Cyclist of the world unite. You have nothing to lose, but your derailers.
Or some such
Nice design, comrade.
I think we have a winner. My Old Guys Jersey is starting to give way at certain critical seams, and the capitalist running dogs at Velogear no longer seem to carry them. Its time for a new design. I volunteer to collect the orders and distribute the jerseys if Patrick will do a jersey design. Maybe work in the Turkenstein as well? Anyone in?
When I used to work for Aurora Cycle in Seattle, the owner had a billboard that we proles got to alter at his whim, putting up whatever he felt like. One day it was “Bicyclists of the world, unicycle! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”
Isn’t that logo/graphic missing something? It just looks incomplete.
Could use something else, like a worker’s arm with the hammer morphed into something related to cycling, so the hammer has a context. Color combo is definitely excellent.
If you add text (such as New Cycling Order) make sure its in fake cyrillic script. Will send pic later of something I got that was kinda cool. Right now I gotta get my ass on the bike before it gets into the nineties again down here.
Sunday morning & this thing hits me during my first coffee. I like it. I’m in! Second on the fake Cyrillic script.
What about a brake caliper in place of the sickle and put the hammer and caliper inside the wheel? Or maybe a drop handlebar for the sickle?
I like this one alright, but can’t help thinking it could be done better. Once it’s perfected, I can probably be counted on for a jersey or somesuch.
like the shraeder phallus, no I don’t mean I LIKE it, I mean….dammit
Good ideas all. This initial image is just a placeholder, a quick PhotoShop job, never intended to be a final design. Cyrillic script, for sure — and Barry, funny you should mention it, but I was thinking brake caliper too.
By the way, Patrick, has Andy Schleck sent you any hate mail about the title of this post?
Now THAT’S a jersey design! Add ’em to the collection and I’ll put it on my winter solstice celebration gift want list.
Just what you needed another wheeled contraption in the garage you don’t use.
Saw the “hammer and caliper” on the wheeled thingy…. Me no likey. Seems to be too unoriginal.
You would think that with a mind who can create the Fat Guy and Studs et al. you could get something more unique. Maybe drawing from ALL of the different parts of the cycling cabal?
Chain and chainbreaker, tire lever and pump? It just seems that the ‘hammer and sickle’ motif has played itself out. Especially considering that Mother Russia is mired in oil oligarchs and multi-trillionaires. Just a thought…
I’m not sure what “hammer and sickle has played itself out” means. Seems like you have to go with it, given Maes’ ridiculous comments. The fact that Russia is no longer the threat they used to be only makes it funnier, plays on the whole “the boogie men are out to get us” theme of the GOP’s standard campaign lines.
The hard part will be figuring out whether the Russians or the UN as the bad guy works better. More iconic imagery with the CCCP, but the UN as the corporeal arm of the Devil resonates more strongly with the Left Behind crowd. Mentioning the UN is dog whistle stuff for those guys, but it’s not something most Americans take seriously or even understand (which is a good thing).
Since the gag is “Hammer and Cycle,” I want to hew closely to the old commie motif. I wonder whether a mini-pump with locking lever extended might work better than the hammer. I’ll fiddle with that after work. More fun with P-shop.
I like the new website, and the hammer with caliper looks good.
I wanna be a Blue Meanie, but I don’t have the big bucks for a new helmet. Since Houston doesn’t have a dog in this fight, the joke would be lost on the locals anyway.
However, put me down for a new jersey!
Steve – the whole motif has played itself out because a few years ago every jersey company had a red and yellow jersey with a hammer and a sickle on it. That is not even including the sock companies and numerous other ‘left leaning’ cycling companies. Reliving the ’60s may be cool but that whole motif is so 2002. Besides if you really wanted to torque the wingnuts you’d use a red, white and blue color scheme and highlight the whole “New World Order” sound of it. Seeing as the last great American thinker to propose something like the NWO was Bush #1…
Now if you want to torque them even more, you would do something along the lines of a red, white and blue jersey with the words “These colors don’t run!” and then showcase a chainbreaker, seeing as how without a chainbreaker (and a pump), your bike may not run.
