Has advertising in cycling worked on you?

[mosca]

Those “7-eleven” graphics are all-time classics imo. Not sure if they sold any more Big-Gulps, but iconic nonetheless.

[grateful]

Porsche, Alfa Romeo

[Veloo]

Realized one more while grocery shopping:
Gerolsteiner water

Just the one time tho.

[biker72]

Coors beer and 7-11. Still like Coors but in Texas it's Shiner Bock.

I'm much more likely to purchase cycling products that are endorsed by members of this forum.

[DeBike]

Not so much anymore. I do not have tv reception, almost never listen to a radio, and have ad blocker apps. The only flyers I ever look at are local grocery store weekly's. Though I am not in buying mode, I still look at bikes and bike stuff here, Ebay and local craigslist. Actually have never made a c'list purchase.

[Baron Blubba]

I bought Colavita oil when they sponsored the Jamis continental pro team. At the time I sold Jamis and rode a Jamis bike, so I thought it was cute to use 'their' oil.

An acquaintance rode for The Peanut Butter Co's team. It helps that they make some of the best PB I've ever tasted (and I'm a peanut butter fiend), but staring at the back of her jersey mile after mile didn't bias my purchasing decisions against them either.

I love the words 'Jelly Belly' plastered across the front of a bunch of 135 pound beanpole bellyless cyclists, but I don't eat them. BUT I did sell a TON of them at a toy store I used to manage! BUT I don't think my customer's purchasing decisions were affected by the fact that JB sponsors a cycling team.

To be honest, most of the time I have no idea what service or products the sponsors actually provide. They seem to be mostly based in Europe (and I'm in the USA), or perhaps just outside of the scope of my narrow lifestyle.

[AngryScientist]

Who can walk through the flooring aisle at Home Depot and not want to buy this stuff and think of Colnagos???

[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Who can walk through the flooring aisle at Home Depot and not want to buy this stuff and think of Colnagos???

Ha! we're doing a bathroom remodel now and when they delivered the floor cement it was this and I almost posted a picture of it.

[rain dogs]

I dunno if advertising had much to do with it, in some cases yes, but in many cases just normal life here:

• We bank with Caja Rural.
• We buy milk from CLAS (Central Lechera Asturiana) all the time.
• Sometimes we buy said milk at Lidl
• I used to own a Saeco espresso machine.
• I have had Segafredo coffee before (not great).
• I've owned a number of Cannondale's.
• I've used Soudal siliicon's/adhesives during reno's
• We had a Teka stovetop before our reno's.

I'm sure there are many many more. When I think of em I'll add to the list.

[Tim Porter]

We rented cars from Europcar a bunch of times when they still sponsored a team, mostly in Italy.

[iwishiwasriding]

Originally Posted by onsight512

This thread is educational. I am now aware of what some of these companies make.

Same here: never knew what many of these companies made/sold until now.

[tv_vt]

Without having read all the way through this thread to see if anyone else has said this, but for me the best advertising for bike stuff is by far what all of you say on this Forum and on VSalon. That is what gets me started typically.

I do recall once seeing some interesting handlebar tape on a Team Sky bike and hunting it down. Was some diamond patterned Pinarello Most tape. So yeah, I guess the bike racing websites, mainly Cycling News and Inner Ring, occasionally have some influence on purchases. But those aren't ads either. So actual bike advertising? No, hasn't influenced me too much.

[Waldo62]

Has advertising worked on me? Not as well as write-ups on the forums. I hate this place...

[middec11]

If I ever win the lottery the first thing I do is throw down a deposit on an ineos grenadier, steel wheels and 3 lockers.

[harryschwartzma]

Macaw tires for life