So How does one go about getting their .83 colors, particularly those snazzy sweaters? I hear coordinating it can be a bitch so I'm willing to champion getting them made too.
donavanm
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:03 pm
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For eligibility see rules 6&7. Couldve sworn it was a race and a camping trip historically.
Dor running an order see previous order threads. As I recall someone (joe ball? shut up joe?) layed out the the process details. From memory:
Spend 8 weeks getting "commitments" and answering asinine "questions"
Get in touch with oregon cycle wear (i think) to place order. Theyll have art etc already.
Send $$$ to said jersey shop.
Wait 4 weeks for jersey order to come back. Find out it was embroidered up side down.
Try and "fix" it by returning the stock you have, but some people really want the derp.
Wait another 3 weeks for not fucktarded embroidery.
Spend next few months chasing down people who owe you money, dont remember that they ordered, actually want a long sleeve XXL not the short sleeve XS they said they wanted, or decided the .83 is a bunch of fascists and how dare you be associated.
End up with a handful of unclaimed jerseys. None of which are in your size.
Or you can realize that the bulk order is actually like a $10 discount. They dont have a minimum order. And they already have the art and previous orders to reference. So you could just do you, bae.[/url]
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Also Ill take a Large Long Sleeve.
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2 rides and a race, historically, and we should generally know who the fuck you are. but that can be overlooked if you snuggle up to scott, he's got AC you know?
nearlynormalsamo
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:28 pm
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Oh I have AC and have only ridden with .83 for 7 years, is that long enough?
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:34 pm
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Can I get a side order of branded fall weight cycling tights? I need to complete the ensemble.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:34 pm
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7 years and i have no idea who you are. facebook stalking shows point83 acquaintances but i have zero facial recognition of ever seeing you. did you ride once in 2010 then never again? you just signed up on the forums a couple months ago.
im not saying you haven't ridden, im just saying that you don't seem to have any known brand recognition :).
but meh, it's all on someone actually wanting to do a run of them again. traditionally it's been a nightmare to handle. and sometimes the company majorly fucks them all up
nearlynormalsamo
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:53 pm
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Well the last ride I did was the zipline on beacon, it was a while ago, 2 weeks ago? Seems I should go the selfish route, pay the extra 10$ and get one solo. Does the girls of summer or Thanksgiving race for food bank count towards a legitate acceptance to earn the jersey? Im also a bike messanger ...
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:10 pm
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I think it was back in Aught Eleven when I put on the first Jersey run. Things have acceptably declined ever since.
Rules for jerseys.
1)Declare your Intent to Submit Plans For a Jersey Run. This must be submitted in triplicate to the Planned Central Planning Committee on Planning (consult TOS for current members).
2)Submit for a Line of Credit from a local bank. Ain't no way in hell you'll get everyone to pony up before putting in the order, unless you're OK with hell freezing over. You might get 80% in time.
3)Talk to "The Chad". These days, he just buys the jerseys and sends 'em over to whomever the folks are these days that do the embroidery and flocking. Trust me, your order will be fucked up. There will be multiple communiques with varying formats to determine the final order. For some reason, The Chad doesn't use Excel.
4)Did I mention weird shit will happen? One order, apparently the entire shipment was stolen off my doorstep (I believe Paul was pulled into this to run a trace on the package, so we're pretty sure it got to my place or nearby at least), only to magically re-appear in Oregon 3 weeks later.
5)Dispersal Events. Personally, I prefer the "throw them into a Sarlacc pit and let them sort things out" method, but apparently that's "not appropriate for all ages".
6)Finally, Pass The Torch. This requires a highly orchestrated ceremony whereupon some unsuspecting and hopelessly naive individual with great ideas takes over the entire process, only for it to repeat. "All of this has happened before, and it will happen again".
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i'm going to go ahead and close this point83 support ticket now. it seems that all information has been provided.
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nearlynormalsamo wrote:
Oh I have AC and have only ridden with .83 for 7 years, is that long enough?
I don't even know who you are. 7 years my ass.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:09 pm
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derrickito wrote:
2 rides and a race, historically, and we should generally know who the fuck you are. but that can be overlooked if you snuggle up to scott, he's got AC you know?
I'm a married man. You'll have to take that up with my manager.
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Moira
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:11 pm
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TooTall wrote:
J_Dada wrote:
Buying a jersey in which you never want to be seen: virtue signaling
lololool
Also, don't Derrick and Scott have a lawn they need to go defend?
tehschkott
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:11 pm
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There has been exactly one jersey run that went perfectly, and I did it.
I will never do it again. Fuck Spectrum. Fuck Oregon Cyclewear.
You can probably get Tiddlefitz to pilot one though. He's a masochist.
Speaking of, I'd like to get more T-shirts made. Or more correctly, I'd like to buy t-shirts on someone elses run.
That is all.
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lawns forever!
Drain
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:14 pm
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Running a merch order for a club is like being a case of beer. You open up and make a bunch of people really happy, and then when your very essence has been consumed you get thrown in the garbage.
