Ever seen some cycling kit and thought, "I could do better than that"? Well, now’s your chance to have a go, courtesy of Sabbath Bicycles and Shutt VR. They’re getting together to produce some suitably flash kit to match Sabbath’s luscious titanium bikes and they’d like road.cc users to design it.
To get your creative juices flowing we’ll be running a competition to find the right design – the winner will get a set of their kit and a Sabbath branded USE Joystick light plus of course the mighty satisfaction of seeing their creativity made flesh, well Merino Perform.

Entries are open now and the best five will go to a public poll in three weeks time so get your skates on! The jersey needs to have the Sabbath logo as the main one, with the Shutt VR logo on the chest. You can submit your entries in any form you like, what matters most is the power of your design. We’ve attached a blank template to the bottom of this story; those that want to go down the electronic route can import it in to programs like Photoshop or Illustrator, or you can keep it real and print them out and draw on them – either works for us. Or you can just go for the completely freehand approach.
Ideally we’d like you to attach a pic of your design to the bottom of this story, in true road.cc fashion, but you can also email them to info@road.cc or post them to road.cc, The Bath Brewery, Toll Bridge Rd, Bath, BA1 7DE.

68 thoughts on “Sabbath and Shutt VR want YOU to get creative on their new jersey… there’s prizes too!”
bfergie is straight out of
bfergie is straight out of the blocks with his design for the new Sabbath jersey… the image on the back is the atomic structure of titanium a nice geek chic touch we think
tony_farrelly wrote:bfergie
Very understated… I remember the ones he did for a competition we ran! :&
i did done this one:
i did done this one:
purplecup wrote:i did done
I like it a lot!
Good style. Bright enought
Good style. Bright enought to be seen, funky enough to be of interest and understaeted enough to be worn by on an old buffer like me. Posh
Posh wrote:Good style.
Ta. All this black and white stuff is sooooo last decade. 😉
purplecup wrote:i did done
Some fantastic designs…..So much talent out there but my vote goes to Purplecup 9/10.
Wow! that will take some
Wow! that will take some beating.
“the image on the back is the
“the image on the back is the atomic structure of carbon a nice geek chic touch we think”
Not carbon atom..titanium, it was to match the Titanium bike! You can’t read the writing but it says “rest on the SABBATH….Yeah right!!” I don’y have the computer ability to use anything but Paint but you get the idea.
bfergie wrote:”the image on
Thanks Fergie.. I have heard you called many things, most nice, but geek.. that’s a first…
Pete
that makes a lot more sense,
that makes a lot more sense, bfergie 🙂
yeah sorry bfergie thought
yeah sorry bfergie thought that’s what I’d typed
Ha, I even have a “bike geek”
Ha, I even have a “bike geek” t-shirt my beloved bought me!! Aint she sweet!
here’s one from DaveP… he
here’s one from DaveP… he say:
“Grey and Black to compliment the Ti and Carbon of the bikes, with an architectural print to enhance the solidity. White trim to breakup the monotony … ShuttVR logos to be the only colour (middle pocket to have the Shutt VR colour bar)”
Here’s my first effort…
Here’s my first effort… 😕
Ailess King
Spot on and ticks
Ailess King
Spot on and ticks the boxes, especially the one regarding “being seen”.
Posh
What about this…?
What about this…?
here’s my effort…
here’s my effort…
My first two efforts…
My first two efforts…
my 3 options/ schemes
my 3 options/ schemes
Nothing like a sunny day,
Nothing like a sunny day, climbing hills on two wheels… 🙂
Are there no limitations on
Are there no limitations on design/colours. Some of the current offerings are lovely but I’m not sure Shutt would be able to produce them in sportwool.
Here’s one which uses the
Here’s one which uses the Shutt palett, combined with a heavy influence of Loughborough University’s purple in recognition of the frame designer’s background. Also influenced by the classic Mondrian inspired La Vie Claire jersey.
Here are some from Angelo at
Here are some from Angelo at AC&A in Melbourne…
dave_atkinson wrote:Here are
I love the top one.. Pete
Ladies and gentlemen,
takes a
Ladies and gentlemen,
takes a bow, steps back and curtain pulls back to reveal…
My entry! ;/
My entry! ;/
here’s one from andrew smith,
here’s one from andrew smith, he say:
“Each panel is a separate colour from the Shutt logo, simple but eye catching.”
