Sponsorship

Tomorrow I am going to a local bike shop to test out the
Summit that they have in stock. I know the bikeshop sponsors
a couple bmx type riders, and I wanted to know if anyone had
any tips on how to go about getting sponsored. I'm not that
good, but the guy at the bikeshop doesnt know that. I'm
going to ask him if I can try and ride it holding on to a
wall, acting like i dont know how to ride. Then ill ride one
footed across his sidewalk, followed by a 15" Hop. :-) Im
pretty sure im not good enough for someone to sponsor me
but, for future reference, how do you go about it?

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It seems to me that sponsoring you would only be in the bike
shop's interest if they thought you were going to cause more
people to buy the unis they sold...after all, that is the
point of being a sponsor. But realistically, what are the
chances of someone buying a summit from this bike shop cuz
they saw you riding one?

Just out of curiousity, how many sponsored unicyclists -are-
there in the world? Im guessing its only a handful of the
very elite, but i'd be curious to know.

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i thought quite i few people were sponsored by little bike
shops, and some by sixsixone.

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Most people go for the Bike Manufacturing and Suppliers
for sponsorship. I went to the Money People. I am
currently sponsored by American Express and Discover. They
gave me these plastic cards I can use just about anywhere
unicycles are sold. So far they have never denied me
anything I wanted.

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I'm sponsored by my LBS. But I was before I even took up
unicycling. Now that I've taken up unicycling- I'm actually
doing a lot more for them- quite a lot of media publicity
and around unicyclists who compete against MTBkers at
cycling events.

Anyway, the bike shop are probably not sponsoring you in
order to sell more unicycles (how many unicylists are there
anyway?), but for the publicity you get. So the best way is
to build a bit of a profile first- turn up at your local MTB
events on your MUni and either race or just show off a few
skills. Get in touch with the local papers- an article is
always a useful thing to have in your sponsorship CV.

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Soon many of the Hell On Wheel members will be on the
Rowlett's Team(local bike shop). They are still working on
all the details, but they might pay for registration fees.
We also get a mad awesome jersey!

john

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bugman wrote:
> *Most people go for the Bike Manufacturing and Suppliers
> for sponsorship. I went to the Money People. I am
> currently sponsored by American Express and Discover. They
> gave me these plastic cards I can use just about anywhere
> unicycles are sold. So far they have never denied me
> anything I wanted. *

And not to mention...all you stuff is FREE!

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Looking through old threads, I discovered that JJuggle is/was
'sponsored' (http://tinyurl.com/yw5vw) by Dunkin Donuts.

[edit: The fifth post is the relevant one.]

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