[Closed] Gnarpoon T-shirts

Still loving mine.

The Ill wind logo bringing a smile to my face as much as the main bike graphic now.😁

L ordered. Thanks for sorting this out.

@AlexSimon: Cracking stuff. Ordered a couple. Thanks mate!

ok - We've reached the minimum 20 now.
I'll leave orders open for a couple more hours in case some people only check on work days 😉
then I'll close them and get in touch with the tee company.

http://thingswelike.org/stw-tees/

Ordered 2 yesterday, ta. And thanks for sorting the wrong sized shirt request for me.

Ordered 2.

On a side note, the ill wind symbol is also the strip marking for when and aircraft leaves controlled airspace.

I'll get my coat........

I've closed orders.
Compiling them now and then will contact the printers (again).

Cheers!

Dammit, missed it AGAIN!

Still think you should work on some of the other designs!
I should think you could add another £2 to the price to raise even more money.

baldiebenty - I tried to PM everyone who said they'd missed out. Sorry if I missed you.
I don't suppose you'd be happy with a Black Small or Medium would you?

cokie
Still think you should work on some of the other designs!
I should think you could add another £2 to the price to raise even more money.

There might be some more tees one day, but for now (after sticking more than 600 bits of tape), I'm done 🙂

Bollox missed it again.

Ordered 2, one was the black xl which is part of the mix up batch... Will the other one be posted when the black one turns up, as nothing has been delivered yet?

I know mine is delayed due to a mix up with the original order. Happy to wait, I know it will get sorted.
But what's the CEO's email address? I feel the need to send a strongly worded email.........

bolox, missed this - again. Will there be a third run ?

AlexSimon : Thanks,but I'm more of a large, medium tends to be a bit snug.
No problemo, I'd not paid attention to the thread originally and just been lurking around since finally tracking through the thread on a bored day at work. so I've only got myself to blame.

teethgrinder - yes, it's being held until I have the black.

Coolio.

That was a bit awkward. Yesterday I was sat in a tiny cafe in Robin hoods Bay wearing my t-shirt with pride. There was a bloke with a sic t-shirt that said blood sweat and gears and a picture of death riding a bike. He looked at my t-shirt, he had a slight confused look on his face, probably thought, where is the saddle? And then walked off to his seat. I got the feeling he kept trying to look at it to try and work it out. Anyway, it put a smile on my face. Thanks again Alex.

I wore mine with pride at Bike Park Wales on Friday 🙂

damascus - haha! Perfect.

I was there yesterday too, but I was in a jersey rather than a tee.

weeksy - Good to hear!

I'm trying to get the t-shirt company on the phone to get the outstanding orders sorted, but they just aren't getting back to me.
I'm really annoyed - they've been great in the past, but then everything has gone smoothly in the past too

I’m trying to get the t-shirt company on the phone to get the outstanding orders sorted, but they just aren’t getting back to me.

Where have I heard that before...? 🤔

Just joking. Great tees Alex. Time for another campaign soon, how about one looking at the need for wireless gears and droppers?

Just popping in to say thank you for mine and I feel for you now tied up in trying to sort out problems that aren't of your making  - you (and minion) have put loads of effort into this and it's appreciated, raised money and delivered some awesome apparel. That's the result of all this, so hope you're not despondent at the niggles and hope they get sorted🙂

(I even reused the box to send some gardening gloves to Dad!)

Just registering my interest for the next run. Looks great, I hate the T shirts with great big plasticy logos across them that takes out all the stretch and makes them sweaty, this looks like a quality T 🙂

Randomly, I saw someone enjoying the sunshine by the river in Godhalming wearing their Gnarpoon T-Shirt with pride on the Saturday over Easter. Looks like a great T-Shirt. Nice work everyone involved!

this thread needs more pictures!

(of people wearing their t shirts!)

Randomly, I saw someone at the Mr Ben and The Bens/Family Selection Box gig in Sheffield last night wearing their Gnarpoon T-Shirt with pride.

Hi Rob.

Phew - t-shirt company have processed the latest batch (including the errors from the first batch) and are getting back to me with a date today. I'll post it up here as soon as I get it.

Good to see the tees are being spotted in the wild!

I wore mine with pride to on Sunday to a kids rugby tournament. I got a couple of knowing nods off appreciation form other bikers (you can always spot a biker). I feel like I'm part of a secret club. Like the masons but with fewer silly meetings or wife swapping.

Randomly, I saw someone at the Mr Ben and The Bens/Family Selection Box gig in Sheffield last night wearing their Gnarpoon T-Shirt with pride.

Hi Rob.

Hi Brant.
Great gig!

Like the masons but with fewer silly meetings or wife swapping.

Does anybody want mine?

Alex, that's great news they are fixing the mistakes, one of thems is mines.

Assuming the STW masses are also followers of the church of wittertainment I'd highly suggest a brief "hello to Alex Simon" (and no more) on seeing said wearer of excellent clothing.

franksinatra, was this at Harrogate RUFC on Sunday ?

Any news on the second batch?

Hi @AlexSimon,

Did you get a date from the t-shirt company?

I'm just impatient!

Me too. I'll happily pay extra for my green one to be shipped before the black one.

Struggling to onshore them?

Chased them again now, but they aren't returning calls.
It's a company I've used 4 times in the past and everything has been spot-on. I guess it's always gone smoothly until now. I can't imagine they are losing much money on having to reprint 9 tees out of 140 though!

teethgrinder. I guess I may have to do that.
Really gutted that I can't get everything fulfilled efficiently.

