TGI-Saturday: A Holiday Wallet Story: Patryk's Burnin' Rubber Piccola Wallet

Thanks Patryk.

all photos Red Dots Cycling

During the holidays we received this well worn and loved Piccola wallet from Patryk of Nelson, BC.

He sent us his wallet for repair. This wallet originates from the time before we changed our name to Red Dots Cycling so we believe it's 3-4 years old. Patryk requested that we 'stitch it so I could get another few years of good times out of it.' It warms us that this wallet is so well used, apparent is the fabric and stitching has worn through. And, the rubber has also soften considerably. Amazingly our homemade printed 'Galsudio' label has remained in tact. Unfortunately, we no longer are able to make rubber products in our tiny studio. We love Patryk's story so much we decided to gift him one of the last remaining Piccola wallets we have in stock. 

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year Patryk may you have good times out of it! 

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We are busy working on re-branding our logo, new website and blog. As we are all about handmade, changes will take time. We promise it won't take too long. Stay tune!

TGIF: Black Friday Free Shipping

TGI... Black Friday! 

Free Shipping on everything in our online shop... now until December 1 (Cyber Monday).


Also, our recycle inner tube wallets are on sale... while quantities last.

Enjoy your shopping.

TGIF: What's on our worktable, Black Week Rubber Sale & Hampsten Cycles

What's on our worktable.

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Carolle and I will be busy this weekend with custom cap orders.

Piccola Bike Inner Tube Wallet

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It's not Black Friday anymore, it's Black week and that means all recycled inner tube rubber wallets are drastically reduced to clear. 

Smart Wallet

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via Hampsten Cycles

The other day I checked our Facebook page and discovered Hampsten Cycles has 'Liked' us. We are honored. The image above is Andy Hampsten on his way to his first Giro stage victory; Stage 20, 1985 Giro d'ltalia.

Richard

TGIF: Having A Rubber Clearance Sale

Piccola Wallet

photo Red Dots Cycling

Christmas is around the corner and we have the perfect stocking stuffer...

Ride on over to our, 'Having A Rubber Clearance Sale.' That's right. All of our handy, recycled, rubber inner tube wallets must go... while quantities last. This will be the end of our inner tube products and all sales final.

Piccola wallets.

Smart wallet.

Smart Wallet

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Happy shopping!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!: Use Coupon Code FREESHIPPING

Falling for Mont Royal

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Today's Thanksgiving Day.

We are offering free shipping world wide on everything in our shop.

At checkout just use coupon code: FREESHIPPING

Valid for today only.

New & Final Batch Of Inner Tube Wallets

Piccola Bike Inner Tube Wallet

photo Red Dots Cycling

We decided to make available, one last time, a final batch of new recycled inner tube wallets. Why? Our small studio is not big enough to accommodate the space needed to wash, prepare, store and produce rubber inner tube products. Have a look at our inner tube wallets here. We've included quite a fun, colorful choice of fabric patterns to choose from. If we can find a larger space required to produce our inner tube products, we'll bring them back. Enjoy our last batch of wallets... once they're gone they're gone!

Hint: With Christmas around the corner the recycled inner tube Piccola Wallets will make great stocking stuffers!

Compact and practical to store your cards and some bills.

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TGIF: Labour Day 24/24 Sale

Labour Day long weekend is upcoming here. Carolle and I will take the Monday September 1 off from work and to celebrate the holiday we will have a 24 hr sale - that's 24% off on your next purchase of everything in our shop!


 For 24 hours only, starting on Aug. 31 Midnight PDT - Sept. 1 Midnight PDT - at checkout use coupon code: LABOUR24 


Have fun shopping!

TGIF: Beer Of Our Day & Our Machine Is Back

New brims ready for the new caps - due out very soon!

photo Red Dots Cycling

TGIF!

We're extra happy today. Whilst it's Friday, it's sushi day and our beer of choice today is Vancouver's own - Stanley Park Belgian style pilsner. Hit's the spot!

Why are we happy? Richard picked up our repaired Pfaff machine and our production is returning back to normal. You have all been amazing waiting patiently for our new cycling cap. We're busy putting the finishing touches on them and they will be available very soon. Thank you!

Hits the spot!

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And, don't forget with every order you will receive (1) Free limited edition 100th Tdf inner tube wallet, with our compliments. Hurry now ...while quantities last.

Enjoy le Tour everyone!

Carolle

Vive le Tour de France Offer

100th TdF inner tube wallet

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We have a Tour de France offering...

We have a small amount (a dozen) of 100th TdF inner tube wallets remaining from last year. This is a special limited edition and made to commemorate the 100th Tour de France. This wonderful wallet is amazingly light and the recycled rubber will look better with age. These wallets are handy and designed to hold some bill notes and some cards. Each unique pouch measures approximately 4 1/2” X 6” open and  4 1/2” X 3" folded and include unique embroidery and French ribbon.

