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[cosmo.c...@gmail.com]

>Unibet needs to work on color spec -- the green in their hats and
>jersey (and on their team car -- see next pic) don't match. My masters
>fattie team is more coordinated than that....

It's the new style, man. Check out the shots of Robbie Hunter getting
torched by Boonen at Stage 1 of this year's Tour of Qatar. For some
reason, BMC has decided to compliment Phonak's Lime-and-Tequila
uniforms with a black/red frame.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/jan06/qatar06/qatar061/Nic24568

-Cosmo
http://cyclocosm.com

[DepartFictif]

all true.. it really would look better if they made a flippin effort..
that said it is a thing now for some reason.. hardly anyone has good
matching kit anymore.. but at the end of the day.. they are doing real
races, so.....

[cosmo.c...@gmail.com]

oh, man. Look at this one:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/feb06/besseges06/besseges061/FSbesseges061_004

That's definately a T-Mobile helmet. Something is amiss.

-Cosmo
http://cyclocosm.com

[amit]

cosmo.c...@gmail.com wrote:
> oh, man. Look at this one:
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/feb06/besseges06/besseges061/FSbesseges061_004
>
> That's definately a T-Mobile helmet. Something is amiss.

oh c'mon! who hasn't forgotten to bring their helmet to a race ?

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On 1 Feb 2006 12:22:50 -0800, "DepartFictif" <bor...@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:

Colors that are blantantly different -- blue suits, say, and yelow
bikes can be really good. Colors that look like they were supposed to
match but don't are really bad.

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On 1 Feb 2006 14:18:20 -0800, "cosmo.c...@gmail.com"
<cosmo.c...@gmail.com> wrote:

>oh, man. Look at this one:
>
>http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/feb06/besseges06/besseges061/FSbesseges061_004
>
>That's definately a T-Mobile helmet. Something is amiss.

I looked at that and thought "Gee, that looks like VDB, but it can't
be. Isn't he dead or in jail or in a clinic or something? Or fat and
on a beach in the Caribbean or something?"

[Robert Chung]

John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
> On 1 Feb 2006 12:22:50 -0800, "DepartFictif" <bor...@wanadoo.fr>
> wrote:
>
>> all true.. it really would look better if they made a flippin effort..
>> that said it is a thing now for some reason.. hardly anyone has good
>> matching kit anymore.. but at the end of the day.. they are doing real
>> races, so.....
>
> Colors that are blantantly different -- blue suits, say, and yelow
> bikes can be really good. Colors that look like they were supposed to
> match but don't are really bad.

http://www.jt10000.com/images/fpns.jpg

[Michael Press]

In article
<1138825370....@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"DepartFictif" <bor...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

This is a discussion of the difference between appalling
and shocking. I do not remark upon aesthetics of bicycle
kit color schemes; and if I did none would escape censure.
I figure that the colors make it easier to identify the
contestants, not to make them look good.

--
Michael Press

[DepartFictif]

Then you are neglecting the sponsor... "looking good" as you put it is
called advertizzzing! = the basis of the sport of cycling!

[Michael Press]

In article
<1138866954....@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"DepartFictif" <bor...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Then you are neglecting the sponsor... "looking good" as you put it is
> called advertizzzing! = the basis of the sport of cycling!

Advertisers advertise. Looking good has nothing to do with
it. They try to _prescribe_ what looks good; not abide
with and learn from what has proven over the ages to look
good. Look at the sleaze buckets wearing suits in the GQ
advertisements; look at the skanks in Elle and Vogue; I
can smell their breath from here.

--
Michael Press

[Bill C]

Yeah but they fit the current definition of looking good. What the
hell does character have to do with presenting a good looking image.
Notice I didn't say presenting a good image, that's a whole different
category. Pam Anderson presents a good looking image, Alexandra Paul
presents a good image, and looks good doing it.
Bill C