TE Jerseys: When will the 2010 Contest Jerseys be Availible?

[Artista]

Please excuse the paint paraphenalia in the background - our house is a construction disaster area right now!

I'm wearing a medium here. Typically in bike clothes, I'm a medium or a small. In regular clothes, almost always a small on top. This is a really well done jersey! It'll look much better with bike shorts, a bike and a sunny day!

Love it! I may have to get one. Thanks for the pic.

[Susan Otcenas]

The Pure Bliss Jersey is indeed from the second design contest we had. The artwork submitted to us during the contest was quite a bit different that the final production piece, however. We liked specific elements of the submitted artwork, and liked the color scheme, but the overall design needed work. So, we sent the art files off to Primal and the jersey you see online now is the end result. We're really pleased with how it came out! The rest of the designs on the new TE jerseys are NOT from the design contest. We used artwork obtained elsewhere for those, then worked with Primal to make jerseys out of them. All the designs are absolutely gorgeous, even prettier in person than the photos suggest. And you may think me biased, I know, but I think the fit is excellent. Non-binding armhole openings, non gathered waist (yet still beautifully tailored), etc. The fit is the same as all the other Primal Jerseys we carry and the very very low return rate we experience on their jerseys lead us to believe that almost all our customers are happy with the fit.

[GLC1968]

The fit is the same as all the other Primal Jerseys we carry and the very very low return rate we experience on their jerseys lead us to believe that almost all our customers are happy with the fit.

I was really pleasantly surprised at the fit! I have tried primal jersey's in the past and didn't like them, but this one is clearly very different and I'm super thrilled. My only issue is that the zipper is quite stiff and for someone like me (ie, without a lot of bust to fill it), it fits a little weird in the front. It kind of bows out a little where my boobs should be filling it. I'm hopeful that the zipper material will soften some with time and kind of relax. In the overall picture though, it's minor.

The armholes, shoulders, waist and hem are fantastic!

Did you happen to consider doing a sleeveless version?

[Susan Otcenas]

Short answer, no we didn't consider sleeveless. We did do a tank in one design, but no sleeveless. We'd either need to use a different vendor OR work with Primal on pattern development, because Primal does not currently have a stock sleeveless pattern. I'm sure we could develop one with them, but in this case, we wanted to get these done before the summer was up which precluded pattern development. Perhaps for 2013. (Thanks for the zipper feedback. Will pass it on to Primal. I didn't notice it myself, but my girls have no trouble filling out the jersey... ;-)

[Artista]

I 2nd the request for sleeveless jerseys. Long sleeve, custom, print jerseys would be nice, too.

[Kiwi Stoker]

Thank goodness it's true. I thought I might of being going nuts!

[Catrin]

I didn't know the designs were available yet! Hopefully there will still be some in spring - I've already been through my 2012 bike clothing budget I've not been impressed by the fit of Primal before since I, well, have boobs - but with TE in charge of the design that took care of that

I third the request for sleeveless and long sleeve if you can do it. I don't know about others but I don't wear jerseys with sleeves in the summer - tanks or sleeveless only for me in the heat.