The new kit starts arriving...

Trek factory released some photos recently, including one of the riders being given their new kit:

Quite impressive, isn't it: neat piles of nicely folded kit, all spread out on tables, presumably marked by size.

I assume that they have already been given their "own" jerseys with their names on, and that this lot is leggings, casual stuff, gilets, gloves, all the rest of it.

The style doesn't seem to have changed, which is a relief in the sense that we already recognise it, and a disappointment in the sense that it's not that good a kit - the stripes are worthless (can't see them from any distance and close up they look like that bit under the chin of a whale, you know, the ones that circle underwater then come up vertically with a huge open mouth) the names are too small to be read on tv, and I really, really object to asymmetrical kit on the grounds that it means, in effect, remembering two kits for one team, depending on where the camera bikes are.

It's also worth repeating at this point that most footage is shot from the nearside, so listen to me, kit designers: don't put the "different" item on the off-side! We won't see it!

Getting back to the sheer quantity of stuff, it looks as though Trek are doing quite well - until  you see the pics of Team Sky taking delivery of their kit for next season:

I believe the word here is "awesome!"