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How to Choose a Retro Cycling Jersey as a Gift

You don't need to know the winner of the 1986 Tour de France to buy a thoughtful cycling gift. You do need a little information about the person...

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What the Tour de France Jerseys Mean

Watch a Tour de France stage finish and you may see several riders change shirts for the podium. One won the stage. Another leads the race. Someone else...

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Brooklyn Was an Italian Cycling Story

The name says New York. The sponsor's story takes you to Italy. Brooklyn chewing gum came from the Perfetti business, and the bridge on the packaging was a...

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The 7 Eleven Jersey and a New Place for American Cycling

For an American viewer, the name on the jersey required very little explanation. You had probably seen it on the drive to work, at a gas stop, or...

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Why Carrera Put Denim on a Racing Kit

At first glance, the shorts are the joke. A professional cyclist appears to be racing in jeans, complete with the visual cues you expect from denim. Then you...

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The Mapei Jersey and the Story Behind the Cubes

The cubes are a good place to start. They tumble across the shirt in several colors, creating depth where most jerseys would be content with a stripe. Then...

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How to Wash a Printed Cycling Jersey

Empty the pockets before anything else. A forgotten gel wrapper is annoying. A tissue can turn an entire load of laundry into a cleanup job. Once that's done,...

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Eddy Merckx Through Three Team Jerseys

Put three photographs of Eddy Merckx beside one another and cover the captions. The face may be familiar in all of them, but the jersey changes what you're...

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The Peugeot Checkerboard Jersey

Black and white should be the quiet choice. On a Peugeot jersey, it rarely is. The checkerboard cuts across the shirt in a pattern you can pick out...

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A Practical Guide to Cycling Jerseys

The three pockets on the back are usually the first thing a new rider notices. Then comes the short front, the close sleeves, and the question of whether...

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Reading the La Vie Claire Jersey

Start with the black lines. They divide the La Vie Claire jersey into rectangles, giving each patch of red, blue, yellow, white, or gray its own boundary. Then...

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Why Molteni Orange Still Belongs on the Road

You can recognize a Molteni jersey before you're close enough to read it. A broad field of orange, dark lettering across the chest, very little getting in the...