Clothing Update from Squadra
After trading a few emails back and forth with Dough (Greg Demgen, Sales and Marketing Chief at Squadra), it looks like our new clothing will be ready to ship from Squadra in Carlsbad, California, to X-Men HQ in Park City, Utah. Thanks to all the club members who placed their orders promptly and have waited patiently. We got a late start this year with the new kit, but I am feeling good about getting the club back on track and this is just the start. I will post again when the goods arrive. Thanks!
New Bibshort Design Finalized
We are pleased to unveil our 2009 bibshort design which completes the new team kit. Don (the design guy at Squadra) was working on a new design for us based on a yet-to-be-released pattern that incorporates sublimated side panels, back panel and lower leg wrap panels, all in one piece of fabric. We will be the first team in the U.S. that will get this new cut, as Squadra won’t be introducing it into their line until 2010. Take a look and see how it jives with the jersey design. We tried in the past to carry the stripes all the way down, but it never looked quite right because of the different fabric panels. Visit the Clothing Page to Pre-Order your bibshorts now, as we will only do one order for bibs this year. We will offer both men’s and women’s. The women’s have a special women-specific chamois pad and a shorter length cut. Please note, the images make it look like these are not bibshorts, but this is just for design purposes to show off the printed area. We are definitely ordering bibs, and only bibs.
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New Club Members
Thanks to Ben Attridge and Blair Rajamaki for joining up with the X-Men for 2009. I have known Ben since I first moved to Utah in 1993, when Ben had a genuine Schwinn Paramount. Ben was the inspiring mind behind the light blue and chocolate brown kit colors. Blair (you can call her Coach) has been riding and racing since her high school days when she was a wee little nordic skier looking to get into cycling for cross-training. She recently finished a nursing degree, so hopefully she can lend her expertise if anyone gets road rash, but hopefully we won’t need to.
X-Men Dues Paid Up With The Feds
OK, X-Men, we have renewed our club dues through usacycling’s handy online website thingie doodad. What this means is The X-Men is all officially good-to-go as a USA Cycling registered road and mountain bike cycling club. So if you are renewing your license, plan to be a member in good standing (pay dues and buy a new jersey) you can indicate “X-Men” or Club # 6034 on your renewal application.