Is it time to update the kit again?
Re: Is it time to update the kit again?
by John G » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:10 pm
I vote for 2d and Bib 1
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Re: Is it time to update the kit again?
by Iliya » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:44 pm
[quote="Sean Hogan"]Jersey 1A & Bibs 1
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Re: Is it time to update the kit again?
by Andrew G » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:01 pm
[quote="Sylv"]Oh no it’s starting all over again.
You can’t please everyone. There are aspects of this new kit I don’t like that much, but if every single person starts pointing out to small changes they’d want, we’ll never get there (again). Unless they want to be in charge of the whole thing themselves of course.
You can’t please everyone. There are aspects of this new kit I don’t like that much, but if every single person starts pointing out to small changes they’d want, we’ll never get there (again). Unless they want to be in charge of the whole thing themselves of course.
Exactly. Most of the reason this has gone on for so long is that plenty of people were happy to have a moan but not actually do anything, no surprises there.
Congratulations to Rogan and Andy for going ahead and doing something and then going to the committee with a range of options.
[quote="Alan M"]Oh hell -not all this again! I would like to caution (again) on AGM vote, firstly not all can attend and not all use the internet so voting would need to be postal, but anyway, AGMs are for rule changes and elections. Since we elect a committee we do so to enable them to make decisions on our behalf. Leave it to them and go with the flow! BTW I quite like the kit - no doubt it could be changed a bit here and there but not to any monumental advantage - nobody really rubbished it on the club run and indecision, as in the european debt crisis is the worst possible option as everyone will delay buying kit until it is sorted. come on guys!
Agree Alan, personally I think that this is exactly the sort of thing that the committee is there for and entrusted to do. Anyone can be voted on to the committee if they want to, someone could have asked to be voted on at the last AGM and then taken control of the kit change and got all the designs arranged for decision. No-one did, again no surprise.
[quote="Ian A4size"]Lots of black is good
Not from a visability point of view it isn't particularly when racing I like to be seen when I'm hammering up and down dual carriageways in the early morning. Also the club's predominant colour is yellow/gold and that should be the predominant colour on club kit. Abandon the club's colours and you turn you back on a lot of it's heritage and identity.
[quote="marco"]As for sponsorship... why would anyone want to become a walking billboard for a corporate entity when the club isn't short of funds?
Exactly. I agree with Grahame and Amy, I don't want to wear club kit with a sponsor emblazoned on it and you have to consider longevity as with the design. You don't want something that will look old fashioned in a couple of years and nor do you want to have to keep changing for new sponsors. Change of cycling kit is expensive, not just for us buying but also the logistics of ordering, stocking, storing etc. We are lucky that we have a good deal with GBs stocking our kit as if you do not have this arrangement with a shop (which the vast majority of clubs don't) then it can be a right nightmare - who's going to do all the ordering? who's going to store it all? etc, etc. You need to look at kit as having a good number of years lifespan.
Another issue with sponsors is that for racing (TTs certainly) you can only race in kit with a sponsors name on it if that sponsor is the current sponsor of the club you are riding for (e.g. you wear your club kit or plain kit and not pro kit you happen to like). This can make it very expensive if you have to throw away a perfectly good skinsuit and buy a new one just because your sponsor has changed. Far from saving people money it would actually cost a lot more.
[quote="George"]These were the designs that [size=150]Rogan[/size] had drawn up by the Italian designers and [size=150]Andy Watmore[/size]
Congratulations guys and I feel sorry for the amount of grief you're getting, even indirectly, when you have gone out and done something many on here have moaned about but not been prepare to do anything about themselves.
Personally I think all of the designs are a refreshing update and would be happy for any of them, except the black one for the reasons mentioned above. Obviously I have my preferred choices but I'm not saying them here.
but it must have worked coz you never saw me at the Bec 
