How can you say no?

[maillotpois]

Yeah - that kid jersey is great. The rest looks like it came from Fredericks of Hollywood or something.

[SouthernBelle]

But there is some twit who wants to ride around looking like a mobile hooker. If Castelli doesn't sell any of that crap, they deserve what they get. JMHO.

I tend to go for rather plain jerseys. At least no flowers or boob handprints.

[Susan Otcenas]

I have sooooo enjoyed reading your comments.

Some "inside" info for you: I asked the Pearl folks about the colors on the Big Bird jersey, because I thought they could have made better color and design choices, especially with something as fun as Big Bird. Turns out they had no design control over the piece at all. The color and design was dictated by the sesame street folks.

As a childless workaholic, I haven't seen Sesame Street in decades. Perhaps the color and design scheme ties into a current theme on show. Anyone know?

In general, we're seeing a lot of green for 2007 and the whole retro thing is going strong, so I won't be surprised if we sell a fair number.

On the Castelli Cuore Jersey, I think it's different strokes for different folks. You'll see that piece on TE sometime in the next few weeks. We bought 15 or so pieces, as I recall. Castelli's headquarters are right here in Portland, so we speak with them alot. The National Sales Manager told me that jersey was very strongly received in several regions of the U.S. One of the things I really appreciate about Castelli is that they are one of the few companies willing to go out on a limb, style-wise. Alot of companies play it pretty safe. Castelli isn't afraid to take a risk now and then. It certainly creates some buzz!

Susan

[SadieKate]

It's interesting, Susan. 100% of the men I've spoken to like the Cuore jersey. I think someone tall and lean could carry it off. I think it is very striking but the person who wears it needs to be very careful.

[SadieKate]

And just how big does that darling kid's jersey come?

[Bluetree]

I don't dislike the Cuore jersey as much as I do a lot of the other ones on the Castelli site (the Maya jersey is nice). In fact, if I had a ride on Valentine's Day I would love to wear it... but that's only one day. I can't see spending $100+ on a novelty item.
It's no wonder that men find the jersey attractive, Sadie. When I was looking through the Castelli site, I kept thinking to myself, "I bet a bunch of men designed these!"

[Susan Otcenas]

And just how big does that darling kid's jersey come?

There's no sizing chart for the children's jersey on Castelli's website. There isn't one in the dealer catalog either. Sorry I can't be more helpful!

Susan

[emily_in_nc]

I was looking at this thread at work, in Ghostzilla (highly recommended for stealth web browsing, btw). It grays out all the pictures, so I was looking at them all in grayscale. I actually thought the Big Bird jersey looked kinda cute, til I got home and saw the colors!!! Gag!! And I even have a green hardtail and like green, but no, no, I had enough of those color combos in the 70s!

As for the jersey with a heart, in grayscale, I couldn't see the white part at all -- it just looked like a bustier! I was scratching my head trying to figure out how anyone could wear that cycling! No straps?!?! I got a laugh when I saw it in the flesh! I can see wearing it for V-day, but that's it!

And the shorts are F-UGLY! What WERE they thinking?? Any guy with dark body hair, which seems to be most of them, it's going to show through like crazy once they get sweaty! TMI, anyone?!

Make it stop, please!!!

Emily