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Pinning numbers on

Post by Tim » 22 Nov 2014 14:04

http://www.eventclip.net/Branded.html

Anyone else find putting holes in your Beacon kit an annoying experience when pinning numbers on at races/events?

It's £100 for 50 packs. Would there be 25 of us willing to pay £4 for two packs of these each in Beacon branding/colours? Or 12 of us willing to pay £8.30?

Or are they just not cool?!?

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Post by martin mc » 22 Nov 2014 15:16

Holes in expensive kit not cool, these seem a great idea. I'm going to order a single unbranded set first though Tim to see if they are any good.

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Post by martin mc » 22 Nov 2014 20:27

I've now looked at the web site & ordered a set of unbranded ones, look like saviour for expensive kit. If these really are that good & don't damge clothing at all maybe we could help fulfill minimum order by buying extra & sell them on when people sign on at Little Mountain Time Trial & club 10 Time trial.

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Post by Tim » 22 Nov 2014 21:46

Good idea. Hopefully they are decent

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Post by petemarshall » 23 Nov 2014 16:14

anybody seen with these on the front of Beacon Kit may face the wrath of the committee (hopefully) :twisted:

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Post by jdtate101 » 09 Dec 2014 22:43

Also look at Racedots. I got some by crowdfunding them when they started up, and have ued them on some TT's . They seem like a good option and are nice and strong too.

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Post by Tim » 19 Jan 2015 18:34

We're these any good Martin?

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Post by martin mc » 19 Jan 2015 19:38

I haven't used them in a race yet Tim, they seem secure enough & would be simple enough to use with a normal cycling shirt - not sure about a skinsuit though.

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Post by Tim » 19 Jan 2015 22:29

Ok thanks.

So order would be £99.50. So would need 25 of us willing to pay £3.98 for these in Beacon colours (would get you two packs to pin two numbers on).

Who's interested?

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Post by Mark Patton » 20 Jan 2015 08:27

count me in

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Post by John » 20 Jan 2015 13:13

Go for it.

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Post by toby » 20 Jan 2015 13:15

and me!

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Post by carl » 20 Jan 2015 18:43

I'm in aswell
Pain is temporary!

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Post by jdtate101 » 20 Jan 2015 21:49

I'm in.... x 2 packs

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Post by laurence_cooley » 20 Jan 2015 21:53

jdtate101 wrote:I'm in.... x 2 packs
What happened to the racedots, James?

I'm still a bit sceptical that these are going to work, but for that price I'll give them a go.

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Post by George » 21 Jan 2015 10:54

laurence_cooley wrote:I'm still a bit sceptical that these are going to work, but for that price I'll give them a go.
If they don't work, you have a nice set of little badges to wear on your shirt when teaching, Laurence. Win-win situation, really.

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Post by Philip Whiteman » 21 Jan 2015 12:24

Here is a suggestion. Paint the rear of your jersey with blackboard paint. The number can then be chalked onto the fabric. QED, no need for pins.

I'll get my coat.

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Post by Andy Terry » 21 Jan 2015 13:08

I'm going to patent a bluetooth-enabled jersey with an LED array embedded in the fabric. You set the number from your smartphone and/or Garmin.

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Post by Tim » 21 Jan 2015 14:07

Blackboard paint and led array sound heavy?!

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Post by Andy Terry » 21 Jan 2015 15:29

I'm going to propose numbering in binary so we'd only need, say, 8 leds across the jersey. That should weigh less than number and safety pins.

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Post by GrahamGamblin » 22 Jan 2015 18:31

There are only 10 kinds of people - those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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Post by Andy Terry » 22 Jan 2015 19:44

Of course, superstitious riders who draw 00001101 might want to wear it as 10110000.

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Post by George » 23 Jan 2015 10:39

GrahamGamblin wrote:There are only 10 kinds of people - those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Priceless!

More seriously, looking into the future, surely no one will need numbers at all, whether pinned, dotted, chalked or illuminated in fairy lights: timing will be by means of chip recognition... or by logging your Garmin/GPS enabled phone on to some web app monitored by the 'timekeeper'. In ten to twenty years, I bet numbers will evoke a similar response to alpaca jackets.

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Post by Andy Terry » 23 Jan 2015 10:56

George wrote: More seriously, looking into the future, surely no one will need numbers at all, whether pinned, dotted, chalked or illuminated in fairy lights: timing will be by means of chip recognition... or by logging your Garmin/GPS enabled phone on to some web app monitored by the 'timekeeper'. In ten to twenty years, I bet numbers will evoke a similar response to alpaca jackets.
Surely everyone will have an ID chip implanted at birth, and this will be automatically scanned at start and finish.

The more pessimistic forecast is that there won't be any time trials - they will be banned on A roads and all other roads will be in too poor a condition. Maybe then we will be dodging the law by racing at dawn on the A roads, in our alpaca jackets.

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Post by Cleggy » 05 Apr 2015 21:11

Yep, I'd like a set.

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