Ray,
Very well said and may I add it is only "WORLD
CHAMPIONS" who are entitled to wear these bands. They
have won these coverted laurels in competition so lets
ban all the POSEURS from wearing them on their look
alike jerseys (Mitts & Bottoms) it really does devalue
the honour of these bands.
In the 70's you would have had the piss taken out of
you rotten if you wore a jersey with rainbow bands on
it, how things have changed for the worse!
> The rainbow and National bands on cuffs and collar
> has got out of hand. Tom Simpson didn't have them
> on his Peugeout jersey in 1966/67 but Jan Janssen
> had rainbow bands on his Pelforth jersey in 1966
> (winner in 64) Certainly Merckx had them after his
> 1967 win.
> I think De Vlaeminck went too far having cyclo cross
> bands on his road jersey but things have got worse
> since his day. I'm sure that one of the Aussie pros
> has rainbow bands on his road jersey that he won as
> a junior on the track !
> National championship bands are now univeral. See
> Axel Merckx for example.
> For me it should be limited to the discipline and
> category you are currently riding in. So in a pro
> road race only former pro road champions would have
> rainbow collar and cuffs. I make that five or six
> riders eligible. Lets keep things elitist!
> Ray Green, Brighton
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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