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Cyclist of the world unite. You have nothing to lose, but your derailers.
Or some such
Nice design, comrade.
I think we have a winner. My Old Guys Jersey is starting to give way at certain critical seams, and the capitalist running dogs at Velogear no longer seem to carry them. Its time for a new design. I volunteer to collect the orders and distribute the jerseys if Patrick will do a jersey design. Maybe work in the Turkenstein as well? Anyone in?
When I used to work for Aurora Cycle in Seattle, the owner had a billboard that we proles got to alter at his whim, putting up whatever he felt like. One day it was “Bicyclists of the world, unicycle! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”
Isn’t that logo/graphic missing something? It just looks incomplete.
Could use something else, like a worker’s arm with the hammer morphed into something related to cycling, so the hammer has a context. Color combo is definitely excellent.
If you add text (such as New Cycling Order) make sure its in fake cyrillic script. Will send pic later of something I got that was kinda cool. Right now I gotta get my ass on the bike before it gets into the nineties again down here.
Sunday morning & this thing hits me during my first coffee. I like it. I’m in! Second on the fake Cyrillic script.
What about a brake caliper in place of the sickle and put the hammer and caliper inside the wheel? Or maybe a drop handlebar for the sickle?
I like this one alright, but can’t help thinking it could be done better. Once it’s perfected, I can probably be counted on for a jersey or somesuch.
like the shraeder phallus, no I don’t mean I LIKE it, I mean….dammit
Good ideas all. This initial image is just a placeholder, a quick PhotoShop job, never intended to be a final design. Cyrillic script, for sure — and Barry, funny you should mention it, but I was thinking brake caliper too.
By the way, Patrick, has Andy Schleck sent you any hate mail about the title of this post?
Now THAT’S a jersey design! Add ’em to the collection and I’ll put it on my winter solstice celebration gift want list.
Just what you needed another wheeled contraption in the garage you don’t use.
Saw the “hammer and caliper” on the wheeled thingy…. Me no likey. Seems to be too unoriginal.
You would think that with a mind who can create the Fat Guy and Studs et al. you could get something more unique. Maybe drawing from ALL of the different parts of the cycling cabal?
Chain and chainbreaker, tire lever and pump? It just seems that the ‘hammer and sickle’ motif has played itself out. Especially considering that Mother Russia is mired in oil oligarchs and multi-trillionaires. Just a thought…
I’m not sure what “hammer and sickle has played itself out” means. Seems like you have to go with it, given Maes’ ridiculous comments. The fact that Russia is no longer the threat they used to be only makes it funnier, plays on the whole “the boogie men are out to get us” theme of the GOP’s standard campaign lines.
The hard part will be figuring out whether the Russians or the UN as the bad guy works better. More iconic imagery with the CCCP, but the UN as the corporeal arm of the Devil resonates more strongly with the Left Behind crowd. Mentioning the UN is dog whistle stuff for those guys, but it’s not something most Americans take seriously or even understand (which is a good thing).
Since the gag is “Hammer and Cycle,” I want to hew closely to the old commie motif. I wonder whether a mini-pump with locking lever extended might work better than the hammer. I’ll fiddle with that after work. More fun with P-shop.
I like the new website, and the hammer with caliper looks good.
I wanna be a Blue Meanie, but I don’t have the big bucks for a new helmet. Since Houston doesn’t have a dog in this fight, the joke would be lost on the locals anyway.
However, put me down for a new jersey!
Steve – the whole motif has played itself out because a few years ago every jersey company had a red and yellow jersey with a hammer and a sickle on it. That is not even including the sock companies and numerous other ‘left leaning’ cycling companies. Reliving the ’60s may be cool but that whole motif is so 2002. Besides if you really wanted to torque the wingnuts you’d use a red, white and blue color scheme and highlight the whole “New World Order” sound of it. Seeing as the last great American thinker to propose something like the NWO was Bush #1…
Now if you want to torque them even more, you would do something along the lines of a red, white and blue jersey with the words “These colors don’t run!” and then showcase a chainbreaker, seeing as how without a chainbreaker (and a pump), your bike may not run.