New Columbia HTC Cycling 2009 Team Kit

Cycling Weekly released news on their website the other day of Team Columbia HTC's new team kit for the 2009 season, seen here modelled by top UK rider Mark Cavendish. A welcome change from last year's sickly royal blue. The new kit sees the addition of new sponsor HTC, a mobile phone manufacturer, alongside outdoor clothing manufacturer Columbia.

The Cycling Weekly forum is divided, but I love it and bought one from Wiggle.

I can't wait for the new season to get started. I'm in Belgium in February when the Het Volk is on, one of the first European sportives. I was in Belgium at the same time last year when it was on and it was great to see it on TV. The Belgium folk are really into cycling. There are rows upon rows of bikes everywhere, stepping out of the nightclub at 6am, groups of cyclists fly by in full gear on top of the range bikes. Top Belgium rider Tom Boonen is as famous as David Beckham over there, although he as recently got himself into a bit of bother, upsetting a number of fans after writing off his one evening Lamborghini and getting himself into a spot of bother with his lavish lifestyle.

You can read about my progress here.