unsafe trend in jerseys?

[Surlygirl]

Is it me, or are more jerseys dark or road-colored? I was just shopping the Terry catalog for new plus-size jerseys and the Reaction jersey for plus comes in 2 muted grayish patterns - zebra and nautilus, and the Cashmina comes in snow leopard and tiger (mostly black.) I'm sure they look very nice on, but visibility is SO important for road safety and animal patterns are on animals because they help them camouflage and blend in to their surroundings!

Maybe this is less of a concern to those who ride in groups? But I mostly ride solo on winding country roads. I look great in black, but on my bike I think it'd be suicidal.

I have to agree and I think I'd rather not be or look like road kill in them. My DH has a dark jersey and there are times in the low light I can't pick him out. With the sun lower in the sky and in drivers faces I think the brighter the better. Just my opinion.

[cosc]

I've been disappointed in the dark colored cycling clothing this season. I won't buy non-vibrant colors. Safety first is my mantra when road riding by myself. I'm envious of the off road cyclist that buy apparel without too much thought to being visible. Terry's muted jerseys would be nice to avoid the real dirt look when mountain biking.

[crazycanuck]

I know i must sound like a saleswoman but i'm going to suggest a ground effect jersey or jacket. The reason is there are great reflective patches at the back of the clothes that people can see a great distance away.

None of the jerseys are leopard skin prints & fit really well at the bottom.

Give the site a look-www.groundeffect.co.nz

Another happy ground effect chickie

C

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My favorite biking wear of all (aside from wool base layers, mind you) is stuff from Brooks- their "Nightlife" line. I get it from various places, but Terry carries a lot of their stuff.
At any given time on my bike, I am wearing Screaming fluorescent yellow on my Nightlife long tights, capri's, vest, jacket, t-shirts, and/or longsleeve jerseys. I wear them in unlimited combos.
For instance, I might on a cool day wear the NightLife long tights with my favorite regular black chamois shorts over them, then a black Smartwool longsleeve hoodie and my Nightlife vest over that. Or an Ibex wool base layer and a Nightlife LS jersey over that.
On a hot day I often wear just a screaming yellow lightweight t-shirt over my regular biking bottoms. On really hot days I wear either a Nightlife yellow t-shirt that I cut the sleeves off of- OR the Nightlife racer back tank with shelf bra....can't get cooler than that!

I'm a big screamingyellow/wool combo fan girl.

[SlowButSteady]

there's not very much selection at all when it comes to plus-size

You've got that right!!!!

Every doggone jersey I see that's in a pattern or a color I love is tapered like an upside-down pyramid with tight elastic in the waist.

I really like the ones that have the name of a state and a picture of some snowcapped mountain or brightly colored field of flowers. Even if they come in XL, they're way too tight around that dang elastic in the bottom.

I understand the theory of tight cycling clothes, really I do, but come on!