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MikeWaters · 08-23-2007, 02:52 PM

Who was it that was taking order from the BYU cycling club re: their jerseys? Steelblue?

Were the jerseys custom-designed? If so, how did they get approval for use of BYU trademark? And was it costly?

bigpiney · 08-23-2007, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Were the jerseys custom-designed? If so, how did they get approval for use of BYU trademark? And was it costly?

My dad once got approval to use the BYU trademarks for free for personal use. I'll try and find out how he did this and who he spoke to.

bluegoose · 08-23-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Who was it that was taking order from the BYU cycling club re: their jerseys? Steelblue?

Were the jerseys custom-designed? If so, how did they get approval for use of BYU trademark? And was it costly?

It was my cousin who at the time was president of the Y cycling club. There was a collegiate licensing agreement that he had to receive. I believe that he had to go directly through the school once they had a design to present to them.

Louis Garneau is who made all the gear for them. I believe that they did the design as well, all part of the order. Their minimum order was 16 per item. I don't believe it was costly at all. They made a small profit on each item, but were still able to sell them for $65-70 for jerseys and bibshorts. Not a bad price for a high quality piece.

MikeWaters · 08-23-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

It was my cousin who at the time was president of the Y cycling club. There was a collegiate licensing agreement that he had to receive. I believe that he had to go directly through the school once they had a design to present to them.

Louis Garneau is who made all the gear for them. I believe that they did the design as well, all part of the order. Their minimum order was 16 per item. I don't believe it was costly at all. They made a small profit on each item, but were still able to sell them for $65-70 for jerseys and bibshorts. Not a bad price for a high quality piece.

how many did they end up selling total?

bluegoose · 08-23-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

how many did they end up selling total?

I just pulled up the order from 2005, when we all (creek, Arch, steel, myself) got our gear and they got about 40 jerseys, 25-30 bibs and 30 gloves.

Fewer orders last year.

MikeWaters · 08-23-2007, 03:50 PM

if we want a nice design, I'm probably going to have to pay my brother. he's busy enough now that he may not be keen on doing something like this for gratis. but maybe I can tell him that he won't have to get me a christmas present (which he doesn't do half the time anyway) and that will be sufficient bribe.

here is the jersey he did for my dad's club. obviously I'm going to want something a little more fierce than an armadillo on a bike.

Also some pics here:

http://www.brazoscyclists.org/bvcjersey.html

The Borg · 08-23-2007, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

if we want a nice design, I'm probably going to have to pay my brother. he's busy enough now that he may not be keen on doing something like this for gratis. but maybe I can tell him that he won't have to get me a christmas present (which he doesn't do half the time anyway) and that will be sufficient bribe.

here is the jersey he did for my dad's club. obviously I'm going to want something a little more fierce than an armadillo on a bike.

Also some pics here:

http://www.brazoscyclists.org/bvcjersey.html

Good quality...I'll bet he does a fantastic job.

bluegoose · 08-23-2007, 03:57 PM

Thats a very nice design. How much would we be talking?

And thats weak that the third picture down on that link of "Sherman Waters" doesn't show up. Afraid to show your face Waters? And here I always thought your name was Mike, Sherman.

bluegoose · 08-23-2007, 04:00 PM

Another thing - I'm a little concerned that the armadillo isn't wearing his helmet in that design. At least here in California we have helmet laws. Personally I would prefer that we were a law-abiding club, even on our jersey design. Thanks for your consideration.

MikeWaters · 08-23-2007, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

Thats a very nice design. How much would we be talking?

And thats weak that the third picture down on that link of "Sherman Waters" doesn't show up. Afraid to show your face Waters? And here I always thought your name was Mike, Sherman.

I'm not sure how much money. But first figure that popped into my head would be $5 per jersey. he may think that 100s will be sold.

Or maybe pay him a flat fee, and then charge a bit extra going into the future as a fundraiser for the site ($5 or $10).

Just ideas.

I think realistically there isn't much of a market beyond us, unless we are picked up by performance or something, which isn't likely.

08-23-2007, 02:52 PM	#31
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Who was it that was taking order from the BYU cycling club re: their jerseys? Steelblue? Were the jerseys custom-designed? If so, how did they get approval for use of BYU trademark? And was it costly?

08-23-2007, 03:50 PM	#36
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	if we want a nice design, I'm probably going to have to pay my brother. he's busy enough now that he may not be keen on doing something like this for gratis. but maybe I can tell him that he won't have to get me a christmas present (which he doesn't do half the time anyway) and that will be sufficient bribe. here is the jersey he did for my dad's club. obviously I'm going to want something a little more fierce than an armadillo on a bike. Also some pics here: http://www.brazoscyclists.org/bvcjersey.html

08-23-2007, 03:57 PM	#38
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Thats a very nice design. How much would we be talking? And thats weak that the third picture down on that link of "Sherman Waters" doesn't show up. Afraid to show your face Waters? And here I always thought your name was Mike, Sherman.

08-23-2007, 04:00 PM	#39
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Another thing - I'm a little concerned that the armadillo isn't wearing his helmet in that design. At least here in California we have helmet laws. Personally I would prefer that we were a law-abiding club, even on our jersey design. Thanks for your consideration.