It's just the way it has to be. Everyone has one "organize a merch order" in them and then they say, "Never ever again."
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nearlynormalsamo
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:14 pm
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Moira wrote:
Donovan accurately described the ordering shitfest.
Never again.
I'm not people on the internet so it looks like I avoided this headache :X Trino did describe your frustration from when you ordered them. You were the last to order them right?
Buying a jersey in which you never want to be seen: priceless
Thank you
derrickito
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tehschkott wrote:
Speaking of, I'd like to get more T-shirts made. Or more correctly, I'd like to buy t-shirts on someone elses run
i think ryan lemke ran the most successful t shirt runs. i *think* he did them himself so as only needing to buy the blanks.
maybe when hes done playing with toothies he'll do another one?
i also might have an ancient point83 screen around somewhere (maybe? haven't seen it in a while) that could be used if anyone wanted to have a silk screening party. i gotta check if i can find that damn thing.
the good thing about that is that you can all buy your own damn t shirts and make them using cheap ink.
Moira
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:21 pm
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Yup - the company sucks. Also Drain is right.
walker
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:25 pm
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whatever happened to wang's ali baba factory idea?
victor might have some good input on tees
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TooTall
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:25 pm
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in the beginning, there was a thread and thread was mighty, made of merino wool.
And on the 7th day, Derrick rested and said no more livejournal and decreed: "jake (who does a kick ass job organizing everything by the way)."
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I would like to state for the record, in the clearest terms possible, that this is a terrible idea and you should not do it Samo. It's historically a super big clusterfuck that - invariably - ends up with the organizer eating a couple hundred in whatever fees and mis prints and fuckups, and us all universally swearing never to do business with those pricks ever again.
If you absolutely must have a sweater, then just buy one for yourself through their website and have done with it. This is the voice of experience talking here. The bulk pricing discount is a red herring - in the end you will pay far more trying to cash in on that, then if you'd just bought a single sweater yourself outright and saved everyone - yourself included - the hassle.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:13 pm
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TooTall wrote:
in the beginning, there was a thread and thread was mighty, made of merino wool.
And on the 7th day, Derrick rested and said no more livejournal and decreed: "jake (who does a kick ass job organizing everything by the way)."
And thus it was Jake's burden to order jerseys.
shut up tommy
caustic meatloaf
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:21 pm
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Drain wrote:
Running a merch order for a club is like being a case of beer. You open up and make a bunch of people really happy, and then when your very essence has been consumed you get thrown in the garbage.
It's just the way it has to be. Everyone has one "organize a merch order" in them and then they say, "Never ever again."
I did it I think 4 times. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?>!
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caustic meatloaf
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:22 pm
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Buying a jersey in which you never want to be seen: priceless
Thank you
for the record, should you order one on your own: Varsity 2.5" letterong all uppercase on front "POINT 83" red color. White embroidery, your choice of left or right arm (we've done both).
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wang
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:08 am
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walker wrote:
whatever happened to wang's ali baba factory idea?
vendors I've talked to that are willing to do orders of ~50 appear to have 0 merino experience,
vendors that are currently producing merino jerseys require orders of ~200+
Will try to root around a little bit more, but unless everyone's willing to order 4 jerseys each, it's not lookin great.
edit: is this the ride thread?
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:09 am
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wang wrote:
walker wrote:
whatever happened to wang's ali baba factory idea?
vendors I've talked to that are willing to do orders of ~50 appear to have 0 merino experience,
vendors that are currently producing merino jerseys require orders of ~200+
Will try to root around a little bit more, but unless everyone's willing to order 4 jerseys each, it's not lookin great.
edit: is this the ride thread?
http://www.woolistic.com/
they did jerseys for years for the Seattle Randonneurs and Oregon Randonneurs. Jan uses them for the Bicycle Quarterly jerseys. website claims a minimum order of 35 jerseys.
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derrickito wrote:
i think ryan lemke ran the most successful t shirt runs. i *think* he did them himself so as only needing to buy the blanks.
maybe when hes done playing with toothies he'll do another one?
I hand printed a run when I was unemployed and had a lot more time at the screen printing lab at Vera Project. Some of them were weirdly spaced or slightly askew. I bought the shirts for retail at the udist american apparel and sold them for just a couple bucks more. Still got plenty of people asking me to let them go cheaper, but I was just trying to get some food in my mouth. Overall I broke even. I probably even handed my leftovers off to someone on my way out of town (Derrick?). I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I had the free time, since I'm not as worried about sustenance these days.
Plan on breaking even at best, or losing money if you invest on any point83 clothing schemes. But hell, go take that screen printing class at the Vera Project and put any damn thing you want on a shirt.
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and the consensus looks to be:
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:22 pm
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derrickito wrote:
and the consensus looks to be:
I still want tights
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:56 pm
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The clear solution here is a .83 online store.
We could put our logo on anything (malt liquor, coffee cups, babies, lawns, you name it) and make ones if not tens of dollars.
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the dreaded ben wrote:
babies, lawns
Probably could've avoided those for at least a little while longer if we'd done a run of branded condoms
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