Ashcan

My new clothing brand based in Australia.

Check it out at www.ashcancollection.com

Ride Above,
Fresh

It's not exactly Rapha is it?

He definitely should've gone to Specsavers.

Does he have a gun?

I'm betting on 'no'.

he looks like that dude off the Lynx ad!

Looks shit

should say "This is my t-shirt"

nice little logo you've got going on there fella

don't listen to Pisti, he's more of a Stone Island casual :^]

Harsh all this, because its your initiative and maybe you've sunk a bit of cash in and stuff. So I'll try to be constructive(ish). There's nothing very appealing to me about the t-shirt. Its very inyaface and not particularly clever. Have you spent any time looking at the quality of the some of the t-shirt designs out there, some of which have originated from this community? Maybe its a culture thing, but I think something more subtle would go down better. I like your blog and the fact that you guys are well into cycling though. Keep it up.

I'm sure Verbs&nouns will be over the moon about his likeness to the guy in the lynx ads.

Pisti - What is your major malfunction numbnut?!

BDW - Cheers.

Olly - Thank you for the honest, constructive criticism. Seriously. The intention was always there to be 'inyaface'. I knew the shirt would have a 'mixed reaction'. No t-shirt is going to be to everybody's taste. I have a few designs to release in the future which are very varied and there are some which are a lot more subtle and which, I hope, will appeal to a wider audience.

Regardless if the comments are harsh or not, AU$50 (best part of £30) is a lot of money for a T-Shirt.
Otherwise keep up the good work, had a wee look on the blog, liking your work.

For what it's worth I kinda like it, but I don't really understand the slogan? What's it actually saying? I don't really like the gun reference, especially when the context is ambiguous/unclear.

I agree with BDW BTW, great logo. Good shit Doug, get that ball rolling son!

Full Metal Jacket innit

jaw - I'm a big boy I can take it.

$50 is kind of a standard price for a t-shirt in Australia. There are a lot that are 70 and up.

SP - Thanks.

Olly - beat me to it! The 'gun' is his cock.

A reference to 'having balls'. Here in Aus, esp in Adelaide, you are 100% going to receive verbal abuse by people every time you are seen riding a bike. There's also a high chance that you will get hit by a car, by accident or even on purpose. The shirt is kind of a big 'fuck off' to the huge numbers of anti-cycling public we meet on a day-to-day basis.

Oooh, as in "this is my rifle, this is my gun"?

$50 was never standard price for a t-shirt.

SP - Correct sir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU0XCVey_U

Hippy - True I'm afraid. You're not going to get much for under $40.

My Hard Yakka t-shirts were a lot cheaper.

good kit that H.Y didnt fall apart on ya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi7T_d7wFO0&feature=related

Awesome ads. Only better were the original VB ones.

still wearing my r.m williams moleskins (sometimes)
12 years old and look the same as they did when I bought em,
good kit

I'm liking it Dougie. I wouldn't wear it personally as it's a bit too (as peeps say) inyerface for me but it's ace nonetheless. Love the logo and I'll definitely be checking out future designs. Hope Oz is treating ya well buddy.

I got the FMJ reference straight away. I like it, though I don't really wear bike referencing T's so probably wouldn't pick one up. All the best with it!

'I bet your the kinda guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the god damned common courtesy to give him a reach around.

I'll be watching you.'