Yes, it always was in "proper" old school road clubs.Mike Muz 67":6ptywlpr said:When I was younger , it was I thought an unwritten rule that you don't wear a world champions top , or a yellow jersey too for that matter . Unless you are the winner of those races .
Am I losing it , or was that the case ?
I know of several riders, in the past, who have been taken to one side and advised not to wear a WC/Yellow/polka dot jersey unless they can back it up on the road.
It used to be a rule for racing too, all the way down to 4th cat. Club or plain jerseys only. But i think thats been relaxed now, so you can regularly see WC/yellow jerseys going out of the back on any 4ths race. I *think* 3rds and above need team/plain kit.
So these days there is a massive market for this sort of jersey as there are a huge number of non-racing, racing cyclists, all dressed up in the latest kit, riding carbon and Dura Ace while they wobble round a sportive. They never race, so never need team kit. So buy what they want.
Then get in a sulk when someone asks them in which event they earned their WC stripes........ or complain when the local wobbly wheelers closed circuit race is too hard. :roll: