Garmin Cervelo Musette

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Continuing on with our popular range of musettes comes this nice little bag from our friends at Castelli. Made of a soft cotton with the Garmin Cervelo livery emblazoned all over it, makes for a fantastic piece for all the team fans out there.

Garmin Cervelo Musette

And, if you’re a bit more of a practical kinda guy (or gal), they are also great little shoulder sling bags when you need to do the shopping…

Buy the official team Garmin Cervelo musette online –>

Brooklyn Musette

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In case you need an excuse – and I’m sure you don’t – to buy yourself a real retro collectors item, our musettes are a great way to go. They’re cheap. They’re retro. They’re small. They’re Italian. They’re hot.

Brooklyn Musette

Brooklyn was a great classics team of the 1970′s and included the likes of Monsieur Paris–Roubaix, Roger De Vlaeminck at a time when he was fighting for glory over none other than Eddy Merckx. It was a classic time of world cycling.

Roger De Vlaeminck, Brooklyn Team

With this musette bag we have been able to capture a piece of cycling history. The legend lives on.

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Last year we were so lucky to have the World Championships on our doorstep, cheering on the Aussies boys (and gals) hard as the sea of spectators proudly displayed their green and gold colours of the home nation. While all of that seems a distant memory, the memories will last forever.

One thing that the crew at MrCyclingWorld came across was the official musette bag of the Australian National team – aka the “Cyclones”. As we cruised on passed the feed area in the heart of Geelong, it was decided – we gotta get one of those! More if we like them. A few (zillion) phone calls and some months later, and finally we have them in stock (insert proud face).

Australia Musette - get em while you can

Normally this is an item that would never be released for sale to the general public. And I mean never. I know we often say it but stock is limited, seriously limited, so get them while you can.

An official Santini item, handmade in Italy, of the Australian National Cycling Team.

Made in Italy, it features a brilliant ribbon handle strap, in the world champion stripes.

A real retro collectors item!

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One of the most traditional products on the cycling market, now produced in one of the most famous team designs ever. Introducing the Molteni team musette, made famous by legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.

Made in Italy, it features a brilliant ribbon handle strap, in the world champion stripes.

A real retro collectors item!

Molteni Musette

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We recently received a request from a customer who is seeking some plain white musette bag (cycling slang for feed bag, often incorrectly spelt mussette) for her cycling club. She is planning to print the club logo on the 50 bags herself, and distribute the finished product amongst the riders.

Our answer, of course, was that we would be happy to supply her club with plain white musette bags. And while we could have them printed for her too, that is not our primary strength (well, not yet anyway).

Moral of the story? If you’re after something that you think we might be able to produce, why not ask? You just never know your luck…

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Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the world of professional cycling? This is the time of year all the new kits are released, all the fancy gear is finalised as the teams get ready for the first race of the season, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide.

A small selection of kit is organised for the first race of the season in Australia

But well before now things need to be accounted for. Each team water bottle that is thrown in the final kilometres into the crowd to make a souvenir for someone has to be ordered well in advance. But how many does a team go through each year? Well here’s some stats of the 28 strong Garmin-Transitions team, with thanks to a recent article on Velonews…

Hungry anyone? A team of professional cyclists requires enough calories to send a rich man broke!

• The team will chew their way through 700 Vittoria tubular tyres in a year (yes that’s about 2 a day!)
• 100 bikes by Felt
• 200 Mavic wheels
• 30000 Clif bars & energy gels
• 315kg of energy drink powder ( basic maths = approx 1kg per day!)
• 200 tubes of chamois cream
• 2500 musettes
• 22,000 Camelbak Podium water bottles (yep, 785 per rider)

A collection of water bottles, ready for a new season

No wonder the riders throw their bidon out towards the end of each stage of the Tour de France. There’s plenty more where that came from!

As for kit, each rider receives their kit from Pearl Izumi; 12 pair of bib knicks and 6/7 jerseys for the start of the racing season. More kit follows as the team races more and more throughout the season. And don’t forget the winter jackets, tights, gloves, caps, overshoes, helmets, shoes, etc etc.

Logistical nightmare? You bet! Every young cyclists’ dream to be looked after like this? Absolutely!