2012 Olympic Cycling Kits for Canada and USA

Posted on 24. Jul, 2012 by lyne in news

Here’s a glimpse of the cycling kits that will be worn by Canada and the USA teams at the London 2012 Olympic Games which officially start in three days.

Canada. The official apparel sponsor of Cycling Canada, Louis Garneau once again created the cycling kits for the 33 Canadian cyclists going to London. They previously  created the cycling kits for the Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.

Canada Olympic Kit – photo courtesy Louis Garneau

USA. The road, track, and mountain bike kits were designed by SKINS while Nike teamed up with freestyle legend Bob Haro to create the BMX collection.

USA 2012 Olympic kits modeled by the Mountain bike team - photo courtesy USA Cycling

Featuring “USA” across the chest, vertical red and white stripes, and columns of stars on a dark blue backdrop, the SKINS jersey offers a clean, retro look – “stars and bars” design is reminiscent of the U.S. kits from the 1984 Olympics.

USA BMX 2012 Olympic kit - photo courtesy USA Cycling

Inspired by the sport’s roots, the BMX kit is a flashback to the 1970’s when kids raced Southern California dirt tracks in three-quarter sleeved baseball tees. The jersey’s rugged design features a white body, navy sleeves, “USA,” and an eagle whose red outline grips the handlebars of a BMX bike. The kits were custom fitted for each individual BMX team member.

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