HCTB Kit Order - Autumn Winter 2013

Seems like its time for another kit order :-) If you have ordered before using Champion systems CS-Direct the procedure is the same as before. Please check your sizing here and if possible borrow a jersey to check from one of our amiable team members at a race, shorts and skinsuits are trickier depending on your chamois fastidiousness;-> If it's your first time then you need to contact me (otleyrich) via the Facebook page and I'll DM you a login. If you are a Facebook abstainer then leave a comment below and we'll work something out.

Currently there is an issue with the Bibb-Tights order button as it seems to go to the Bibb Shorts option so don't order those yet! Orders close on the 09/09/2013. (See work around in the comments below 29/8/13)

Order Book Closing...

Just a quick reminder to place your order for the 2012 team kit.

I'll be placing the bulk order shortly and beyond this will only stock a minimal number of items until a future bulk order is placed.

Thanks to the folk who have sent their orders in and ORDER NOW if you haven't… and want to ensure you get the kit you're after.

Dunc

Team Service Course Open!…

Thanks to the overwhelming positive response I'm happy to open the Team Service Course a couple of days early. The 2012 kit can be securely PRE-ORDERED HERE and I suggest placing your order within the next few days to be assured of obtaining your kit, as after this, I will only carry minimum stock. I'll be placing the initial order in the middle of next week and expect delivery to take around 9 weeks.

Sizing is as follows:

2012 Jersey (chest) 2012 Bibshorts (waist)

• S - 36-38" S - 30-32"
• M - 39-41" M - 33-35"
• L - 42-44" L - 36-38"
• XL - 45-47" XL - 39-41"

As mentioned before the kit is manufactured by Endura in Scotland and comprises of the regular jersey and bibshort. Postage is FREE within the UK and a reasonable cost to the rest of the world. All delivery will be made on a registered, signed for basis.

Remember, if you want to become a team member you just have to buy a jersey. Please make me aware of this on your order as I both add you to the team list and grant blogging rights. It's now up to new team members to introduce themselves on the blog - my days of overblown, lavish introductions are over.

So visit the service course and have a potter round. If there are any glitches please drop me a line on the contact form.

Happy Shopping!

Cheers

Dunc

Team Kit News...

It seems like an age since I posted the previous update and with good reason as I've had a what turned out to be a waste of time with (more than) one manufacturer only to turn to another and realise I should've gone there in the first place. Typical, you don't realise what you've got when it's right under your nose...

Anyway without much further a do the new 2012 Belgian Champ tribute kit will be produced by Endura in Scotland. We're bringing production back to the British Isles rather than Belgium and I'm pretty pleased with Endura's customer service so far and it bodes well for a future partnership.

The summer range will include short sleeve jerseys with full zip and bibshorts. Initial costings are: Jerseys @ £52.00 and Bibshorts @ £60.00. Turnaround will be somewhere around 8 weeks. Postage will be FREE for the UK and reasonable charge for the rest of the world.

Hopefully the service course will be fully operational later in the week as I'm just completing it at the present, so while I do, can I just ask anyone interested to complete the survey (top page right) so I can gauge the general interest.

Remember, Simply buy a jersey and you're on the team.

Thanks for your patience.

Dunc.

Kit Update...

Just a quick update as to the progress with the 2012 team kit.

I've just proofed the initial transfer of my design into the manufacturers template. I've asked for some amends to be made and until these are progressed I won't be opening the shop to take orders as I just want to ensure we'll all be happy with the product.

I know some of us are keen and eager to get the show on the road but please be patient as it'll be worth it.

Cheers

Dunc

Team Jersey Summer 2012...

As promised here's a preview of the HCTB summer jersey for 2012. It's currently being artworked and proofed by the manufacturer so some minor details may change, I'll bring it to your attention should anything move around (I don't expect it to though). A simpler graphic pair of shorts will also be available but I'll post those when I receive the proof.

Once I receive the final proof I'll open the store to take orders. Make sure you order to be assured of getting a jersey as I will only carry a limited stock. For the time being get giddy to look like Gilbert!

Moving Forward...

Just a quick update concerning team kit and the ordering process, as over the last few weeks I've received a decent amount of emails enquiring 'what's going on?'. As I haven't been in the position to confirm anything up to this point, I didn't want to jump the gun so apologies for the radio silence.

So what is going on?

In a nutshell 3 things.

1. There's new jersey design based on the Belgian Champ colours.
2. We're shifting supplier... and our kit will be made in Belgium
3. Kit will be available all year... HCTB will be having an online store.

The jersey will be previewed in the next week or so and available for pre-order. If you want one I suggest you get an order in straight away as you may miss out on bagging one of the initial print run. The jerseys registered with BC so you can race in it too.

