Re: [CR]Thrifty "Portland" CR Jersey option ?

<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Cc: "Dale Brown" <oroboyz@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Thrifty "Portland" CR Jersey option ?

>I think that anything that says Classic Rendezvous on it should have Dale's
> blessing. My .02
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> Mike Schmidt
> Stirling, NJ
> USA
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> On 11/26/06 3:38 PM, "Chris Kulczycki" <chris@velo-orange.com> wrote:
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>> We order our Velo Orange jerseys from Chad at Portland Cyclewear and I
>> often
>> wear them. I know they are not as nice as some, but they are well made
>> and
>> comfortable, all in all a very serviceable everyday jersey. Once you pay
>> for
>> flocking setup and shipping you can figure around $45-$50 per jersey.
>>
>> If you guys want them and pick the font and color I'll could place the
>> order
>> and charge you my cost. But Dale might want to do that and get some
>> extras to
>> sell at Cirque.
>>
>> Chris,
>> http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/
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>> Dale wrote:
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>> Thanks for that idea; I do understand your motivation here...
>>
>> You know, I may alienate a few folks with this opinion (sorry) but I am
>> not
>> crazy about the look and (my perception) the quality of those "Portland"
>> jerseys. I looked closely at them at Interbike and they are "OK", but gee
>> whiz, I take the image of the CR sort of seriously, yada yada, and I just
>> don't want to go there....
>> I do admit a personal prejudice of Italian over China although I know
>> everything is changing, yada yada again!)
>>
>> Is that so wroung? :)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dale
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>>
>> Chris Kulczycki
>> Velo Orange
>> 109 Colonial Avenue
>> Annapolis, MD 21401