BumbleBeeDave
04-24-2011, 08:18 PM
UPDATE AS OF 4-29 . . . Our vendor will be VERGE. They combine a variety of advantages in quality, cut and size availability, pricing, and covenience of ordering and delivery. I own Verge gear myself and really like it and I have had nothing but great testimonials from several local groups about their service and quality. They have a great variety of items available and three cuts--Race, Sport, and Club and sizes for women.
I have had detailed discussions with them and we are moving ahead on supplying detailed vector art designs to them to move forward. Once that is done, I will post detailed final art renderings here on the forum and you will be given a link to an ordering page at BikeReg.com.
Each order will likely include a small service fee to cover their handling and shipping expenses to you. It is very reasonable and if I had handled shipping you would have all had to send me money to cover that anyway.
We're looking good so far!
--Dave
I have a vendor and will be discussing details of ordering and pricing with them tomorrow. It's all coming together!
I am planning to take advantage of their ordering system to post a dedicated order page on BikeReg.com where you will be able to order individually, pay with a credit card and have the merchandise shipped directly to you. Assuming I can get the arrangement I want with them tomorrow I will have vendor name and other details in the next few days.
At this point it looks like we easily have enough serious buyers to make their minimums on jerseys--and likely bibs--in both colors.
Now the next big question that I need feedback on before going forward--ACCESSORIES! My thoughts at this time are to offer vests, arm warmers, and knee warmers if there is enough interest. This seems to be the most flexible combo, given that our chances are very small of meeting their minimums for tights, knickers, or long sleeve jerseys or jackets.
Do we have enough interest in buying vests, arm, or knee warmers to justify asking Jeanne to do designs for those? She has already been more than generous in her time and design expertise. I don't see any use in asking her to do additional accessory designs that might end up not getting used because not enough people want to buy in either color.
I am trying to structure this so as to get the best prices on all the items, though I can't have final prices for a few more days.
So here's the suggested alternative . . .
• Do the red jersey-bibs with a bright red.
• Do the black-white-silver jerseys-bibs with those colors.
• Do the accessory items with a combo design that is predominantly black-white-silver, but which also include some pinstripe work outlining the various color block areas in a dark red. This gives a hint of red that would make the accessories match the red kit, but the darker red would not be so obvious as to detract from the black-white-silver kit.
I am suggesting this because, based on feedback so far, I strongly doubt we have enough interest to support vendor minimums for the accessories in either distinct color. Please vote in the multiple vote poll. I am trying hard to make sure this is the LAST poll!
I realize this has taken a while, but I want to try hard to set this up so that everybody gets a selection of clothing they will be proud to wear and that will look really, really COOL.
I really appreciate your patience and cooperation! Thanks!
BBD
I have had detailed discussions with them and we are moving ahead on supplying detailed vector art designs to them to move forward. Once that is done, I will post detailed final art renderings here on the forum and you will be given a link to an ordering page at BikeReg.com.
Each order will likely include a small service fee to cover their handling and shipping expenses to you. It is very reasonable and if I had handled shipping you would have all had to send me money to cover that anyway.
We're looking good so far!
--Dave
I have a vendor and will be discussing details of ordering and pricing with them tomorrow. It's all coming together!
I am planning to take advantage of their ordering system to post a dedicated order page on BikeReg.com where you will be able to order individually, pay with a credit card and have the merchandise shipped directly to you. Assuming I can get the arrangement I want with them tomorrow I will have vendor name and other details in the next few days.
At this point it looks like we easily have enough serious buyers to make their minimums on jerseys--and likely bibs--in both colors.
Now the next big question that I need feedback on before going forward--ACCESSORIES! My thoughts at this time are to offer vests, arm warmers, and knee warmers if there is enough interest. This seems to be the most flexible combo, given that our chances are very small of meeting their minimums for tights, knickers, or long sleeve jerseys or jackets.
Do we have enough interest in buying vests, arm, or knee warmers to justify asking Jeanne to do designs for those? She has already been more than generous in her time and design expertise. I don't see any use in asking her to do additional accessory designs that might end up not getting used because not enough people want to buy in either color.
I am trying to structure this so as to get the best prices on all the items, though I can't have final prices for a few more days.
So here's the suggested alternative . . .
• Do the red jersey-bibs with a bright red.
• Do the black-white-silver jerseys-bibs with those colors.
• Do the accessory items with a combo design that is predominantly black-white-silver, but which also include some pinstripe work outlining the various color block areas in a dark red. This gives a hint of red that would make the accessories match the red kit, but the darker red would not be so obvious as to detract from the black-white-silver kit.
I am suggesting this because, based on feedback so far, I strongly doubt we have enough interest to support vendor minimums for the accessories in either distinct color. Please vote in the multiple vote poll. I am trying hard to make sure this is the LAST poll!
I realize this has taken a while, but I want to try hard to set this up so that everybody gets a selection of clothing they will be proud to wear and that will look really, really COOL.
I really appreciate your patience and cooperation! Thanks!
BBD