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We have just come back from the Bristol GP, where we sponsored the women’s racing and exhibited in the race village. It was an extremely well run event, with a cracking atmosphere and even the sun came out. As a cycling clothing brand, it is great for us to put something back into the sport and help it grow and we look forward to coming back to Bristol in future years. With the work we have done developing our custom women’s cycling clothing range and in particular our patent pending halter neck shorts, we are particularly happy to get involved with supporting women’s racing.

Charlie even got to give the champagne out to the top three riders…

We get a lot of requests for charity cycling jerseys, particularly from the UK where charity cycle rides are so popular. So we have just launched a low cost custom cycling jersey which although it does not include any of the more advance features like mesh lycra side panels, silicone body grippers, carbon thread moisture control and so on, it is a fantastic basic custom cycling jersey. It is very sturdy, lightweight, prints with strong vibrant colours and has 3 back pockets like a standard jersey.

We are able to make these charity cycling jerseys for €19.90 each (ex VAT), based on an order of 100, which it makes it one of the most competitively priced jerseys on the market for a strong, reliable quality product coming from a reputable charity cycling jersey supplier. We can make smaller quantities, but the price would be higher.

Please contact us for more information.

We put in an a lot of work to constantly upgrade our fabrics and we have a new fabric, Ultra Power, for our cycling shorts. It is super soft, comfortable and breathable whilst offering an optimum degree of compression; it also allows us to print brilliant bright colours and the colours do not dull even when the Lycra is stretched. We have started using Ultra Power for our EVO custom cycling shorts and our patented female halterneck cycling bib shorts.

We are back this year to support the Race Around Ireland, one of the world’s most famous cycling challenges. It is 2100kms, which you need to finish within 5 and a half days – sleep is for the week and it loses you time. This year the race was overbooked and the 2016 race is already nearly booked up.
We made the custom cycling jerseys for the race and here you can see the solo competitors at the start presentation, trying to hide their fear with a carefree grin – it doesn’t fool us though.

The race starts in Trim in front of the castle and also serves as a qualification for the big daddy of endurance cycling racing, the Race Across America.

The Race Across America is the world’s toughest endurance cycle race – 3000 miles without stopping, to be finished within 12 days. Carvalho Custom sponsors Shusannah Pillinger’s custom cycling clothing, and she has just set off in her attempt to be the first British woman to finish. Last year she made it most of the way, but then fell asleep on her bike and broke her collarbone – I suppose we can forgive her that after spending 9 days riding 300 miles a day on a couple of hours sleep a day….!

You can follow the race at http://ridefarther.com/ and via her facebook page. There is also a good BBC article about her attempt here.

Best of luck to Shu and please show her your support on social media!

We have been getting our head down and doing some more product development here at Carvalho Custom – our latest piece of cutting edge technology is the Carbon Biofit custom cycling jersey. Using carbon fibre threads mixed in with microfibre allows us to have a super lightweight jersey that is still very strong, which makes it very resistant to threads being pulled and general wear and tear; meanwhile it has a very high wicking capacity (so it helps sweat to evaporate from your body), helps to regulate body heat and won’t stick to you when you start to get sweaty.

The perfect club cycling jersey has to be lightweight, soft to the touch, not cling to skin, hard-wearing, moisture and heat regulating and have an attractive appearance – we think we have pretty much done it all with this new fabric…. This new jersey will replace our current Bio-Cerâmica fabric, which has been a fantastic product for us, but we think the Carbon Biofit is even better!