Our kit's coming home to roost in Belgium. It couldn't be more fitting.

Keep an eye out for the store tab to pop up on the right side of the page. It'll be up and running in the next week or so.

So there we are. I reckon that's enough revelations for one Sunday.

Dunc

The Final Five...

As we're rapidly approaching the time of year when our affiliation to British Cycling is renewed and as an alternative to a subscription fee, I have 5 spare team caps available for purchase, to fund our affiliation fee.

Caps are priced at:

£15.00 UK including postage

£20.00 Rest of the world including postage.

As an incentive, this is the last of this design and will be replaced in the next kit order (Feb 2012), so get em while you can.

BC Fund Team Caps

Team Cap - UK - £15.00Team Cap - WORLD - £20.00

TEAM KIT ORDER - Aug/Sept 2011...

As promised earlier in the year here's the second of our twice yearly order, so now's your chance to get your winter gear or think about putting the third chocolate digestive down if you're thinking about a skinsuit.

Same process as before so I won't bore you with it (form,tick,pay,receive). If you want to be part of the team - the minimum spend of a short sleeve jersey gets you on, simple as that.

PRICES:
Shortsleeve shirt: £41.00
Longsleeve shirt: £49.00

TechFleece Jersey: £65.50
ThermoShield/TechFleece Jacket: £88.00
ThermoShield Jacket: £90.50

Gilet: £41.00
Wind Jacket: £47.00

Bibshort: £52.00
3/4 Bib Knicker: £62.00
3/4 Fleece Bib Knicker: £70.50
Fleece Bibtight (no pad): £74.50

Skinsuit short sleeve: £79.50
Skinsuit Long sleeve: £83.00
Skinsuit Cylocross (fleece): £102.00

Belgian style winter hat: £23.50
Euro style race cap: £9.50

View and complete the order form here.

We're BC affiliated if you wish to have HCtB on your race licence and I'm happy to ship team kit worldwide.

ORDERS CLOSE TUESDAY 16th AUGUST - NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.

Get stickered......

At last!

I have found a supplier for the fab 3 piece sticker set that Duncan designed a while back, specifically for Planet X Uncle John cross frames (the default frame for most of our cross riders). Cost is £16 incl p+p.

If you have a different frame, road or cross, it may or may not work - use the measurements below to see it you can adapt it.

Additionally Duncan has designed a small single Belgians sticker c 50mm x 20mm. Cost is £0.50 each incl p+p. (Red line is for cutting guide only)

The order sheet is here

Deadline for this order is Tues 31 May

Team Kit Order...

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I'm in the process of placing another kit order and thought it only fair to open it up to anyone wishing to get on the team. It will be the only chance you'll have for 6 months, as there will be just 2 orders per year - the next order will be sometime in August or September.

We're BC affiliated if you wish to have HCtB on your race licence and I'm happy to ship team kit worldwide.

PRICES:
Shortsleeve shirt: £41.00
Longsleeve shirt: £49.00

TechFleece Jersey: £65.50
ThermoShield/TechFleece Jacket: £88.00
ThermoShield Jacket: £90.50

Gilet: £41.00
Wind Jacket: £47.00

Bibshort: £52.00
3/4 Bib Knicker: £62.00
3/4 Fleece Bib Knicker: £70.50
Fleece Bibtight (no pad): £74.50

Skinsuit short sleeve: £79.50
Skinsuit Long sleeve: £83.00
Skinsuit Cylocross (fleece): £102.00

Euro style race cap: £9.50

Click here to view and complete an order form if you're interested in becoming a team member.

ORDERS CLOSE SUNDAY 13th FEBRUARY - NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.

Viral marketing?

Well not quite, but as Duncan's designs get picked up in the lenses of photographers all over the place, Team Kit has also again featured in a major British cycling publication (Mark Turner gets the honour for the first appearance):



Some of you may already have seen this, but for the benefit of our wider membership, Cycling Weekly ran a winter headgear test last week, including Champion Systems as one of the manufacturers. They appear to have sent a Here Come the Belgians sample.

Our dapper headgear was not only the best value (ie cheapest) but even beat off expensive opposition from Assos and the like.

Out on the road and the cross course, Belgian kit continues to get noticed and admired wherever it crops up. As a friend commented recently, we really have a Belgians 'brand' developing here.

Chapeau indeed, Dunc.

TEAM KIT RE-ORDER...1 WEEK DEADLINE

As you've seen from the previous posts we've begun campaigning this colour scheme already. With the popularity of the kit I'm putting together a re-order so here's a chance to either get some more kit or get yourself onto our juggernaut of a cyclocross and kasseien team (buying a shirt gets you on the squad).

