How to Start a Women’s Cycling Club-Steps 9 and 10
Custom Apparel and Event Rides
so it was step 9 for creating a women's
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cycling club now that you've got an
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online group you've got members you're
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going on rides on a regular basis your
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club is growing and that so now you want
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to bring some unity to your club
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visually and so this is where you get to
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get matching jerseys or what they call
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cycling kits if you're not familiar with
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that term a cycling kit is that matching
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Jersey you know shorts or bibs jackets
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that's you know you can go as elaborate
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as you want and as many pieces as you
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want in your cycling kit that you offer
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to your club remember that great logo
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that you created is so intriguing and
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eye-catching well you get to wear it on
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your Jersey and there are lots of custom
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cycling gear companies that work with
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clubs both big and small you can find
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them online you can ask around you can
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research the custom cycling apparel
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companies that work with clubs and a lot
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of them will send you you know a sample
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kit so you can like try on their product
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and see whether you like it and they
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usually have really good customer
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service support that will walk you
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through like the entire process from
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design to creating the online store
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which they all do they do all that for
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you you just have to pick the items and
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you know send them your artwork and in
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just like a team of designers are off
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view with that and they kind of walk you
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through the process it's not that hard
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it's pretty simple and then you get you
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know custom cycling jersey with matching
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custom short socks arm warmers you name
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it and they offer it and it's really
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cool when your club comes together for
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the first time and you're all wearing
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matching jerseys I'm wearing I read this
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the other day I think it's kind of cool
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about why it's important to wear
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uniforms or matching jerseys
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obviously it creates a sense of unity
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and camaraderie but wearing identical
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uniforms creates a sense of equality
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which is important when you're trying to
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function as a group no individual is
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more important than any other and you
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know I think that translates you you
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know that's what your club is all about
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that's what friendship is all about
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that's basically what being a good human
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is all about is no one is important than
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anyone else and when you're all wearing
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the same cycling jersey and they're the
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same cycling uniform you know you look
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at each other and it's just so exciting
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you're like oh my gosh we're in the same
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community we're on the same team we're
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wearing the same shirt
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this looks great let's take pictures and
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post them on social media and then the
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next step step 10 once you've all got
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your you know your matching cycling kits
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take it out on the road go on organized
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rides you know if there are event rides
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near you or with other clubs there's a
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lot of like social event rides charity
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rides century rides all kinds of
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different things you can find out about
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online so yeah you know encourage the
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women in your club to get together and
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sign up for a local organized cycling
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event or anyone that's not local so you
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drive to one you know in the next state
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or the next County
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and you you go as a group in your
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matching kits and post photos of your
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club at these will attendant cycling
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events and you're going to get a lot of
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attention from you know the other
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cyclists oh I like your kid I like your
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Jersey I like your logo like where are
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you guys from I want to find out more
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about your club oh I know somebody that
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lives there maybe I should tell them
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about it and they can join your club
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it's a great way to get the word out
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obviously again post take photos of your
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self and your club mates and your
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matching kits at the event and post on
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social media then you can like tag in
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your social media post the event that
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you
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and maybe the club that posts that
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hosted it or all that kind of stuff it's
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really fun and you may even get some
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press some of the women and my cycling
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club did this organized event over the
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summer and they were actually on the
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news and then the people that promoted
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that the people that organized the event
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they they had them on their website and
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it was really cool it's really cool for
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us to get that kind of press that we can
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then share back in our club and inspire
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other members to know for some organized
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events oh it's a club as one and that's
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a lot of fun it's so much more fun you
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know to do a century ride in a group of
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your new friends with your matching kits
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and just to go out there by yourself
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so yeah attend a local cycling event
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with your club members in your watching
kids always a good time