Would you buy a Fat Mantis Cycling Club jersey if you could?

size L-XXXL only.

http://tenerife-training.net/Tenerife-News-Cycling-Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fat-cyclist-in-lycra.jpg

Thinking Hunt3r's credo of "Ride to Eat" + "Eat to Ride" along the side under arm panels would be a nice touch.

(its not mine, belongs to my buddy's club, so pls dont use)

if we get pro cut i'll buy. i hate saggy flappy club cut jerseys.

ah hell i'll buy anyway, but y'know.

How about "Pootle Like A Freakin' Vicar"?

tmEd

Would buy - especially if it riffed on green and orange

brainstorming welcome... colors, patterns, text, imgs, fit, logos, imaginary sponsors, etc.

club fat mantis presented by ilxor

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01409/mantis_1409722f.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01409/mantis_1409722f.jpg

are there globally recognizable brand equivalents of:

Entenmans?
Little Debbie?

Nutrition Nazi Consulting LLP

International Society of Pootling Vicars

Nutella, Nestle, Haribo

All Purpose Gear, Inc.

WDYB, LLP

ha

Noob, Cutty, & Hunt3r
Attorneys at LOL

we need japanese

does pashmina still do bikes maybe his shop will "sponsor".

he has not visited in a long time :(

I think I saw him on a couple Mod threads recently... hope he is well.

Pashmina is well but his shop is no more, he's an electrician now.

5 minute design concept

http://tinypic.com/r/n2hflv/6

http://i47.tinypic.com/n2hflv.jpg

that bad, eh

is it eating a cake??

I was meant to be a pie but google docs drawing is somewhat limited

in case Hunt3r is wondering, that is indeed the euro fit from the looks of it.

g.s. fat mantis
"when come bring pie"

dude i was thinking i had not seen 'when come (back) bring pie' on ilx in at least 5 years, so i searched and you had used it...today??

yesterday iirc

for jersey i was kinda imagining an intentionally bad shop of the obese lampre dude with a BIG mantis head and arms standing behind... that ritte

'when bridging up, bring pie'

http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2010/kit-watch-jonathan-adler-racing

meditations on finer points of kit design. featuring our beloved.

What about: Adler packed a tight bowl

lollll

http://twinsix-images.s3.amazonaws.com/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/t/6/t610j05_lg_1.jpg

totally missed this thread tbh

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1097/4729009916_002e2d65f1.jpg

I would def buy a Fat Mantis jersey in Finnish.

ok that is awesome, would definitely buy a jersey with that on (possibly with pies on the rear pockets as well)

:D

it is finnish for "when come back bring pie" btw, or at least according to google translator

btw my friend took an insane picture of a praying mantis just cruising around.... on an urban San Diego street (wtf!), you have to see this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/3873947048_f5f8661ce7_z.jpg

"sup"

Invisible Bike

all we need now is a wondering graphic designer to synthesise these ideas

wandering, even

yeah srsly someone get on this

need tuomas to check my finnish

coming together, we're using the mexico jersey as a prototype, deeper chevron on the front, club crest replacing the mexico one. Back will have a larger mantis, pies on the pockets, QTPi(e) logos up the sides. Q. is working on the crest right now, I hope to be able to post that up in a week or so. Might be a fairly slowish process.

Did you check the spelling on the Finnish?

Does anyone have an idea for a typeface for the motto?

Do we want anything on the sleeves?

gbx's orig design is dope imo.

needs to be drawn better by a better drawer

In process

:D

<3 gbx's style in his pic. We'll all get the chance to approve the design, right?

