Sunday, July 25, 2010

Retro Cycling Jerseys Online Sources

Retro Cycling Jerseys popularity is rising amongst cycling enthusiasts these days. Specifically with cycle riders that also have a taste for looking great and having a little fun with the way they look while they ride their bicycles. Some believe this popularity for retro cycling jerseys all started when Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France championship while he and his team were wearing a retro cycling jerseys that featured an image of the old U.S. Mail symbol from over thirty years ago.

Whether this is the true foundation of their popularity, sales of retro cycling jerseys is increasing every day, especially as access to purchasing them online gets less complicated as more and more corporations set up shop by putting e-commerce on their websites. The retro bike jerseys come in a wide selection of colours styles and with a myriad of images depicted on them. Images sported on retro bike jerseys nowadays include novelty photographs such as Dr Seuss’ cat in the Hat or the Grinch who lifted xmas, Betty Boop, Bozo the Clown and even sesame street characters like Oscar the Grouch and big Bird.

An internet company that has some wonderful older images on their retro cycling jerseys is the retro image attire company. Images used for their collection come from the photographs contained within the ‘Horton collection line’ these include such famous images as :

  • The1935 World Championship Men’s Jersey, a race of 216km over cobblestone roads in Belgium.
  • The image on this shirt is one that was first made by Henri grey in 1896 for a cycling ad.
  • Men’s Cataluna, the image on this shirt comes from a poster that was made for the 1943 cycling race in spaind called the Vuelta Catalonia.
  • Green Eggs and Ham, a colourful jersey with footage of the characters and happenings from the Dr Seuss story of the same name revealed for the first time in 1960.

A 2nd great source for retro bike jerseys and novelty bike jerseys is the website and shop at Amazon.com where you will find a good range to make a choice from. Amazon stocks a large range of bike jerseys for men women and children as well as other bike clothing, cycling shoes and other accessories. Yet another company that stocks a great range of both novelty cycling jerseys and retro cycling jerseys is ModernBike.com they also stock a big range of other bike gear, cycling clothing, accessories and shoes.

So for some fun with your look while riding your bike, take a look at the great range of novelty and retro cycling jerseys available online.

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