joker8baller

How do Jersey sizes compare to tshirt sizes?

Random question...

But hey, I'd be down to get one if you'd let a lurker get one =)

BlastRadius

I like. Needs a splash of white. Do you have a front design?

RoboCheme

That looks fine, although it's all about the final color scheme for me.

UmneyDurak

You know that crank looks like an upside down finger. lol

bigbossman 

By Jove, you're right! Alex, turn it up the other way - give it a little "Johnny Cash" vibe.

BlastRadius

How about this crank?

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bigbossman 

I like this. Give it some color, turn the crank spider to face up, and print. Done.

ahmose

+1 , it looks good.

mellum76

I'd still be interested to see what kind of design Curtis can come-up with. No pressure!!!

t4mv

BR, your crank looks too Shimanoey, which would appear to clash with the Campag ripoff...I mean, theme, of this design study. Clearly Alex had NR/SR in mind when he was whipping this up last night.

ahmose

Same here. That 50 jersey looks stunning.

Beaker

Dumb question: "Brev" as in Brevet?

Now if only we can sneak in a tiny "HTFU" in there somewhere, discreet enough not to get too many questions from inquiring non-riding spouses and kids....

UmneyDurak

I like it.

bigbossman 

brevette (or Brev. or Brevettato) is Italian for "patented."

Beaker

Thanks BBM - no doubt the absence of campy in my garage is to blame.

bigbossman 

No worries - the world needs heathens, too.

x136 

I do not. I was actually working on another design when I took a small part of it (the shield outline) and dropped it on a jersey drawing. That's as far as I got.

Heh, kind of does in the small version. It's more clearly a crank at larger sizes.

Gonna bust up my muted/silver vibe with color? Bah!

Well, I guess the side panels and collar could be a darkish blue.

Yeah guys, hold the vote until someone who isn't a minimalist hack posts something.

bigbossman 

Here's a general thought on color - if you use the same blue/white colors as last year, we can wear the new jerseys with the bibs we already have. Just a thought.

Also, don't sell minimalism short - I'm totaly on board with the less is more concept.

I'm dying to see what Curtis comes up with!

cccorlew

Really, I'm just messing about while the J students do the newspaper.
I really liked Alex's ideas last year. I wasn't nuts about the color, but MyLilPony really liked them. So x136 let me mess with his files.
I'm really tired of painfully symmetrical jerseys, so I was thinking big, overall design. This is by no means close to a proposal, but I am liking the non-centered idea.

Is that enough of a disclaimer?

Beaker

I'm starting to dig Alex's clean lines here (well his jersey's clean lines, at any rate). I am also partial to that font. I could see that working as is, or with white/black (better blend with all the darn pairs of black bibs we have?) or white/blue.

I like the idea of a jersey that is recognisable to the group, and different from all the other event jerseys you see around, i.e. something like a team kit; the revised hill/poppy design looks more like an event than a team jersey to me. Do you have a bib design in mind Alex?

JoelS

Curtis, the text is awfully biased toward those of you in West NorCal. I think my preference would be to avoid text other than NorCal BikeForums, etc. Make it more general?

Design is pretty good, though that's an awful lot of a dark green.

huytheskigod

Our team kits has HTFU discreetly printed on the inside back of the jersey collar constantly pressing against the back of our necks encouraging us to push a little bit further.

cgallagh

Curtis, I RR and I did not care for the checkers either. I can't help flashing on "The Checkered Demon" when I look at them. Anyone here remember that? I liked the one that you took this new design from. I like colors. FWIW.

x136 

As much as I like the silver, here are some colors for the non-chromaphobes.

Waxed canvas and leather brown:


Blue and white:


Black & white:


I think the last two lose the vintage vibe, and may cross the line into being law-enforcement-esque. Plus, the black would be too hot, and the blue would be the same colors as last year.



Wouldn't be hard. Matching colors, maybe with a shield (or a flying QR wheel) on the outside of each leg.

That's a problem I ran into last year. It was hard to get around it being a "Bay Area (and surrounding slums)" jersey when road names were included.

Also, I don't think anyone shares this opinion, but I'll throw it out there: I really don't like the "Norcal" abbreviation.

That said, I like the Diablo/winding road/poppy design writ large across the jersey.

bigbossman 

I like the first two. Also, the that canvas color might look good with a muted brick/adobe type red. Or maybe a cream color with the brick red. I think you're on to something with the muted earth tone type pairs, although I do kind of dig the blue and white.

I agree with you on the NorCal thing.