24 cycling T-shirts — choose from the best designs

^{First Published October 16, 2015}

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
  • Enjoy — £10.00
  • Kraftwerk: Tour de France — £16.66
  • A Lifetime of Bicycles — £15.99
  • Infinity — £14.99
  • All-weather rider — £14.99
  • Bicycle Exploded Diagram — £15.99
  • DNA — £22
  • Evolution — £14.99
• Races
  • Lanterne Rouge —£15.39
  • Col de Galibier T-Shirt — £25
  • Giro d'Italia - £10.00
  • Le Mont Ventoux — £13.99
  • l'Alpe d'Huez — £14.99
  • Vuelta — £10
• Slogans and statements
  • Pasta is always the answer — £22.99
  • The more you drive… — £15.39
  • Slow And Steady Sloth — £14.99
  • Fat and money — £19.99
  • Too Many Bicycles — £10.95
  • Bike maths — £22
  • Stay Awesome — £15.99
• Brands
  • Campagnolo Classic — ~£32.00
  • Rapha — £30

Art

Revolutionary – Eddy Merckx — £27.01

The incomparable Merckx by CycloBuzz at RedBubble

Enjoy — £10.00

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

Kraftwerk: Tour de France — £15.39

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

From kiddie trike to road racing bike.

Infinity — £14.99

The infinity symbol in chain links. Simple.

All-weather rider — £14.99

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

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

DNA — £22

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

Evolution — £14.99

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

Races

Lanterne Rouge —£15.39

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

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

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

Le Mont Ventoux — £13.99

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

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

Vuelta — £10

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

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 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

Don't we all feel like this some days?

Fat and money — £19.99

Nuff said.

Too Many Bicycles — £10.95

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

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

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

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

Rapha — £24

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.