Promo's other than T-shirts

Mary

It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-shirt.
I was wondering if anyone has been on a ride that provided
something other than a t-shirt or water bottle. I was
thinking of a "scarf" with a map of the route printed on
it. Do you think people would find this useful?

Thanks

Tom

B A R R Y

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 05:34:57 -0400, "mary" <tombates@city-net.com>
wrote:

>It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-shirt.
>I was wondering if anyone has been on a ride that provided
>something other than a t-shirt or water bottle.

Cycling socks!

Very useful.

Barry

Pat

> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was
wondering
> if anyone has been on a ride that provided something other
> than a t-shirt
or water bottle. I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of
the route printed on it. Do you think people would find
this useful?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

A few years ago, the folks at the Waco Wild West Century
gave out small white towels. That was great! Those towels
were just the right size to carry in the back pockets. Once,
I got a tank top shirt.

Pat in TX

Terry Morse

mary wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has been on a ride that provided
> something other than a t-shirt or water bottle. I was
> thinking of a "scarf" with a map of the route printed on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?

The Steinbeck Century in Carmel Valley gives out scarves
with the route on them. We have four of them now that we use
as cleaning rags. They were eve less useful during the ride,
a paper route sheet being much better.

The Sequoia Century gives out socks. Those I find useful.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

Dick Durbin

"mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote in message news:<408247b0$0$21383$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com>...
> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was wondering if anyone has been on a ride that
> provided something other than a t-shirt or water bottle.
> I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of the route
> printed on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?

We did exactly that several years ago for TOSRV South. It
did not go over well. People wanted a T shirt.

When I first started riding organized rides back in the
70s, you got a patch for each ride. Folks would parade
around in jackets with dozens of patches from all the rides
they had done.

Dick Durbin

Pat

> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was
wondering
> if anyone has been on a ride that provided something other
> than a t-shirt
or
> water bottle. I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of
> the route printed
on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

The Hotter 'n' Hell Hundred gives out little metal pins.

Pat in TX

Karen M.

"mary" (who is really Tom) wrote:
> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was wondering if anyone has been on a ride that
> provided something other than a t-shirt or water bottle.
> I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of the route
> printed on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?

If you're wearing the bandana, you'd have to take it off
to use the map. Not great utility. However, the billboard
factor (in promoting your ride for the future) is
there... Rides I've been on have offered T-shirts, long-
sleeve T-shirts, pocketed T-shirts, water bottles,
cloisonne pins, bandanas, patch kits (with ride logo
stickered to the box lid), neck wallets, frisbee-type
things, and I forget what else. Some require bike flags,
and they sell same with the ride logo. Hilly 100 seems to
be the champ at creating product; sweatshirts,
sweatpants, gloves, socks, you name it. HTH --Karen M.

Nyrides

Sorry. I don't have time to read all the replies, but I'm
sure this idea came up already...

I think you're on the right track, but I think a TOWEL with
a map of the route would be more useful because it's
something you can take on the ride and use all day. A scarf
might require the rider to go all the way back to his/her
car to put it away before the ride.

"mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote in message news:408247b0$0$21383$4d5ecec7@reader.city-
net.com...
> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was
wondering
> if anyone has been on a ride that provided something other
> than a t-shirt
or
> water bottle. I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of
> the route printed
on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

Michael Tordoff

Cue sheet holder

Roy Zipris

I've suggested to my club that we give out cycling caps with
the club logo on the brim, perhaps on one side and club name
or other design on the flip side. --Roy Zipris

Jmk

I just did a ride in Texas where the chotchkie pack include
a nice Pearl Izumi headband. It was the coolmax type... a
very nice throw-in on the part of the organizers (Fort Worth
Bicycle Club). They also included a patch kit, CLIF Bar and
Texas Blue Bonnet seeds.

Jim K

"B a r r y" <Keep_it_in_the_newsgroup_please@aol.com> wrote
in message
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> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 05:34:57 -0400, "mary" <tombates@city-
> net.com> wrote:
>
> >It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> >shirt. I was
wondering
> >if anyone has been on a ride that provided something
> >other than a t-shirt
or
> >water bottle.
>
> Cycling socks!
>
> Very useful.
>
> Barry

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John Sontag

I've received T-shirts, bandannas, patches, and patch kits,
just to name a few. I use the bandannas at work to cover
electronic equipment from dust. I've never used the parch
kits. And the patches I have sewn onto a jacket. I agree
with the other folks, a towel would probably be best.

John "mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote in message news:408247b0$0$21383$4d5ecec7@reader.city-
net.com...
> It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
> shirt. I was
wondering
> if anyone has been on a ride that provided something other
> than a t-shirt
or
> water bottle. I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of
> the route printed
on
> it. Do you think people would find this useful?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

David Kerber

In article <40849488_8@corp.newsgroups.com>,
jmk@excite.com says...
> I just did a ride in Texas where the chotchkie pack
> include a nice Pearl Izumi headband. It was the coolmax
> type... a very nice throw-in on the part

That would be nice. I also like the suggestion of a cycling
cap, or a map holder.

....

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Bernie

John Sontag wrote:

>I've received T-shirts, bandannas, patches, and patch kits,
>just to name a few. I use the bandannas at work to cover
>electronic equipment from dust. I've never used the parch
>kits. And the patches I have sewn onto a jacket. I agree
>with the other folks, a towel would probably be best.
>
>John "mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote in message news:408247b0$0$21383$4d5ecec7@reader.city-
>net.com...
>
>>It seems as if each bike ride provides the rider a t-
>>shirt. I was
>>
>wondering
>
>>if anyone has been on a ride that provided something other
>>than a t-shirt
>>
>or
>
>>water bottle. I was thinking of a "scarf" with a map of
>>the route printed
>>
>on
>
>>it. Do you think people would find this useful?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Tom
>>
Being a cyclist who makes good use of bandanas, I would
value a bandana with a map of a bike ride on it. Bernie

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