Looking to buy good quality team cycle clothes for your club or a special event? This article looks at how easy it is to order custom cycling jerseys and shorts with your own unique team logo and colors.
Custom Cycling Clothing
While top quality custom cycling clothing is commonly seen on riders participating in big events like the Tour de France, there are many companies offering clubs and teams affordable options for buying team kit.
There are basically two options, either full custom printing with as many colors and logos as required, or a part-custom print, where you add your logo onto an existing design template, changing colors to suit your individual team requirements.
Team Cycle Gear
Portugal-based Carvalho, for example, offers team cycle gear on a semi-custom basis where you choose from one of three templates for cycling jerseys and matching shorts (see image 2 below). Simply click, drag and drop any of the 32 colors onto the various parts of the jersey, then upload a logo or simply add the name of your team as text to the front and/or back of the shirt.
While using a pre-existing design template restricts the flexibility of logo placement, for example on the sleeve, this is a cost-effective option for small clubs or those with lots of young team members on a budget. Deliveries can also be made worldwide.
Design Your Own Cycling Tops and Shorts
Those with a larger budget, however, can choose to design their own cycling tops and shorts either by employing the services of an in-house designer at a company like AK Apparel or Carvalho, or by supplying their own artwork and then working with the designers to perfect the final color placement and logo position.
Once the artwork is approved, the club clothing administrator can co-ordinate the volume of orders and agree on the order price; the larger the order, the more competitive the pricing. To make co-ordination easy, some companies, like Carvalho, will set up a club page within their site, so all club members can place individual orders in their chosen sizes; these orders are then consolidated into one big order and all the clothing administrator has to do is set a deadline for all orders to be placed. No hassle of chasing members for payment or co-ordinating paperwork, and what’s more, the service is free.
Personalized Team Cycle Clothes
To get the best price and service for personalized team cycle clothes, it’s obviously worth comparing prices between various online retailers, looking carefully at the fabric quality and make-up of sample garments to get an accurate comparison. Check also minimums required for full custom printing and any printing set-up costs.
Carvalho and AK Apparel offer comprehensive custom design services, as well as Cycle-Clothing.co.uk, experienced in full custom sublimation printed garments with a minimum order quality of 10 garments.
Helen Smeaton - Helen Smeaton runs a cycling and hiking business and is also a freelance writer and web designer. Read her profile for more information
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