Forgot to put up number 2…
Forgot to put up number 2…
I can’t draw and don’t have
I can’t draw and don’t have time to, apologies, but perhaps for those that can how about a “Black Sabbath” theme white on ‘titanium’ …
http://11after11jc.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/black-sabbath-fallen-angel.gif
BTW I’m liking the designs posted before me v much.
Had a little go at this one.
Had a little go at this one. The colors and simplicity are always fun to work with.
Been trying to work the
Been trying to work the tagline “Sabbath, First and the Last” into a design…. As you can guess I’ve not got very far with this.
DaveP wrote:Been trying to
on the other hand, DaveP’s purple crayons have been working overtime…
I like the purple
I like the purple
Here’s my effort featuring
Here’s my effort featuring big S’s from the Sabbath logo disguised as retro stripes
oops
oops
Just refined that last one a
Just refined that last one a little bit…
An alternative which exploits
An alternative which exploits the complementary colours of yellow and purple. B-)
Are the logo positions in the
Are the logo positions in the template fixed? Hope not or my submissions are doomed… 🙁
and my final submission…
and my final submission…
I think I need to stop now.
I think I need to stop now. This really is the final effort.
A few more, still based on
A few more, still based on the geometric/mountain profile design that incorporates the Shutt logo colours…
My first design…
My first design…
here’s another one from
here’s another one from davep…
thought i’d try my hand at a
thought i’d try my hand at a few more options…
another one from angelo…
another one from angelo…
That’s very professional…
That’s very professional… :”(
My effort
My effort 🙂
One final effort. Sabbath
One final effort. Sabbath red with complementary green.
Design
Design v.I
Velodromo.
Inspired by the 1936 Velodromo Comunale Vigorelli [adapted for Sabbath and Shutt VR].
Design v.II
Eat My
Design v.II
Eat My Dust.
Inspired by the Shutt VR Logo and Track or Treat [adapted for Sabbath and Shutt VR].
Design
Design v.III
Stripes.
Inspired by the Shutt VR Logo.
few designs I knocked
few designs I knocked together
Boring colours I know but
Boring colours I know but associate titanium with blue colours. Plus tried to keep it simple to make.
Some more ideas.
Some more ideas.
Some more ideas.
Some more ideas.
last day of work so was
last day of work so was getting bored.. a few more 😀
Some corking late entries
Some corking late entries slipping under the wire – we’ve decided that we’ll draw up the shortlist over Christmas and then have the vote when everybody gets back to work in the New Year.
Gotta say I particularly like the xcstu’s third design of the first batch – making a feature out of the zip is a really cool idea, and I love hopetranter 2nd design in her final (for now?) batch – wonder how the logo would read out but I’d certainly wear one.
Oops! You’re right, the logo
Oops! You’re right, the logo won’t work on the other picture. I’m pretty sure it will work on this one though?
I’m going to post one in a
I’m going to post one in a minute, please don’t close it yet!!!
Hi, I’m new here, but I
Hi, I’m new here, but I thought I’d have a go at the competition 🙂
Also, there is a bit of the pattern down the sides, but you cant see it there. Please consider my design!
Thanks
Thanks Tom H – nice one
Thanks Tom H – nice one
I’d like to wear something
I’d like to wear something like these …
Nice and simples…..
Nice and simples…..
There’s always a lot to be
There’s always a lot to be said for keeping it simple mr_fox
sorry bored at work.. promise
sorry bored at work.. promise its my last one 😀
Any news on a shortlist, or
Any news on a shortlist, or have I missed something? :/
Yes, and no.
No you haven’t
Yes, and no.
No you haven’t missed anything and yes there is some news – we should have the shortlist up and ready for voting on Monday, plan is to have it open all week probably until close of play on Friday. Judging has been tough, but all we’ve got to do now is hose the blood off the office walls and post the list.
The tricky part was putting a list together of designs that are makeable in Sportwool and distinctively different. We have got a list that ticks those boxes and, happily, which are also our favourites designs. It’s taken a bit of whittling though. The tricky part was that there aren’t really any bad design and at first our favourites were too similar so we had to draft some extra judges in.