Ok, I talked to Velowear and to their parent company Voler. Since we are looking at more than 25 shirts it makes sense to go "full custom" from Voler themselves. This is good 'cause we are not limited to the color/design selection of the semi-custom offerings.
Unlike silkscreening, there's no additional charge for more print / logo "blocks", so we can incorporate several suggestions into the final design, ie. front, back, and a sleeve. We can mix and match sizes and fits (tighter-fit racing vs looser club fit) to meet the number we want to book -- there is a pretty good price break at 50 so it'd be great to hit that. They will be $49.25 apiece with a flouro-yellow bottom color and black ink.
The limitations are that we have to book a production window from them in advance. The earliest opening is 3rd week in August, and we'd have to have quantities settled upon six weeks before that (July 8). But that's pretty reasonable. I'll put down $100 reservation to ensure us this slot, so things are on the march.
So, next steps for those who want shirts:
1. Please check out the short-sleeve sizing chart at
http://www.voler.com/products.aspx?CID=1&PID=1# and PM me with quantity/size.
2. I'll mock up a few designs based on everybody's comments above and anyone else is free to do one too, we'll have a poll to pick the winner.
3. Once we've got enough soft commitment to make the minimum order I'll take up $ via paypal or check and we'll get em printed, delivered and shipped. Delivery should be the first part of September.