Great Dublin Bike Ride 2017

Rogue-Trooper · 04-10-2017 4:34pm

py wrote: »

Particularly that god awful tshirt.

conkennedy wrote: »

Awful thing - as I put it - a cyclist wouldn’t wear it

I look awesome in mine at my pilates classes!! :pac:

(Wouldn't wear it on the bike in fairness though!)

Eamonnator · 04-10-2017 4:36pm

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

I look awesome in mine at my pilates classes!! :pac:

(Wouldn't wear it on the bike in fairness though!)

Thats mad. I wear mine to pilates as well.
I don't look awesome!!

Rogue-Trooper · 04-10-2017 4:41pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Thats mad. I wear mine to pilates as well.
I don't look awesome!!

Ok, maybe awesome was a bit over-enthusiastic! However, it is nice and long so that when you do those stretches with your hands above your head, the rest of the class are spared a view of your midriff!

Ranjo · 04-10-2017 5:01pm

I liked my t-shirt! Not as a cycling shirt ( I wore last year's on the cycle this year) but as a general fitness/gym shirt it's good.

Eamonnator · 04-10-2017 5:56pm

Ranjo wrote: »

I liked my t-shirt! Not as a cycling shirt ( I wore last year's on the cycle this year) but as a general fitness/gym shirt it's good.

Do you look awesome in it?

conkennedy · 04-10-2017 6:55pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Thats mad. I wear mine to pilates as well.
I don't look awesome!!

Note to self: Drop Yoga and take up Pilates....

conkennedy · 04-10-2017 6:57pm

py wrote: »

Exactly as I put it too. I still wear my 2016 jersey that was included in the event pack. While it's not quality, it's free advertising for the event whereas this year's tshirt is going to sit inside a drawer for eternity.

Exactly, anywhoo - it's best practice at events like this that a jersey COMES standard as part of the entry fee and not as an additional purchase.

The event jersey is expected.

HivemindXX · 04-10-2017 7:28pm

conkennedy wrote: »

Exactly, anywhoo - it's best practice at events like this that a jersey COMES standard as part of the entry fee and not as an additional purchase.

The event jersey is expected.

Lots of people disagree. They already have plenty of jerseys and they don't want any more. As far as I'm concerned best practice is to give people the option to buy one if they want, which is what they did.

cython · 04-10-2017 7:49pm

HivemindXX wrote: »

Lots of people disagree. They already have plenty of jerseys and they don't want any more. As far as I'm concerned best practice is to give people the option to buy one if they want, which is what they did.

To be fair, I think the post you responded to could have been phrased better - it's standard/best practice that if you're going to pay 50+ quid to enter as was the cost here, that you'd get the event jersey as part of the entry if there is such a jersey, a la a lot of the An Post sportives in the past. RoK is another outlier, and they don't have much goodwill left among regular cyclists at this point either, but that's a matter for a whole other thread. Most people who complain about too many jerseys would rather pay a lesser entry fee and have the option rather than paying a premium for a jersey that they'll never wear again.