Favorite T-Shirts

I rarely wear anything other than a t-shirt.  They are usually cheap and always easy to deal with.  I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but I seldom go anywhere that requires much more.

I'm pretty specific when it comes to prints, though.  I tend to go for simple, verbage-centric designs, with the less colors the better.  I also avoid anything that is over the top or remotely tough guy looking (i.e. Affliction) like the plague.  Which is funny, because I design and manufacture these sorts of tee's for clients all the time.

The truth is I probably have not worn a t-shirt that I've made since the mid nineties, and it was probably either a Radiohead or Oasis t-shirt (Note to EMZ:  This is when I liked music).

Anyway, here are 4 of my current favorites.

Bianchi

I just got this tee recently and I love it.  I ride a Bianchi, but even if I didn't I would like this tee regardless.  It's a pretty cool looking retro print.  And I've also always been a sucker for maroon.  It must be because I lived right next to Boston College for so many years.

By the way, it's good that I ride a Bianchi, because if I didn't I might not be able to wear this shirt.  I have rules.  It's complicated.

Outspoke-n

This is the shop tee for Outspoke-n bike shop here in Huntington Beach.  It's a fairly new shop, and though they are still working hard to get their product assortment right, they've built a great retail experience in terms of shop decor and staff.  Everyone who works there is super cool, and the mechanic is great.  I've been taking my bikes there a few months now.

They don't actually know it yet, but they will be sponsoring me next year when I do Ironman Hawaii 70.3.

 

Runner's High

This is a tech tee from a local running shop called Runner's High and is pretty much my go-to tee for running.  I have the same design in red as well.  It's simple.  I probably would have capitalized that "H" in "high", but that's just me.  And since endurance sports is the only way I'll ever get "high" again, the tee has a nice personal motivational message built right in.

The downside is that Runner's High is not a Newton dealer, which complicates things somewhat.  But I give them my business when I can.

Obey

Though I'm not a huge fan of most "California Couture" lines like RVCA, Paul Frank and Howe, I've always been a Shepard Fairey fan.  So I think think the Obey stuff is cool, as long as it's simple.

I met Shepard when he was an art student in Providence.  He would come up to Boston to skate and go to shows.  Somewhere I have a hand made silk screen of Andre The Giant on a piece of really hideous looking wallpaper.  I wonder if it's worth anything?

Need A New T-Shirt??

Last year I almost started a multi-sport clothing company. That was until my current boss convinced me to stay on the music side of the apparel business and recruited me to join him. Ironically, he used to run the Avia running shoe company. Funny how things work out.

But before I put the project aside, I had some promo tees printed up:


I thought of the saying "Free Yourself" in traffic on the freeway one afternoon. Shocking, huh? That said, people ask me where I got the shirt all the time. I have unisex sizes XS-XL. They are 100% cotton 30/1 fabric (that means probably a little nicer than the shirt you got at your last race). The shirts where printed at my friends shop around the corner.

Want one? Well all you have to do is leave 5 really nice comments on my blog between now and whenever you can think of 5 really nice things to say. Only 1 comment per post will count. I can't 100% guarantee I'll have your size, but we'll work something out if not.

If I get a message from someone I don't know who said that you told them my blog was rad and that they should follow it, you only have to leave 2 comments to get a shirt.

I'll cover the shipping, and I don't care where you live. When I run out of tees, it's over.

I love going to the post office to mail stuff so let the games begin...