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24 cycling T-shirts — choose from the best designs

Get a T-shirt that tells the world you love to ride bike

Want to proclaim your allegiance to the world's greatest activity, sport and mode of transport? Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts so the world knows you love riding bike even when you're not doing it.

Type 'cycling T-shirts' into Google and you get a vast range of choices: brand logos, political statements, jokes good and bad, homages to races and straightforward cycling-themed art.

Here's a selection of our favourite cycling T-shirts. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

24 of the best cycling T-shirts for 2021

Art

Revolutionary – Eddy Merckx — £27.01

Merckx Revolutionary t-shirt

The incomparable Merckx by CycloBuzz at RedBubble

Enjoy — £10.00

Enjoy Cycling Red T-shirt

A play, of course, on the iconic Coke slogan, from Rinsed.

Kraftwerk: Tour de France — £15.39

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There are a number of Kraftwerk-inspired cycling T-shirts around. We like this take on the iconic Tour de France cover.

A Lifetime of Bicycles — £15.99

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From kiddie trike to road racing bike.

Infinity — £14.99

Infinity t-shirt crop

The infinity symbol in chain links. Simple.

All-weather rider — £14.99

All-weather t-shirt crop

Just keep in mind that after you wear this you can never again skip a ride because it's raining.

Bicycle Exploded Diagram — £15.99

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A 1977 Raleigh Gran Sport featuring state-of-the-art centre pull brakes, square-taper cranks, and toeclips and straps.

DNA — £22

Cycology DNA

Billed as 'the genetic road map of cyclists' by Cycology. (Now with the helix twisting the right way!)

Evolution — £14.99

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Just in case any of your friends need reminding that cyclists are the pinnacle of human evolution.

Races

Lanterne Rouge —£15.39

Red Bubble Lanterne Rouge

Here's a tribute to the race's last-placed rider, the famed lanterne rouge. We've all been there. Artist Anthony Robson has a couple of dozen other designs too.

Col de Galibier T-Shirt — £25

Velolove col du galibier t-shirt

Monuments and climbs abound at velolove.cc and this Galibier number is a fairly typical example. Done in a cheery blue, it doesn’t scream cycling, which makes it all the better in our book.

Giro d'Italia - £10.00

Rinsed Giro t-shirt

A tribute to the Tour of Italy from Rinsed T-shirts.

Le Mont Ventoux — £13.99

2020 Mont ventoux t-shirt

Often a crucial climb in the Tour de France, the windy mountain is celebrated by this T-shirt from Amazon.

l'Alpe d'Huez — £14.99

Alpe t-shitrt

Always a significant climb when it's included, some say the Tour de France is won on l'Alpe d'Huez.

Vuelta — £10

La Vuelta Bike t-shirt Black

The only grand tour that more-or-less started on time last year, and we love the colours.

Slogans and statements

Pasta is always the answer — £22.99

pasta is always the answer t shirt

We're quite fond of baked goods as well, so if anyone can find a 'Will ride for cake' shirt, let us know.

The more you drive… — £15.39

The more you drive 2

The wisdom of renegade scientist Dr. J. Frank Parnell from Alex Cox's 1984 cult science fiction movie Repo Man.

Slow And Steady Sloth — £14.99

sloth t-shirt

Don't we all feel like this some days?

Fat and money — £19.99

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Nuff said.

Too Many Bicycles — £10.95

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A bit more straightforward than some of the others, but a fair bit less costly as well. It also leads us neatly on to:

Bike maths — £22

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The expanded version of the timeless cyclist's formula. Can you ever have too many? If in doubt, consult the T-shirt.

Stay Awesome — £15.99

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Inspired by Transport for London's ludicrous 'Cyclists Stay Back' stickers of a few years ago, so we include two car window stickers, two A6 stickers and five business card stickers with each T-shirt and for every tee we donate £5 to the Cyclists' Defence Fund. The front has a small road.cc logo.

