Yes, it’s been crazy at the Chronic Cycling Headquarters, but we’re back! A few things are going on:

The store is back online, and the prices are fire-sale good. Why is that? Well, there are some changes coming, and this inventory has to go. Watch for upcoming liquidations of never-before released design prototypes.

I’m taking custom orders again. You will notice the “Custom” and “Download” pages missing from navigation. That’s because I’m working on some changes. But contact me for information.

This year Chronic Cycling is evolving and bringing more, and better products. Subscribe via email, follow on twitter, become a fan on Facebook, or subscribe to the RSS feed (below) for updates!

Remember, you can order my designs any time through Zazzle:

Finally here, Chronic Cycling’s interpretation of the classic argyle design. It’s a small run, with limited sizes and styles. Available in women’s sleeveless too. Check it out at the store.

This is pretty cool. There is a website, called Zazzle.com, that will print a single t-shirt on demand. That’s right, A SINGLE T-SHIRT. I have decided to post some of my designs for sale there. Some of these design may never see full-blow production, but some people may like them enough to buy a shirt or two. Their flexibility in styles and colors is convenient too. Their women’s styles are pretty good.

A couple notes about on-demand products:

• These are NOT Technical t-shirts. That means no wicking fabric (although they have some available, I’m not a big fan).
• These shirts are digitally printed, the print will not last as long as a conventional screenprinted shirt, and nowhere near as long as Chronic Cycling’s dye-sublimated apparel. That said, I have one t-shirt from them that has lasted almost 4 years.
• If you order, you are ordering from Zazzle, not Chronic Cycling. That means billing, order mistakes, etc. need to be handled through Zazzle’s channels. I’ll certainly help any way I can. (I’ve used their service as a buyer before, and it’s great; another reason I chose Zazzle instead of other vendors).

Without further ado, here they are:

A client just published (and kindly gave me permission to use) photos of her MS-150 team jerseys we made!

Here’s my sorry studio photo:

Here are their beautiful photos (click for larger images):

This order consisted of club-fit jerseys only. Artwork was provided by client.Learn all about the Custom Program.

I recently delivered jerseys to the Austin Ridge Riders Mountainbike Club here in the ATX. It all started with their sketches:

From that I grabbed several concepts, and after a few revisions, arrived to this:

Here’s the final product (click for larger images):

The bulk of this order consisted of Chronic Cycling’s Mountain jersey. In a previous post I showed the men’s version of this jersey. The fit is great, it’s loose enough to feel like a regular shirt, but fitted enough to keep from dangling and grabbing branches, (or wind, if you’re real fast). Not only is this jersey a great alternative for clubs and organizations whose members are not interested in the more “racer” look of a traditional fit jersey, this is probably the only one out there that can be custom ordered along with club or sports cuts jerseys, and technical t-shirts! Learn all about it in the Custom Program page.

Right now, for a limited time, you can get this fully-sublimated jersey for as low as $40 each! Contact nando at Chronic Cycling dot com to get you on your way to the coolest jersey you’ve ever owned.

Well, it made sense to me that the first actual cycling jersey Chronic Cycling sells would be a tribute to my country of origin (Puerto Rico). Here it is, a rendering of the Taíno petroglyph for the sun, with a little modification, to show this taíno’s predilection for bicycles.

Available in men and women’s relaxed fit. Small run of only 80 made! Click on the images for more detail.

I want to share something about the mountain jersey: I’m stoked about it.

As much work as it was to find the right “fit”, I’m delighted to say it was worth it. Elastics are nowhere to be found. Here’s a jersey that is comfortable, yet tapers towards the waist enough not to have loose fabric flyin’ around and catching sticks and stuff. All the while looking pretty stylish.

Standard hidden zipper, it’s available in full length, but then it’s a visible zipper. The pocket in the back is zippered too. The fabric is 100% microfiber polyester of a nice, smooth feel and appearance.

This is the jersey style Chronic Cycling jerseys are made in (unless otherwise indicated). It’s also available through the Custom Program.

I’m still working on the ladies’ jersey photos… ..in the meantime:
(Click for larger images)

We are officially taking orders now for custom jerseys and tech tees. From the Custom page, you may read about, and download PDFs that should include most of the pertinent information regarding custom orders (Recommended reading: “How To”, “Pricing”, “Sizing Chart”)

Minimums have gone down to 11 pieces. However, if you order 21 or more of the same style, you’ll only pay an introductory price of $40 per custom jersey, $35 for custom tech tees. Pay attention now, these are fully sublimated (read: “unlimited colors“), short, long or full zipper, any fit. Best deal in the industry. I’m giving these crazy prices only for a little while, take advantage of them now.

Visit the Custom page, learn about the process, and let’s get started with your custom cycling wear!

Here’s an example of how you end up with custom jerseys. The jersey you see below predates Chronic Cycling and thus was not produced by us. The design, however, was produced by yours truly. So, let’s see:

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We began with the client’s sketched idea for an MS150 ride:

From that, I produced this*:

From those layouts, a whole bunch of jerseys like this were made:

Finally, the happy client:

*As you will learn from our Custom program page, there is a fee for producing a design like this. As you can appreciate from the images above, great care was taken to produce a professional looking, attractive design. Much attention was given to quality reproduction of logos and colors as well. Contact Chronic Cycling (nando at chronic cycling dot com) for a stunning custom design (sorry about the lack of an email link, my email scrambling script doesn’t work in a blog post)(see handy link on the right column).

Alternatively, you may choose to have your designer produce artwork in our templates, available from the Downloads page.

I’m so excited. Chronic Cycling was recently featured in Austin on Two Wheels (formerly Austin Bike Blog). My first media interview ever! Austin on Two Wheels aims to be the online magazine for Austin cycling culture. Their goals is to cover all aspects of Austin’s cycling community. Check it out.

These other two bits of exposure were paid for: Check page 63 of DirtRag magazine’s Issue 140, and February’s edition of Southwest Cycling News.

Go Ride!