t-shirt design

Hi riders,

I design and screen print t-shirts. I have several designs already printed and for sale online. I am working on a new design called "Bike Geekette".
I thought this would be the perfect place to ask this question....
I have two versions of the drawing for this tee:
(1) a girl/woman riding a bike in a dress with the words "Bike Geekette"
(2) a girl/woman riding a bike in the same outfit as the male version of this shirt. (t-shirt and long pants)

My question is - do you think the dress is too cliche and/or to much a thing of the past? Would you be more willing to wear a Bike Geek shirt with a girl wearing pants or wearing a dress? Or does this whole "Bike Geekette" idea sound ridiculous to you?

I am biker and my personal preference would be the tee with the girl wearing pants but I wanted to check in here to hear your thoughts.

Thanks for your time -
Kate

It really depends on the design. I think the dress could be a nice way to say that biking is more than dudes in lycra, but I think that Bike Geek would work fine for both genders, no need for -ette imo.

+1 on Geek being good for both genders

There's a thread on the boards about whether we'd ride in a short skirt or dress and I think the consensus was that many of us use bikes for more than exercise, but most of us don't ride in long skirts, or even short skirts.

When I take my bike out for non-workout stuff, I'm wearing shorts and a tank or t-shirt with my hair in a pony tail.

Roxy

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Originally Posted by kfalconer

does this whole "Bike Geekette" idea sound ridiculous to you?

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Well I remember being a child growing up in France ... and one of the many words for willy was very similar :P one Just a 'k' instead of the 'g' :D

Yep, I agree, drop the -ette and put her in pants.

Thank you, thank you for your replies. I would love more opinions but it definitely sounds like I should drop the 'ette' which is fine by me because the design would look a lot cleaner without it. So, "bike dude" in pants with pony tails. Any other opinions?

I agree geek is not gender specific. Can you link us to the current bike geek shirt? I could see shorts or skirt working, depends on styling...

Hi, here are the two designs. Keep in mind, they are work in progress.
he geek
she geek

Def. NOT bike dude with a woman in ponytails. Too confusing. It would be like putting a man in a skirt on a tshirt and saying bike chick???? Wuh?? Huh??

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Originally Posted by kfalconer

Hi, here are the two designs. Keep in mind, they are work in progress.
he geek
she geek

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Those are kinda cute!

Definitely don't like the skirt idea - I like the pony tails - the words 'bike dude' don't work with the pic. Hey could you make one with a chick (as in a little chicken - maybe a way cute little chicken) riding a bike that says 'biker chick' or something?

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Originally Posted by colleenbc

Definitely don't like the skirt idea - I like the pony tails - the words 'bike dude' don't work with the pic. Hey could you make one with a chick (as in a little chicken - maybe a way cute little chicken) riding a bike that says 'biker chick' or something?

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There is already a cycling chick T-shirt.
http://flirtees.ca/index.html

Hope you will offer a colour choice that is also clear and brighter..try to remember people with sallow/yellow/olive skin don't always look good in muddy/toned down earth colours. There is a whole horde of people with such skin tones that are joining the cycling ranks...every year. Demographics changin', including cycling!

I like the designs- very cute!!! I like the other designs I saw, too. :)