Monday, February 18, 2013

The Low Down

Hello campers! Last pre-kit order post... things are going to be in motion.

After the whole team placed their "order" it looks like we actually are just short of Champion's minimums. To order tops or bottoms you need at least 10 of a "style" (ie ten short sleeve jerseys, 10 bibs, etc) before being able to get ones and twos of the other things. Podiumwear has minimums of 5 (though they don't have tri stuff or the bib knickers etc.) so we're going to go with them. Job has indicated that he will be placing Wheelhouse's order shortly for their kit so if you want some tights, tri-suits, etc. let me know ASAP.

Some plusses to going with Podiumwear:
  • They are local. They do the design, the fab, everything local.
  • Their re-order policy is awesome. There is no minimums for re-orders. If you crash and need new shorts you can just order them. We don't need to get 10 pieces to make a minimum.
  • Their timeline seems shorter than Champion.
  • They have gotten back to me super quickly every time I asked them a question.
  • If we don't like the stuff we can go and TP their facility.
I'll be sending them in the logos and "checkers" concept. Let me know if we have any "sponsors" that we want to have on the kit. Right now I'm looking at doing similar logos... Wheelhouse, Acme Can Crushers, (the real) Boogerball and AVery Swell Idea... I can throw Claire's logo, but it seems like she may not be doing cakes anymore. So...  I do want to have the Squatcharoo on their somewhere.

I'll keep people updated and hopefully within a week or two we'll have a proof to look at and approve.

Now, onto other matters...

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

We have our wiener!

In a landslide (ok ... It was pretty much a wash....) the Checkers win! In the next week or so I am going to get the process going. I'm teetering between Champion and Podiumwear. One question .... Will people want to order something other than bibs and jerseys? Post up!