Speak to sick, I'm sure they can recommend a reliable t-shirt printing company 😂

Speak to sick

Is that possible!? I thought they'd moved offices, closed the tattoo parlour, turned off all social media except instagram and were only speaking to PinkBike now?

I've just part-shipped the grey, navy and green t-shirts that had previously been on hold pending the arrival of the black t-shirts.
Orders #29 #46 #95 #123
Sorry I didn't do this sooner - I thought it would be a super-quick job to get the black ones done.

👍

Just got in from work to find mine waiting.
Love it! And thanks for organising this.

Happy to sing you a couple of quid more for postage for the second one

Update for outstanding orders

Apparently there was some reason why the order was not processed.
Why they can't pick up on these things, I have no idea. Unfortunately, they seem like the kind of company that only action things when you've managed to catch them on the phone.
Anyway - day before yesterday, they gave me a new date of 31st May delivered to me.
The t-shirts from Gildan are arriving with them on Tuesday.

Let's hope this is the last of it.
Looking forward to putting this project to bed!

Looking forward to getting my T-shirt, hopefully before Sick! go out of business. Looking marginal with today's news about them... Anybody care for a wager?

Just to say I received my t-shirt the other day. Large fits a slightly lumpy 6'5" freak.

Cheers Alex.

Alex, life would be boring without these little challenges, we all appreciate your efforts 👍

Here we go again!

All 38 outstanding t-shirts were received last night.
There was one error by me and one error by the printing company (although I should have spotted it on their quote).
But we've managed to substitute other colours with agreement from the customer, so fingers crossed that they work out ok.

They are all now boxed and at the post office awaiting processing.
Hopefully they'll be arriving Tuesday or Wednesday for UK orders.

Once I've got a full bill and haven't received any complaints, I'll issue full accounts and make the donation to Mountain Rescue.

oh - and there are a handful of Medium Black t-shirts left over (and maybe one size S).
Once things have settled, I'll put the individual t-shirts up on the shop for purchase and clear the decks.

Now, where did I put that ‘like’ machine gun pic...

Ah! Here we are!

Can I order a 7xl one in red please?

(only joking, well done AlexSimon. Top bloke)

Hi if there are any large going I will have another, original one is a great fit!

No large left vondally I'm afraid.
The original mixup transposed the sizes downwards - so I have too many S and M.
I think there's one XL Grey left, but I'm not selling any until most orders should have been delivered, just in case someone needs to swap, or I got something wrong.

No worries and thanks for the hard work!

How do we get them again Alex? My gnarpoon tee has generated some interest in sunny Girona so I think I need to add another to my collection.

None available right now.

I have a few left over that I will put on the shop when I'm certain there aren't any errors or non-deliveries. 7x Black M, 1x Grey XL and 1x Ladies Blue M.

Then it's a case of working out if there's enough interest to do a 3rd run. Minimum quantity that keeps the current price is about 30 tees.

I must say, with pleasing irony, this would be a great lesson, for those with eyes to see it, on how to manage supply issues and keep your customers up to date and happy. 🙂

I'll happily take a Medium if there are any left once you've done your checking!

Good work, looking forward to mine turning up

Very late to the party, but that long low slack design is great. Bookmarked in the event these are printed.

Received mine today, spot on for size and love the design.
cheers

Just got mine. Spot on again!

Mine turned up this morning. Navy 😁

Massive thanks to bikebouy for the gift, really appreciate it and I will wear it with pride. And a massive thanks to AlexSimon and minions for sorting, packing and posting.

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Absolute pleasure my friend, couldn’t think of a more deserving person to proudly wear it 😎🥳🥳🥳🥳

Mine arrived today. Thank you for your efforts, 2nd the like cannon! I’ve just noticed the Ill Wind logo as well😂

Oooh - I didn't expect any to arrive today. Good stuff!

Received mine today too, thanks! Cue my son asking over dinner "is that bike upside down?"

I got mine too. Looks great! Thanks a lot AlexSimon

I'll have a M if any are spare matey.

Got mine - looks great, thank you for all your hard work.

Got mine yesterday thanks - when is the next design being voted on?

Mine may have arrived, but I thought it was a book ordered for my son's birthday so I haven't opened it! Now kicking myself.

philjunior - if it was a slim roughly a4 box with cellotape tape on the bottom edge and corners only, then you've made a terrible mistake 🙂

I'll be keen for med when they come up. When you say shop do you mean the classifieds?

Hi Earl - no, I made a quick webshop at this address
http://thingswelike.org/stw-tees/ <(nothing for sale at the mo). I think it does stock control, so I can sell exactly the sizes I have left. Haven't tried it though. I guess if people are trying to reserve them on here, what I'll do is send out a PM to those who said they wanted one, but I think the only way to do it is first-come-first-served on the shop otherwise it becomes a very manual process.

I'm wearing mine while running the signing in for a roadie bike race this evening. I'll report back on the reaction it gets.

Bugger - just seen that stock control is a £18/month add-on.
I guess I'll find a more manual sales method after all 🙁

In that case I'll take a medium from the spares pile please.

I love mine (first batch), it's been worn a lot! Thanks Alex

Bugger – just seen that stock control is a £18/month add-on.
I guess I’ll find a more manual sales method after all

Given where all this started just sod any sort of stock control and first come first served sales in favour of a roulette method of allocation.

(for clarity I'm not inferring parity between nor impugning the odds of roulette)