"Replica" cycling kit websites start selling your jersey…
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Tue, May 24, 2011 11:05
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Backladder 4 minutes ago
@mctrials23 People have been suffering for years because they have been unlucky enough to have been hired by bad people, or had the bad luck to become ill. This is just bringing the system more into balance. I don't have a problem with encouraging people to start businesses but I don't agree with doing it by letting them exploit the poor and the desperate, if they need encouragement then offer state benefits for small businesses and use the claims process to make sure that they are doing everything they should to run the business properly including paying and training their employees. If they just want to get rich quick by exploiting others then they should be in the USA.
mdavidford 11 minutes ago
One may wonder why you've brought up DEI when it has nothing at all to do with anything in what Lappartient said. Or why you care about the state of the women's sport if you're so down on diversity, equity and inclusion. 🤷♂️
Rendel Harris 25 minutes ago
Not quite the first time, I rode over it back in the late twentyteens, just happened to see it was jammed nose-to-tail so thought it would be fun to filter along...turned out there was an overturned lorry at the eastern end blocking all carriageways. I honestly didn't know cycling was banned (the signs aren't very prominent), just assumed nobody rode on it because it would be suicidal in normal circumstances. Fortunately the weary copper at the other end who saw me just cut off my apologies and said, "Fuck off over there [a gap in the barrier to a slip road] and don't do it again."
Backladder 41 minutes ago
They're not slalom barriers, they're Sheffield stands for parking your bike.
mctrials23 53 minutes ago
@momove I would think that spending time training someone up, putting the time and effort into that only to have most people move on relatively quickly isn't a great business model. I know there is the argument that "if your business has to take advantage of people to run then its not a viable business" but thats the reality of some of these shops. Up to a point, thats exactly what apprenticeships have always been. A business get cheap labour that might help them a bit and the apprentice learns something.
MaxiMinimalist 1 hour ago
One may wonder why bureaucrat Lappartient wants to reinvent the wheel with a massive injection of DEI and drastic reduction of money. Let the best cyclists win, period. Meanwhile, women's pro peloton needs means and support to attract new sponsors, increase TV coverage, improve salaries and prize money.
momove 1 hour ago
So they want to pay people a pittance "for the experience", not record their leave accrued, have them ineligible for sickness pay, then complain about them not being experts on e-bikes, bikefitting and more?
mitsky 2 hours ago
No right-wing media frothing about this?
mdavidford 2 hours ago
Made worse by the fact the road has recently been closed for services works for a few weeks, and that was brilliant while it lasted.
mctrials23 2 hours ago
Whilst all the changes made are broadly good, there are a host of businesses that can and will suffer for them if they are unlucky enough to hire bad people or simply have bad luck. Small businesses are already really hard pushed to turn a profit with all the pressures of NI, wages, rent, energy costs etc so at some point we do need to find a way to support small businesses and encourage their growth rather than encouraging their demise at every opportunity by treating them in exactly the same way as big, wealthy businesses. A country is built on the businesses people start. When all people see is risk with little chance of reward, why would they even try. Its already an issue for plenty of people who start up a one man band and grow to the size where they could and should start thinking of turning things into a proper company with employees. Do you take this risk or do you just in a comfortable place and take more holiday to avoid the pitfalls of VAT and all the issues with hiring people etc?
17 thoughts on “…you know your website has made it when…”
It’s a classic!
It’s a classic!
But are you getting a cut?
But are you getting a cut? 😕 😕
jimmythecuckoo wrote:But are
At 23 dollars a pop its hardly a retirement fund!!
:B
Sadly no we’re not on a
Sadly no we’re not on a royalty. We have got one original set as a very long term investment
If you’re not on a royalty
If you’re not on a royalty then why are they making it? Get in there!
Shocking news!
Shocking news!
Saw one of those for sale in
Saw one of those for sale in a shop in S Wales last week – sticker price was £39.95. Tempting tho the top was it was too pricey for me.
Has anyone ever ordered
Has anyone ever ordered anything from these guys?
Not from this one, but for
Not from this one, but for research I did use one of these far eastern sites.
It for a follow up to this… http://road.cc/content/blog/25138-hunting-bargain …which I haven’t written yet!
Team Sky jersey for less than £22, and its ok. Washes alright and has a nice mesh panel down each side.
Does the job, which was kind of the point of the piece.
Took a risk and ordered a
Took a risk and ordered a bibshort/ss jersey set and thermal bibtight/ls jersey set. £76 with postage.
They say you get what you pay for so aren’t holding out much hope, not too worried about the jerseys but cheap shorts are generally not worth the bother. Mind you with my mileage it probably won’t matter!
Will let you know what they are like when/if they arrive.
Keep us posted
£76 is a bit
Keep us posted
£76 is a bit of a punt so good luck.
jimmythecuckoo wrote:£76 is a
There may have been a quantity of Stella Artois involved in the purchasing decision…
Those supermarket deals sometimes work out a little more expensive than they first seem. :”>
I also happen to know, thanks
I also happen to know, thanks to jezzzer, that they’re knocking them out on the streets of Beijing. He’s bringing one back so i’ll let you know what the quality’s like 🙂
dave_atkinson wrote:I also
It doesnt look too much like the real thing…
🙂
Isn’t that a yellow TDF
Isn’t that a yellow TDF outline map of France on the tag?! =))
didn’t anyone tell you we got
didn’t anyone tell you we got a wildcard? 😀
Rapha will change tack from
Rapha will change tack from Torm then now…
http://www.monton-cycling.com/2010-sharp-TEAM-CYCLING-JERSEY-ONLY-SIZE-S-3XL-p-775.html