This is the “Manuela fundacion” (a Elite-U23 team in Spain) jersey for 2022.
EDIT: After knowing the story behind I don’t find it funny anymore, so I remove it.
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The worst part is they were so close to a pretty cool jersey and then then put those space bears and angel wings on there.
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The design they had when they were set to take over Bike Exchange was sooo sweet. And now they end up with…that. 
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Re the Manuela Foundation jersey…having a daughter who passed away as well I get the angle wings and think they are inspirational/cool. I would have done white but, whatever. And fully agree with ^^^ the Bike Exchange kit was pretty cool.
The space bears though? Anyone know the story being those? I assume they have something to do with the Angustias’ daughters death but, IDK…I certainly don’t want to get in the way of another person grief but, I would not honor my daughter this way. It just seems, sort of not normal I guess, especially for a professional bike team. JMO
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Oh… I’m so sorry. Now that I know the inspiration behind the design I don’t find it funny anymore and I have removed the post. I still think it could have been done much better, but I cannot even imagine the grief of losing a son or a daughter, so I won’t judge that design anymore.
No worries. I didn’t intend to put you on the spot or anything. I wouldn’t want to wear that kit either. I am truly intrigued about the space bear thing going on. Just a bit odd to me…
We are in the final stages of designing our kit and are about to open our store to our club members, and I only just found this thread. Obviously there are many ideas that we should have considered before we finalized our design. I will need to save this thread for our redesign in 2 years.
Shameless sponsor plug: we use Jakroo, and they are great. But they never recommended anything like any of these kits. Clearly I am now sending a link to this thread to my account manager. 
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Ha! We are/have done the same. New kit design and new vendor. Using Vie13 and pretty stoked. I’ve used Jakroo and actually think they are under rated. If Marty is your contact tell him Woody says hello!
Vie13 has some really fantastic kit too. I think Gary is fantastic, and I do love their stuff. But Jakroo has been truly terrific, and a great fit for our club; I am happy that we just renewed our contract with them for the third time. Their product is comfortable, with so many different options, and they are constantly improving and adding options. Marty’s not my contact, but I’ll let my account manager (Jill) know to pass along the greetings!
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A local team used a very similar lumberjack kit for their CX team a couple of years ago. Blue was the main color.
Montrose Bike Club, California.
naaaaah this has got to be fake!! LOL
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Not at all…it was a couple of years ago.
Not necessarily ugly, although i guess thats what theyre going for but neopro cycling has an “ugly xmas jersey”
Perfect for those of you who are lucky to be able to ride in a short sleeve jersey all year long
The rest of us have got trainers and instagram accounts mate 
I also wanna say this thread is so much better than I expected
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