On Sep 15, 7:26 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > The subject of rivendell jerseys came up last week and this week I saw these: > http://www.oregoncyclewear.com/page/page/2010300.htm > > my questions are: > 1. has anyone worked with them before? > 2. Are they any good?
Oregon Randonneurs used this company some years back. (You can see our old style jersey here -- http://www.oregoncyclewear.com/woolcyclingjersey.html -- scroll down a bit on the page.) Overall vibe was that round one of the jerseys was oddly sized, felted and shrank badly; round two was made of a different kind of "washable" wool that resisted shrinking but did not hold a good shape, and which did not hold up well under repeated launderings. When I offered to handle the club's jersey order for 2008-09, I was urged by our RBA to find a different supplier. Other companies considered included Portland (now Oregon) Cyclewear, whose jerseys HAVE improved in feel and fit -- I own a more recent long-sleeve jersey which is quite nice -- and Kucharik, who make excellent jerseys in the usa but who do not offer custom embroidery (they prefer you buy their jerseys and then take them to a local embroidery house). After checking around with a bunch of folks in the Rando scene we ultimately went with Woolistic. Nice product, low minimums (40 or more jerseys); but the contact guy stateside was inconsistently communicative for most of the process. (Things got better towards the end.) Turnaround time from initiating order to delivery was about four months, due to a factory holiday in China; if not for the holiday it would've been just under three months. I was so frazzled handling the jersey order (48 jerseys for folks scattered across Oregon, Washington and California, plus a couple of states back east) that in the end I decided I wouldn't do it again. Only complaint was that womens-specific sizing was not true-to-size and several jerseys had to be re-done. But this was handled in a surprisingly timely manner and in the end I think just about everyone was pretty happy. The new jerseys turned out great: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobiker/3336929809/ Warning: If you are thinking of coordinating a custom team order, make sure you factor in the cost of getting the order shipped to you -- and spread that cost among all the jerseys. Then, add a little bit more on top of that to cover a little bit of your time, as you will spend a LOT of it dealing with all sorts of craziness. I probably wound up spending over twenty hours of my time on the order, including counting pre-payments and sorting jerseys after they'd arrived. In the end, I got my jersey at a discount and did not feel the least bit guilty in doing so. I'm happy with my jersey. Beth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
