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

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

I will see if I can persuade my one artistic colleague to take a stab at this in illustrator. She will like the pie aspect.

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/citywalkabout/archive/2010/03/16/did-you-get-a-pie.aspx
http://qtpieproject.wordpress.com/

I follow Charlie Wegelius on Twitter, I could ask him to check the language?

i don't think shasta is allowed to join this team. he is almost as skinny as me

wait, you're fat????

My waist is smaller than jaxy's imho.

off the team

btw still want FM kit

working on the graphic design thing

yessssss

http://www.soccernucleus.com/ProductImages/mexico/mexico%20home%20soccer%20jersey%20nsh.jpg

swap the white V for a lime green one, split the other color fields between white and navy blue imo

Keep the FMF crest and the subtle Aztec calender embossing though

OK, I am negotiating a deal with my friend to do the design work. Are we willing to take some sponsorship in return for the design, either for the QTPi(e) project above or for the "Caravan Collective" an effort to promote the american dream by selling hotdogs to hipsters.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4773767641_0a6af5d1d1.jpg

possibly hotdog of hipsters, by hipster and for hipsters, i don't know, I grilled hotdogs for several hours on friday night in return for beer so it feels like a worthy effort to me.

http://caravancollective.wordpress.com/events-exhibitions/

I need to know where we'd get this printed so I can give a template to the artist.

Quick research says Pactimo, $62 for a continental racefit jersey, min order is 5, Bibs are $63 and I'd be interested if 4 others are, I will need another bib soon.

http://www.pactimo.com/custom/galleries/continental/products/1338

pricing
http://www.pactimo.com/custom/pages/ordering_made_easy

By no means an exhaustive search, but seems to have the lowest min order and good pricing. We'd get a better deal with http://champ-sys.com/ min 10 @$45 with the added bonus of no minimums on additional items like bibs.

Big Question though:

Club or Race Fit?

I'm in whatever the score - thanks guys.

I need to build up my cycling wardrobe, so I'd buy a jersey if it would help.

yeah ditto

what's the design like??

made a quick sketch in paintbrush based on ed's and gbx's original designs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/ftmnts.png

just a thought.

what's notsaa kakku mean? sounds a bit iltmi

I just ran "when come back bring pie" thru an eng to finnish google translator

ha : )

that could be iltmi, I guess

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.

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