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Personal Fitness Studio Custom Cycling Kit

We made some fantastic looking custom cycling kit for Personal Fitness Studio in the UK – it took a long time to get the design just perfect, but that is what we are here for! This design has come out so well as they have used a small number of colours, carrying a single theme throughout the design, together with and an unfussy logo, which is always the best way to go

Personal Fitness are a London based personal training outfit, specialising in cycling. They take on beginners to experienced cyclists and will whip you into cycling shape as well as sorting out bike fitting and helping you to get all the right equipment you need (including of course their Carvalho Custom clothing!).
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We can distribute your charity cycling jerseys for you!

If you would like to organise some jerseys for a charity cycling event or similar and have to take orders from many individuals and post out a load of kit, why not let us take the strain?

We can take orders from individuals taking part in your event, receive payment from them and then distribute the kit. All you have to do is decide a design and then put your feet up and put the kettle on….

Our standard charges are EUR3.50 per dispatch for one item and then EUR2.00 for each extra item added. In order to get our standard prices, we will have to ask that at least 10 of each item are ordered. If you would like to raise some money for your charity through the sale of the clothing then we can organise this too.

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Southdown Velo custom cycling kit

We have been supplying Southdown Velo in Chichester for 5 years now with their custom cycling kit- they are a model club that has worked really hard to develop their more serious racing side with riders such as Toby Neave, winner of the Portsmouth-DHCyclesport circuit series, as well having really strong children’s, female and more ‘social’ sections. We have worked really hard to develop our female range of clothing over the last few months, adding a new female chamois and new female cuts to non bib shorts and jerseys/jackets and we also supply a full range of childrens sizes.

As with a lot of good clubs, they have a very strong relationship with a local bike shop, Geared Bikes and Wear ,who sponsor the club and offer members discounts and of course they get to put their logo on the legendary Southdown Velo cycling jerseys!

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Elena Maslova wins Dublin Duathlon

We have been supplying Wheelworx in Dublin with custom cycling and triathlon kit for 4 years now and they have become one of the leading forces in Irish triathlon. One of their top female athletes is Elena Maslova, who is having a fantastic 2009.

Here she is on her way to winning the Dublin duathlon series wearing our custom short tri top and custom running briefs.

Silicone leg grippers

We have moved to silicone leg grippers (and indeed for all the grippers we use, for example on custom arm warmers). Silicone is great to use as it sticks better than rubberised elastic and also gives great stretchability so that it does not constrict.

For those who are not familiar with silicone, it is a band that runs along the gripper that will not slip on the skin, so preventing shorts from riding up. There are a lot of options available for silicone and one of the key factors is finding one that is durable when washed in washing machines (the cheaper ones will peel and crack). We went through an extensive test period with ours and we are confident it is the best available on the market in terms of comfort, funcationality and durability. We always welcome feedback, so if you have been wearing them, let us know what you think!

Baby cycling jersey

With some spectacular bad timing, Nicole and Charlie who run the front end of Carvalho Custom between them, managed to have babies within a couple of months of each other. To commemorate this fact (and in the interest of promoting cycling to younger generations) we have brought out some baby size cycling jerseys in sky blue and a more unisex dark blue and pink.

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We managed to get Salvador to agree to model his new jersey, (although he wouldn’t extend to smiling for the photo). It is an exact replica of our full size cycling jerseys, made out of the same microfibre and with three back pockets for him to carry his gels and rain gilet. They do make an incredibly cute gift to offer a cycling-mad friend who has just had a baby!

These jerseys are available to buy at €24.10 each plus €5 postage. We sometimes sell these mini cycling jerseys for teams to hand out to sponsors and for other promotional activities so if you are interested in having some made, please get in touch.

This is the Carvalho Custom pink & blue baby cycling jersey, modeled by the absolutely gorgeous Scarlett! You can buy now below the pink and blue version, for other versions, please contact us. To buy the baby cycling jersey click here

Les Veloistes Gentils cycling jerseys

Les Veloistes Gentiles are a group of friends who ride together round France periodically. This year they took on the Pyrenees, including the Tourmalet. A great idea if you can convince some more sap to follow you round in a truck with your bags in the back.

If you have never taken on some proper cycling mountains in the Alps or Pyrenees, you have to go one day. I think a lot of riders think they will never make it up, given the kind of rides they normally train on, but my experience of working as a guide in some big mountains is that it is astounding what a bit of application and a very small gear can do for you when faced with the steep stuff. There are now lots of organisations which also organise these kind of trips such as Veloventoux and Pyractif which can make sure your trip runs smoothly.

Help for Heroes Custom cycling jerseys

We were very proud to supply 1000 jerseys to Help for Heroes for their annual charity ride round the battle fields of Northern France, having already supplied them for their first ride in 2008. We suply quite a large number of charity cycling jerseys, but this has to be one of the most deserving causes.

If you would like to raise some money in a cycling event for Help for Heroes, wearing a Help for Heroes cycling jersey, then you can contact them via their site as they have some in stock.

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.

Please note that we also supply semi-custom cycling jerseys with much lower set up fees (€90) than for a full custom design, should you be thinking of doing another charity cycle ride and would like to get some kit made.We were very proud to supply 1000 jerseys to Help for Heroes for their annual charity ride round the battle fields of Northern France, having already supplied them for their first ride in 2008. We suply quite a large number of charity cycling jerseys, but this has to be one of the most deserving causes.

If you would like to raise some money in a cycling event for Help for Heroes, wearing a Help for Heroes cycling jersey, then you can contact them via their site as they have some in stock.

Custom cycling kit for Russia

We are very proud to have our first Russian client for custom cycling clothing, Skisport, in St Petersburg. We now sell kit all round the world, including the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, France, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Norway and Holland – we do not use distributors, but sell directly from Portugal, so cutting out the middle man and the 30% margin they stick on top!

Skisport were kind enough to send us their own unique take on cycling photography:

If you have any photos wearing our kit, please send them in and see if you can give Irina (above) a run for her money!

Wheelworx custom ladies tri suits

We have been supplying Wheelworx in Dublin with custom cycling and tri clothing for 3 years now – as well as being Dublin’s leading triathlon shop, they are also one of the leading tri teams in Ireland.

They are having a fantastic season and have just had a one, two in the female Triathy Olympic distance, with Aileen Morrison winning and Elena Maslova coming second. You can see Aileen above in T2 wearing our new custom female trisuit.

Elena obviously hadn’t had sufficient work out, so after the race she had a couple of Powerbars, towelled herself down and jumped back in the water to win the Sprint distance. She would probably have run the 80 kms back to Dublin after sinking a couple of pints to celebrate her victory if they hadn’t bundled her into the van…..