Also, pls pls pls check the finnish is correct, with an actual finnish person (suggest Charlie Wegelius, who may want to buy a jersey), thx.

still relevant imo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsincock/sets/72157624096182343/with/4677099281/

i'll buy one, i think i must

Ed have you discuessed the potential for fake sponsors or is that out of the budge?

omg fake sponsors

How do you mean fake sponsors?

if any, no eye rollers pls.

wouldnt mind solid iltrmb in jokes tho

Ah, I see, shoulders/sleeves are still empty

what is the colorway

Undecided, care to throw up some swatches?

side panel (underarm to waist) suggestion (cost permitting):

(L) EAT TO RIDE
(R) RIDE TO EAT

I know it's not original (poached from Hunt3r's bros) but could anything say it better than that?

Essentially any shade you want as they do it by sublimation printing. I like the green from the current maillot vert, too much to have Euskatel orange side panels and chevron? (NB should not be trusted on colours)

I like the idea of a sans serif typeface like the bernard one.

sounds similar to schleck's motto painted on his specialised "I don't dream my life I live my dreams"

white/navy/lime green (chevron across chest continues into sleeves: "M")

anything but footon servetto nude

should poll best and ugliest TdF strips. Footon Servetoo ftw ugliest.

lighter blue (violet ?)instead of navy works best with lime green colorways (according to industry reports!), also reminds me of my vintage adidas oregons trainers.

would win ugliest bike if it were't for Mark Cavendish's custom Ninja blood spattered Scott F01

xpost

can't see past the OLO canyon's for sexiest bikes ;_;

Would poll TdF bikes but there is nowhere I can find with images of all 22 teams handy, not helped by leaders riding different frames either.

really like the boattail flick at the seat clamp on the EUS orbea Orca

my tdf getup:

lampre kit
catlike whisper plus
canyon
oakley radars

Cyclesport Sweden/Magnus Maximus is pretty horrible as well.
http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/news/apr09/apr08news_backstedt/2009-GPN-Team_CyclesportSweden_600.jpg

"How about monochrome coffee beans... and a cartoon viking portrait?!?!?!?!111"

does anyone follow magnus' twitter? does he really have his 5yo daughter out racing?

my tdf get-up
http://tenerife-training.net/Tenerife-News-Cycling-Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fat-cyclist-in-lycra.jpg

oh ja forgot to rep the birkenstocks

Cofidis have a good kit. Columbia's is awful. Garmin doesn't do it for me either, Radioshack is a bit robotic. I like Astana's colourscheme but they're tainted. Euskeltal kit is great, but somehow Rabobank isn't. Lampre's over the top. Saxobank is okay.

cervelo is classy

yeah I dig it.

noizers might appreciate Team Super Relax. I know a bunch of people on Team Pegasus and think their shit is fantastic.

p.classy
http://iminusd.com/2010/07/13/iminusd-cycling-kit/

anyway even tho I'm broke as a joke put me down for a jersey

guys, what? Sky kit v v attractive & classy on bike. A+ IMO

even tho from behind they look a bit like pavement ready to be ridden.

I'm an old skool grumpster. Carry on.

why is like every kit this year gray and red? boooooring

soooo my friend that does the team pegasus kit has said she might MIGHT have time to gin something up for Fat Mantis

watch this space

Incidentally the person who promised to do the fatmantis kit is currently failing to deliver t-shirts for our softball team.

Can we have green paisley ala jva?

feel like jva sorta 'owns' paisley at this point!

we should do houndstooth imo

puppytooth

our friday night riders have our own jersey now, black with white horizontal stripe lined with green, oh yeah, and a whopping great red star front and back. is really rather nice.

Houndstooth OK.

What about Z vetements stule with the fat mantis in the star?

Wouldn't be my choice.

My opinion counts for very little given my failure to produce.

yeah well that effort failed, too

http://www.velominati.com/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/php/image.php?degrees=0&scale=yes&width=600&height=700&quality=85&maintain_aspect=yes&rounding=nearest&image=/home/frankdstrack/velominati.com/wp-content/uploads/readers/jimmy/2012.09.14.20.31.24/715261667_6d4a729dc0_o.jpg

http://www.strava.com/clubs/fatmantii