{"id":133615,"date":"2016-02-16T17:46:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=133615"},"modified":"2016-02-16T17:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:47:47","slug":"is-this-for-real-worst-cycling-kit-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/02\/16\/is-this-for-real-worst-cycling-kit-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this for real? Worst Cycling Kit EVER!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Argentinian team Xirayas de San Luis presented their new kit to the public and its design caught some serious attention. Probably not the kind of attention the Argentinian team wanted, though\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It reminds us a lot of the Colombia women\u2019s team kit, which they showed at Giro Toscana. Remember? Even the <em>Union Cycliste Internationale<\/em> president Brian Cookson reacted to it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/Colombia-womens-kit-630x419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133617\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/Colombia-womens-kit-630x419-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"It reminds us a lot of the Colombia women\u2019s team kit, which they showed at Giro Toscana. Remember? Even the Union Cycliste Internationale president Brian Cookson reacted to it.\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the many who have raised the issue of a certain women&#8217;s team kit, we are on the case. It is unacceptable by any standard of decency,\u201d he wrote on Twitter back in September 2014 and you can find some pretty interesting thoughts on the new Xirayas de San Luis\u2019 kit there as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You must be kidding.<br \/>A kit with&#8230; what&#8230; ovaries on it?!<br \/>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeMirjam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeMirjam<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhevynAehx\">pic.twitter.com\/GhevynAehx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marijn de Vries (@marijnfietst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marijnfietst\/status\/698442294706511872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Marijn de Vries, Dutch journalist and a former racing cyclist, certainly didn\u2019t hold back her emotions. Although to be fair, most of us were probably thinking exactly the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/CbBIm3NWIAA8Yxm.jpg-large-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133619\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/CbBIm3NWIAA8Yxm.jpg-large-2-600x428.jpeg\" alt=\"Do you think it\u2019s the worst cycling kit ever? Or what would be your suggestion?\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you think it\u2019s the worst cycling kit ever? Or what would be your suggestion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentinian team Xirayas de San Luis presented their new kit to the public and its design caught some serious attention. 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