June 2011 - Carvalho Custom

Pamplona Capital Management custom tri kit

We make lots of custom cycling and triathlon kit for corporate teams from the financial sector – the big cheeses who circulate money round the global financial system also seem to be very competitive when they get their hands on a bike! Over the last year or so we have supplied among others, HSBC, ING, I-Shares, ICAP, Deloittes and Pamplona Capital Mangament (picture below).

custom ladies tri suit

The Pamplona Capital Management team seem to get around the triathlon race circuit a bit and judging by the photos they are in pretty good shape so there has to be a suspicion that (perish the thought) some of them might prefer to be out training than sitting behind their desks making squillions. [Note to Pamplona Capital Management CEO – your staff come up with all their best ideas when they are out training in the fresh air, so perhaps you should make triathlon compulsory for all your employees?].

Mirjam Weerd gets second in Salzburg triathlon

We have been supplying Mirjam Weerd and her pro Dutch triathlon team Davilex with kit for a couple of years. Mirjam turned full time pro in 2010 and she is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in the sport, but a fierce competitor. She just came second in the Salzburh tri (Olympic Distance), which is pretty impressive for an Ironman specialist!

custom ladies tri suit

Here she is wearing our custom ladies tri suit, looking in fantastic shape on the run. Keep up the training Mirjam, just one step up the podium next time….

Swedish Tri Champs Winners’ Jerseys

We were very proud to sponsor the winners’ jerseys for the Swedish Triathlon championships in Hallsta, which was won by Annie Thorén and Andreas Schilling pictured here wasting perfectly good champagne on the podium. We are committed to growing our brand in Sweden for both custom cycling and triathlon clothing and it is great to put something back into the sport by sponsoring clothing for events such as this and supporting top athletes like Per Wangel.

Photo: Jockim Axelsson

Carvallho Custom är stolta över att sponsra de Svenska & Nordiska Mästerskapen i Hallstahammar. Tävlingarna vanns av Annie Thorén (Sverige) and Andreas Schiling (Danmark). PÅ bilden ser ni Annie och Andreas stoltserar och spurtar champagne.

Carvallho Custom åtar sig och hoppas på att deras varumärke växer både inom cykling och triathlonkläder. Vi jobbar också gärna aktivt med att stötta evenemang i Sverige och ge något tillbaka till idrotten och utövarna. Vi sponsrar bland annat den lovande talangen Per Wangel som under hela 2011 kommer träna och tävla i vår kollektion som vi specialgjort.

High visibility lettering for custom cycling jackets

Alberto Contador just got nicked by the French police for riding through the ‘dark’ tunnels going up the Galibier without being sufficiently visible:

The Spaniard was undergoing specialist training on the descent of the Galibier pass in the Alps for the mountain stages of the Tour when a policeman brought him to a halt.
Spokesman Jacinto Vidarte said the officer told the three-times Tour winner that he was not visible enough on a road that snakes through dark tunnels.
Vidarte told Associated Press that Saxo Bank rider Contador argued that his team’s cars were lighting his way sufficiently, but was forced to give up and “put his bike in the car”.

high visibility custom cycling jacket

Don’t you just love a self-important policeman? Saxobank should have come to Carvalho Custom for their kit as we can produce high visibility graphics and lettering on the backs of custom cycling jackets and even jerseys, so that you light up like a Christmas tree.

Help for Heroes make £100m

We have been very proud to supply Help for Heroes with custom cycling jerseys for their annual Big Battlefield Bike Ride and this year their arrival in Paris coincided with them reaching £100m of fundraising.

help for heroes cycling jerseys

They are determined to carry on fund raising and it is difficult to think of a more worthy cause, and their success really reflects the depth of support there is in the UK for our soldiers. Long may it continue!

We have some stock of Help for Heroes cycling jerseys priced at 15 euros + VAT each – please click here to buy online or contact us if you are interested.We have been very proud to supply Help for Heroes with custom cycling jerseys for their annual Big Battlefield Bike Ride and this year their arrival in Paris coincided with them reaching £100m of fundraising.

help for heroes cycling jerseys

They are determined to carry on fund raising and it is difficult to think of a more worthy cause, and their success really reflects the depth of support there is in the UK for our soldiers. Long may it continue!

Bike lane protest film!

This New Yorker was fined for riding outside of a bike lane and made a movie about it to prove his point that riding in the bike lane is not always possible or safe….

In all seriousness, it is unbelievably irritating when you see some kind of token cycle lane painted on a pavement or the side of the road, often with numerous fixed obstructions like bollards, phone boxes or whatever in the way and curbs to hop. Either make a proper bike lane that is safe and easy for us to ride on or let us take our chances on the open road. Rant over.