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pootsmanuva

Some nice new kit from Morvelo and Kinoko lately - anything in female cuts? Of course not.

Tbf Morvelo did a very limited range of ladies kit to go with the latest release but literally a couple of options and not great at that.

Same old, same old. It's really not that difficult people!

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Yukirin in reply to @pootsmanuva

Can cycle tops be tailored? What would the cost be? (genuine question, I have no idea what the going rate is these days, especially in London and if it can be done at all)
Would you get a deal if you had 5 tops altered at once?
Although I understand the argument that you shouldn't have to resort to that.

(if it's not been done) Might be worth getting a petition together and passing it around the club's and presenting it the stores. Surely enough names should trigger sone investment?

Or start sending weekly letters and organising sit ins akin to the new look +size demonstrations

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branwen in reply to @Yukirin

I think @bothwell did that for the Sharkpits, I think she said it was a success but might be best to ask her, and how much effort it was
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pootsmanuva in reply to @Yukirin

If I'm spending upwards of £70 on some clothing I don't want to be spending more money to make it fit. Can you imagine if the menz had to do that? There would be outrage!

And I tried to hassle Morvelo/The Ride Journal into doing their kit in a ladies size via the old twitters and they gave me the old "there isn't demand" schtick but they needed a silly small amount of females who said they would buy the kit to do a re-run and I surpassed that number easily in getting names. Nothing happened though.

And you'd hope people behind the "Women's Cycling" magazine would get behind/organise such a campaign but recent features have included "why & how you should ride your bike in the dark" and "should you ride your bike when you've got your period" oh, and then there's the double spread page EVERY EDITION about how your star sign influences your riding style.

But yes, rant aside, you make very salient points/ideas about maybe getting clubs involved - could maybe pester the Mule Bars Girls to get behind it too...thanks!
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ChainBreaker in reply to @Yukirin

You can have them altered

Bothwell is right, i had to have the arms in my cylcing top let out.
If you find a normal tailor, im sure they could do it for the cost that they would do a work shirt. I would suggest supplying the material for the change if youre adding material as they will probably not have cycling specific material.

But to be honest, i have no idea what the discussions about.

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