"Replica" cycling kit websites start selling your jersey…
…you know your website has made it when…
Tue, May 24, 2011 11:05
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eburtthebike 37 minutes ago
Farage has said at least one thing that is true "Never trust a tory. I'll repeat that, NEVER trust a tory." And he was right, which is why Refuk is full of ex-tories.
chrisonabike 57 minutes ago
@mdavidford while it can, I think of nonsense as more of a "pick your own" (hence bunch-servings) affair rather than BS, which is more like to arrive by itself in a steaming mess, or pile/heap.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
I thought nonsense came in piles, rather than bunches.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@EastLondonCyclingNut I wouldn't be keen to find non-cyclists in my shoes - there wouldn't be room, even though they're fairly "walking-friendly" SPD ones. Not sure if public hire bikes change much. But I do think ultimately things only change when there's a significant fraction of the population with "skin in the game" - either because they cycle regularly themselves or more likely because they know their friends and *children* / other relatives do...
lesterama 3 hours ago
"Christie continued to follow the victim and drove the van into the back wheel of the bike."
stulemanski 3 hours ago
Generally, I get off my bike and walk in pedestrianised areas. Cyclists and pedestrians in close proximity do not mix well. I'd be pretty pissed off if cars decided it was okay to use a cycle lane because they didn't want to use an alternative, legal route.
wtjs 3 hours ago
@EastLondonCyclingNut I'm going for 'very suspicious' on this one- Trollfinder General Is this the increased sympathy where the driver attacks the cyclist causing serious injuries and is rewarded with the joke non-custodial sentence; or where the driver murders the cyclist in the most horrible manner and the Shyster Defence Barrister offers the mitigation that 'he didn't intend to do it and expresses remorse'?
yodhrin 3 hours ago
@Rendel Harris Unfortunately the idea that subjective "lived experience" trumps everything else in every situation is now quite popular and widespread. I once had an extremely depressing conversation with someone who insisted my opinion on a matter - a matter in a subject on which I'm well educated and have spent a great deal of time carefully considering my positions on - was worthless, incoherent, and irrelevant since I was straight. No attempt to engage with the substance - I was straight, so nothing I said could possibly be correct. It got more depressing still when I pointed out that actually I'm Bi I just don't go around draped in a Pride flag at all times, and the numpty came back in to work the next day and had completely changed his mind and decided actually I was stunningly insightful - I asked how he could rationalise thinking the same argument was wrong one day and right the next despite the argument, the evidence, and the person making it being completely unchanged expecting some kind of attempt to obfuscate or explain, but nope he just came out and said "but I didn't know you were Bi then, now I do, so it's valid now". They live among us.
qwerty360 3 hours ago
@mitsky afaik most 100 point cases are dodgy businesses where the keeper regularly gets 3-6 points for failure to identify because they make no effort to know who is driving pool cars. And either don't actually drive (hence not worrying) or are on company policy that covers anyone... I suspect the solution to this would involve seizing vehicles when they 'don't know who was driving'...
EastLondonCyclingNut 3 hours ago
I think one of the biggest factors in increased sympathy for cyclists is the fact that so many people increasingly Lime and other hire e-bikes. It’s an easy and attractive gateway into cycling that suddenly puts non-cyclists in the shoes of cyclists, and naturally makes them understand their perspective.
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