Foo - $15?? Shouldn't these be free?!

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=11476

Yep, I never understood that. Water bottles should be free too.

Yeah, most shops around here, if you do any decent amount of business with them, will give you a free bottle. I don't think I've ever paid for a water bottle.. oh wait once - I ordered a couple from Specialized as they were dirt cheap and I was ordering other stuff at the time.

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=11476
um.. $15 for a water bottle that looks like a boney babe in a t-shirt? :D

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I would have to be paid sizeable sums to wear a Nashbar shirt in pubilic.

The great American ruse: getting you to pay for their advertising.

Shouldn't all tee shirts with advertising on them be free??

Maybe they should be paying you to wear their shirt??

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Nashbar: T-shirts, $15...Clipless pedals, $20

That's a terrible t-shirt design.

Why should they be?

Should your bike be free because there's a manufacturer's name on it? How about your jersery with a brand logo? Or your car with the dealer's sticker and manufactururer's name?

This seems to be no different to me or am I missing something. It's been known to happen. :o

There's a difference between branding and advertising. Branding merely shows who made the product. I suppose if the brand logo becomes too prominent (as sportswear companies are fond of doing) it could be classified as advertising, particularly in the case of clothing. My Ground Effect jersey has a small nondescript logo on the chest that I have no real problem with. If it was twelve inches big emblazoned of the back, or if it was some other company's logo, I'd look elsewhere.

Having said that, I do have a t-shirt with a large LUGNET logo on it which could be regarded as advertising. I wear it because a)it's obsure enough to be unrecognisable to the vast majority of people, and b)it's a non-profit organisation. I guess the cycling equivalent is it's like wearing a club jersey.

If they're going to make a sad attempt at a college athletics t-shirt ripoff, you'd think they'd put a little more effort into the design aspect.