Brands

Campagnolo Classic — ~£32.00

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Is there any cycling brand with a mightier heritage than Campagnolo?

Rapha — £24

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Probably the UK's most controversial cycling brand, so here's one of their T-shirts for you to argue about.

Read on…

Check out the comments for loads more recommendations from our readers and some independent t-shirt artists.

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SanPedro | 3 years ago
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lekimpton | 3 years ago
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vintvélo | 3 years ago
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Loads more cool Tees added since I last read this article! Here's one of mine https://vintvelo.com/shop/mens-cycling-t-shirts/mont-ventoux-mens-brushe...

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lekimpton | 3 years ago
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Tom_77 | 3 years ago
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barongreenback | 2 years ago
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Can highly recommend thevandal.be and lamachine.cc for good designs and high quality

Wear bonkcyclingclub.com if you can cope with the branding!

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Dogless | 2 years ago
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Oh sweet Jesus. The lack of taste! The 'piano tie' of t shirt designs.

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gbzpto | 2 years ago
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Flanders cycling Map t-shirt based on underground tube maps

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1079166363/cycling-t-shirt-bergs-and-cobble...

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WillCycle | 2 years ago
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Several more designs here: https://www.willcycle.com
Including this one:
 

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Natrix | 4 years ago
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Any cycling inspired long sleeve T-shirts out there???

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number9dream replied to Natrix | 4 years ago
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lekimpton replied to Natrix | 3 years ago
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lekimpton replied to Natrix | 3 years ago
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Cycling-Gina | 4 years ago
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There are some cool cycling t-shirts on https://www.velomule.com

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Benny Meadows | 4 years ago
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There's some unique T-shirt adn Sweatshirt designs here:

https://bennymeadows.teemill.com/collection/men/

 

 

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teeezy | 5 years ago
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You may want to have a look at Teeezy.com. We make casual bicle t-shirts for when you're not riding. Check it out at http://www.teeezy.com. Happy browsing!

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bluemarina | 5 years ago
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Lots of great t-shirts!
This one is my favourite from Finisher zone which I received as a Christmas present.

 

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TheHungryGhost | 5 years ago
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I've got this one - its on sale at sports direct for £3.50.  

For the Steel is Real types - like me smiley

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Tom James | 5 years ago
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Some cool new tees and sweatshirts at ProBikeKit: https://www.probikekit.co.uk/brands/the-broom-wagon.list

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Nickrolyat | 5 years ago
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Nickrolyat | 5 years ago
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Nickrolyat | 5 years ago
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Loving the Tshirt thread,  ’m not a commercial entity but tinker with making bike tee designs for fun. 

https://www.redbubble.com/people/nickrolyat/collections/145617-bike-t-sh...

 

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hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Dark Cycle Clothing

 

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ktache replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Dark Cycle Clothing

 

I just got a manatee on a fat bike from them.  I like it very much.

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Fretwork | 5 years ago
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Okimono has some wonderful shirts such as this design by Giro stage winner Jos van Emden:

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They also have a beautiful "Marginal gains" shirt in pre-order  3

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zanf replied to Fretwork | 5 years ago
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Okimono has some wonderful shirts such as this design by Giro stage winner Jos van Emden:

They also have a beautiful "Marginal gains" shirt in pre-order  3

 

That is a straight steal from Adam Hansen's brand 'Hanseeno' that I've been wearing for a couple of years:

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Fretwork replied to zanf | 5 years ago
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Fretwork wrote:

Okimono has some wonderful shirts such as this design by Giro stage winner Jos van Emden:

They also have a beautiful "Marginal gains" shirt in pre-order  3

 

That is a straight steal from Adam Hansen's brand 'Hanseeno' that I've been wearing for a couple of years:

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I think you're right, looks alike.

More a fan of the Marginal Gains shirt anyway  10

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jerome | 5 years ago
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Missus bought that one to me, in a different color though.

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madcarew | 6 years ago
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Just love cycology's range. They're awesome.

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