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So as an intro, with my birthday last year, I requested "No more Scotch whiskey, I already have enough to kill me 3 times over" 
...which gave my buddies a problem with how to get me to expedite my departure from the mortal coil
So, as an alternative, they gave me a trackday as a present
I had to take a rain check because I was facing bike maintenance and with my birthday late June, the only days available on track would be the end of summer
(With the climate here, not a positive outlook)
But also, because my old suit didn't suffice anymore
Over 10 years old, already a bad fit when I got it, regulations demanding a back protector made it impossible to use
So I figured, since I were to postpone it a year, I'd have enough time to get one tailored to fit, which I went out to do last week
Well, when you get a suit tailored, the sky is the limit, me never been able to leave well enough alone (I tinker with my gear, my bike, my computer, just to 'personalize' them), sounds like a dream come true
...but for me, the sky isn't the limit, my available funds ARE
Now I could have saved money by using a shop that employed foreign labour, but this gave the risk in the case of a mistake, that it would have to be sent overseas for correction
with no clear time on when I would finally have the finished product
This narrowed my choices to 2 domestic tailors around that did in-house production (fortunately, these 2 being the most prominent)
the shop I went to allowed me, on my budget, the choice out of 3 designs, with some extras:
Free choice of all available colors, perforated torso, 2 logos, name on back, 2 inside pockets
I had already worked out some designs based on my oldest hobby: Japanese Animation
But these were simply going to the extremes of what was possible, NOT what was feasible, tryouts to figure what I wanted to incorporate into the final result
(Imagine a tracksuit resembling this:
)
In the end, very little was used (I admit: mostly because of budget)
The color scheme certainly wasn't going to be that, I currently got a Black/maroon colored bike, and who knows what color a future bike will be, so I opted for neutral colors
(which still had ties to the above image as in having a 'stealth' color scheme released in toy variant, but only the true nerds would know that )
Luckily I managed to get the most identifying aspects incorporated, and can add some more details in the future if I wish
After the shop sent me the first draft of the design, I did one revision, which the tailor gave 2 possibilities on, and it finally came down to this one which will be ready in about 8 weeks
...which gave my buddies a problem with how to get me to expedite my departure from the mortal coil
So, as an alternative, they gave me a trackday as a present
I had to take a rain check because I was facing bike maintenance and with my birthday late June, the only days available on track would be the end of summer
(With the climate here, not a positive outlook)
But also, because my old suit didn't suffice anymore
Over 10 years old, already a bad fit when I got it, regulations demanding a back protector made it impossible to use
So I figured, since I were to postpone it a year, I'd have enough time to get one tailored to fit, which I went out to do last week
Well, when you get a suit tailored, the sky is the limit, me never been able to leave well enough alone (I tinker with my gear, my bike, my computer, just to 'personalize' them), sounds like a dream come true
...but for me, the sky isn't the limit, my available funds ARE
Now I could have saved money by using a shop that employed foreign labour, but this gave the risk in the case of a mistake, that it would have to be sent overseas for correction
with no clear time on when I would finally have the finished product
This narrowed my choices to 2 domestic tailors around that did in-house production (fortunately, these 2 being the most prominent)
the shop I went to allowed me, on my budget, the choice out of 3 designs, with some extras:
Free choice of all available colors, perforated torso, 2 logos, name on back, 2 inside pockets
I had already worked out some designs based on my oldest hobby: Japanese Animation
But these were simply going to the extremes of what was possible, NOT what was feasible, tryouts to figure what I wanted to incorporate into the final result
(Imagine a tracksuit resembling this:
)In the end, very little was used (I admit: mostly because of budget)
The color scheme certainly wasn't going to be that, I currently got a Black/maroon colored bike, and who knows what color a future bike will be, so I opted for neutral colors
(which still had ties to the above image as in having a 'stealth' color scheme released in toy variant, but only the true nerds would know that
)Luckily I managed to get the most identifying aspects incorporated, and can add some more details in the future if I wish
After the shop sent me the first draft of the design, I did one revision, which the tailor gave 2 possibilities on, and it finally came down to this one which will be ready in about 8 weeks
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