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