Merino wool cycling jerseys are Go!

After 2 months trading weve had a good go at the press, both national and local. Weve been on the telly, sold more than our estimation. All well and good, but now its starts to get a bit more serious! We now have to sell in this next month more than we have already done in the last 2.
Its a challenge, but we`re up to it. Shutt VR has some good stock, a great material in Dry-Wool and we are introducing new items. The Ladies Jersey will be with us in 3 weeks and shorts are being manufactured. I have a meeting this week regarding winter fabrics, so its all go on all fronts. Unlike the weather, which is raining as I look out of the window.
Legs still, sore so a steady Earlybird ride in the morning should get things sorted.

Cycling legs! They ache.

Legs ache at the end of the day. No matter what!. Small 20 mile ride, long and hard 120 mile sportive. They are all the same, unless you do both at below 10 mph then its really easy. But we dont do that do we? No, we bleeding well dont. My legs ache!

Team Shutt.CC at The Hampshire Hilly 100

Team Shuttvr.com had its first outing last Sunday inthe Hampshire Hilly 100. I went down to ride with our southern correspondant Peter `The Swan` Swann, in what turned out to be a cracking event. Fast start, puncture after 15 miles, big effort to get back on, blowing at 55, recovering at 65 then massive effort to make up the lost time on `The Swan` Who was instructed to "leave me to my fate". All on suprisingly hilly route, I know its called the Hilly 100 but I`m from Yorkshire and you know what we are like!
A top 10% place was talked of, but due to the puncture 8 mins were lost and this put me top 13% with the `The Swan` 10.5% I think. Minus the 8 mins and wed have been in our desired finishing positions. Still not bad for an old bloke and a bird and Gold standard was acheived.
We rode in team kit, Shutt No 5 White, which made us feel like a team, if nothing else, at least.

Its been busy, as you can tell from the date of the last post. Just the day to day running is more than enough to cope with. Its been a fantastic 2 months, so much so we've actually run out of jerseys and had to sew up more just for stock. The Bespoke service is in overdrive, bulk order designs are waiting to be approved and sewn. We introduced a new colour way, Shutt No 5 Black, Grey band and White shoulders which has already gone into its third run. Shorts are on the way once we get the flocking right, there`s a women's jersey being sewn for testing (ready for sale 3 weeks hopefully) and a new colour way Black with White band another No 5.

Let me find some time to write a blog every other day! Yeah right!!