Daisuke warms up with his number one fan at Lake Biwa. Wind jacket and AeroRace bibs.
The Speedvagen Team kit is available for pre-order now through March 20th.
Army green has been one of Speedvagen’s core colors for, well, since the very first prototype I made back in 2006. I love the the icon of militarism and the toughness that the color represents juxtaposed by the goofiness of racing your brains out and crashing cross bikes in the mud with your friends. I’ve wanted to do an army green kit for a long time but as I started to dig into the design I was conflicted: On the one hand, you have all of this space that you can fill with words and logos; get all bilboarded up, right? But I kept coming back to the idea of a uniform. A uniform is clean, crisp, balanced, minimal. This kit doesn’t need a lot of shit on it to get noticed in the peloton and for that matter, the more I put on it, the less it really says.
We wanted to offer something special to our Speedvagen family and friends. Offering the team kit up for you all seemed like just the way to do that. We’ll be taking orders for two weeks only and we won’t be keeping any back stock. This means that only a handful of you will have the kit, well, you and our 6 team members. We’re planning to offer a fall/winter kit too, something a little warmer for cross and getting in base miles.
The jacket and vest, originally designed by Jeremy Dunn (of Embrocation fame) are an abstract design in our signature blue, army green, and red with an explosion of Speedvagen text and sheilds. The answer to the abstract outer layers is the strictly business base kit in army green with color bands as punctuation on the sleeves, legs, and collar with Speedvagen shields enblazoned on the chest, back, and legs. We also have a new Team cap that you can add to your order.
Castelli makes some of the best apparel available and has for over 100 years. Plus they’re right down the road from us, so it only makes sense that we work with them for our racing gear. All of the clothing is made here in the Northwest and the items we’ve selected for you are the top of the line of what Castelli has to offer. Wear them well. To place an order please visit the order page. If you have any questions drop us a line: customerservice@vanillabicycles.com
Scroll down to see the team at work in the kit.
Laura and Daisuke cool down in the money truck. SS skinsuits (post race), Laura threw on the team jersey.
Tina makes friends in Nobeyama. Wind vest and team jersey.
Laura suits up for a race in the team jersey and AeroRace bibs.
Sacha rides into the sunset in the team jersey and AeroRace bibs.
Most Awesome!!!
Comment by Jay — March 8, 2013 @ 2:12 pm
What’s the difference between the Team Jersey and Catelli Aero 4.0 jersey? I see that everyone is wearing the Team Jersey in the photos.
Comment by John Thompkins — March 17, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
John,
The Aero Race 4.0 is for hot weather riding/racing where the Team jersey is your all-around jersey for everything else.
From the Castelli catalog:
“AERO RACE 4.0 JERSEY
Saves 12 watts at 40km/h compared to a normal race-fit jersey
VelocityTM dry fabric for improved wicking and faster drying
Open-mesh back for breathability Full-length camlock zipper Giro3 single-layer gripper elastic Three rear pockets.”
Hope that helps.
Tom
Comment by Sacha — March 18, 2013 @ 10:36 am
I am from Brasil and would like to buy a uniform! How can i do it ?
Comment by Igor — March 19, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
For what it’s worth, having spent a whole bunch of time in both jerseys, I’d really recommend the Team if you like to carry much in your pockets. The Aero jersey pockets are thin and stretchy, and work much better with only really light loads. It’s comfy as all hell in the heat, but I don’t think it was designed with a big haul in mind.
Comment by Tiny — March 19, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
Igor, you can follow this link to the order page. https://teamorder.serviziocorse.com/index.aspx?pc=1323BFAB-F646-44C2-BAD1-2013AF05D35C
Comment by The Vanilla Workshop — March 19, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
Do you recommend sizing up for the Aero Race jersey?
Comment by C. — March 22, 2013 @ 1:38 am
Hi I would love to order your kit but i see the order has closed will there be another run soon?
Comment by Paul D — April 21, 2013 @ 5:46 pm
Paul,
We won’t have another order until we do the fall ‘cross kit, sorry. Keep an eye out around August for that though.
Best,
Tom
Comment by Sacha — April 22, 2013 @ 11:00 am