PRICES:
Shortsleeve shirt: £38.50
Longsleeve shirt: £45.00
TechFleece Jersey: £62.00
ThermoShield/TechFleece Jacket: £76.00
ThermoShield Jacket: £87.50

Gilet: £37.00
Wind Jacket: £47.00

Bibshort: £50.00
3/4 Bib Knicker: £60.00
3/4 Fleece Bib Knicker: £67.50
Fleece Bibtight (no pad): £71.00

Skinsuit short sleeve: £73.50
Skinsuit Long sleeve: £78.50
Skinsuit Cylocross (fleece): £95.00

If you're interested email teamhctb@gmail.com for an order form.
Order book closes MONDAY 11th OCTOBER 5.00 pm prompt.
Please note - NO ORDERS will be taken after this date.

Temple Newsam Cross - Yorkshire League

Action from over the East side of the Pennines - classic cross venue Temple Newsam Park in Leeds. The Yorkshire chapter of the Belgians got stuck into some bibilically wet conditions and Jo Hanglebads took the pics - riders were Rich Allen, Mark Bradley and Ben. As in Paperthin. Not sure how they got on yet, but they all looked stylish.

Full photo set here

Leverhulme Cross, Bolton #1 - NW League

First competitive outing here in Bolton (and over in Leeds too with Rich) for the new kit, including the skinsuit. Tough race, tough conditions.

Appropriately then, your first model is...... Duncan:





Also racing were Mark Turner:






and Richard Knowles.

Public Service Announcement

My original-design Belgians jersey has started to fall apart at the seams - well the join between the top of the pocket dividers and the jersey at least. I contacted Shutt VR about this and they said that it's a known issue with some of their jerseys. A quick tweet revealed that it's not only my Belgians jersey which is suffering. There is some good news though: in their reply to my e-mail Shutt said that if the afflicted jersey is sent back to them they will repair or replace it.

So if your black-and-white running-Belgian top is destroying itself through no fault of your own, you might want to post it back to: Shutt Velo Rapide Limited, 35 The Grove, Ilkley, Yorkshire LS29 9NJ.

Team Kit - Autumn/Winter 2010

Here we go, winter kit with a more dirt friendly colour scheme. Expect to see this colour way tearing through the mud this winter.

PRICES:

Shortsleeve shirt: £38.50

Longsleeve shirt: £45.00

TechFleece Jersey: £62.00

ThermoShield/TechFleece Jacket: £76.00

ThermoShield Jacket: £87.50

Gilet: £37.00

Wind Jacket: £47.00

Bibshort: £50.00

3/4 Bib Knicker: £60.00

3/4 Fleece Bib Knicker: £67.50

Fleece Bibtight (no pad): £71.00

Skinsuit short sleeve: £73.50

Skinsuit Long sleeve: £78.50

Skinsuit Cylocross (fleece): £95.00

Euro style race cap: £8.50

Order book closes Wednesday 11th August 5.00 pm prompt - Be late, lose out.

Global Warning...

Just a quick post to announce I'm putting the finishing touches to the order form and preview images of our autumn/Winter Kit.

Autumn/Winter? I hear you say.

Well, in order to receive our goodies (and they will be goody goody yum yum) I need to get the order process rolling with the lead times to delivery being what they are (6-8 weeks maybe).

So... keep an eye on the blog for the design previews and if your interested in being part of the team drop me a quick email to receive an online order form.

Chasing Back On...

I think I now understand my role in this Road/Classic/Cyclocross microcosm. It's the one of the rider we've all seen on TV, off the back, chasing back on. Not through lack of form or deep suffering either. It's the rider who's befallen one of the banana skins that dog our world. Maybe caught behind a crash and fallen in a ditch, a flat tyre just before the Koppenberg or maybe standing behind the level crossing as the breakaway disappears into the distance and the train roars along the tracks.

Bearing this in mind I'd like to introduce another new team member (something I should have done a few weeks ago - chasing on geddit?). So welcome onboard to Jemma Nurse, cross and mountainbike rider, South Wales resident and wife of team member Simon.

Jemma's currently sporting the red summer kit and I can't decide whether it was a case of Simon ordering the wrong size kit or a cunning plan by Mr Nurse to double the female presence on the team. Whichever, it's great to have you riding in our kit.

There...Bridged back on.

New Kit!

OK, who's been out in theirs so far?? I was too giddy not to this lunchtime.

Duncan has excelled himself, as ever. It's not as easy as it looks getting kit designed in concept, through the ordering process and out the other end into production without it looking like..... well, some of the less successful club kits out there. Or even some of the pro team kits......

Bold and stylish for all pieces, my particular favourite is the gilet which I think is going to become a staple part of my wardrobe on all but the hottest rides.





A somewhat more professional picture set may be threatening soon to replace these amateurish contributions........