Starting today as a special limited time offer, while quantities last..

with every order we will include... (1) bonus 100th TdF inner tube wallet at no extra cost!

Note: We use recycled inner tubes - all wallets will be slightly different and not exactly as shown.

Go ahead and make your purchase and we will include one handy 100th TdF inner tube wallet with your order. Vive le Tour de France!

Sorry, that's my money and credit card - not included!

Richard

Happy Easter Sale!

Yes our Tifosi cycling cap is on sale!

photo Red Dots Cycling

Get ready for the new cycling season...

How about one of our unique handmade cycling caps? It's Easter and Spring is here. We're having an Easter weekend sale on all regular stock items in store.. Just use coupon code: EASTER20 for 20% Off until April 22.

25% Off on Selected Discontinued Cycling Caps & Wallets!

Le Tour 100 special edition embroidered cycling cap

now on sale!

photo Red Dots Cycling

We have a Sale!

It's a new year, and we have a few cycling caps and wallets that are discontinued. We are in the process of designing the new Spring/Summer cycling cap collection and we need to clear our shelves.  

We have taken 25% off on selected items to make your shopping experience fast and painless - so go ahead and order. Quantities are limited, once it's gone it's... GONE!

Check out our shop section...

SALE 25%

Richard

Sneak Peek: Musette Drygoods... Upcoming Soon!

photos Red Dots Cycling

On my ride to UBC, I stopped at Musette Caffe today to have a look to see if the shop is open. The shop looks great and our products are set and raring to go.

The word is they will have a movie night to launch the Drygoods shop... upcoming.

Our caps, wallets, pouches & my Cyclingart cards are raring to go and we are
excited!

Musette Caffe

Richard

Keep Pedalling Our Piccola Wallets From Manchester

Thanks Shona!

We are very proud to re-supply our fun and colorful Piccola wallets to Keep Pedalling in Manchester, UK!

Keep Pedalling

TGIF: In Praise For The Panzer

photo Red Dots Cycling

TGIF is the day for a tribute to my Pfaff 96 sewing machine affectionately dubbed, 'the Panzer.' 

We're currently producing a small batch of Piccolo inner tube pouches for a special order for a UK bike shop, and enjoying it with the help from the Panzer. I use it especially for rubber. I have much praise for this all mechanical machine. My Panzer can handle almost anything - effortlessly sewing through the tough rubber. It's super strong. After a session I take care to clean and lubricate it ... ready for more inner tubes. 

It's wonderful!

Carolle

TGIF: tdf 100 Wallet featured on minimalwallet & nous aimons le Tour!

Our new tdf 100 Piccola Wallet

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This morning we received an email from Dave of minimal wallet, "an independent site and not affiliated with any individual manufacturer." We are happy he showcased our new tdf 100 Piccola inner tube wallet on his site.

'We love wallets that are not only minimal, well designed and most importantly look good. You have to live with your wallet 8 - 10 hours a day, so love it and carry it with pride.'

- Dave, minimalwallet.net

Thanks Dave.

La Francaise.

Update:

We are almost finished production and will re-stock the popular La Francaise cycling caps!  

Congratulations, today, to Mark Cavendish for winning his 25th Tour stage and for keeping the tradition of wearing the cycling cap alive and well! Here's Cav post-stage and looking great - on twitter we love the hashtag... #capsnothats

New: Recycled Bike Inner Tube Smart Wallet

Recycled Bike Inner Tube Smart Wallet

All Photos: Red Dots Cycling.

We first introduced the Smart Wallet, last Christmas, during a craft show. It was so popular it sold out.  Now, it's back!

The current iPhone 5, Blackberry and many smart phones will fit in our new Smart Wallet. 

One side has a colorful plastic zippered pocket to hold your money and plastic cards securely. The open side is perfect for your phone and passport to have easy access to. 

It measures 7 1/2" X 8 1/2" open and 7 1/2" X 4 1/4" closed. Made from recycled, pre-washed, durable, water resistant bike inner tubes and pre-washed fabric. We use re-claimed fabric choosing fun, bright patterns. Finished with a velcro closure. Proudly handmade in our Vancouver studio!

Here's our Smart Wallets available here.

Open Sesame!

New: Limited Edition Red Dots Cycling Cap and Wallet

Limited Edition Red Dots Cycling Cap...

photo Red Dots Cycling

Designed initially for our fundraising campaign contributors, we decided to offer a limited edition run on the new Red Dots Cycling Cap and Wallet.

Bold, Bright and Beautiful! We are proud of the new embroidery designed by Carolle. What a statement to show off your love for Red Dots Cycling - and we're happy you will!

This is the first cycling cap we launched our new journey into embroidery and it's stunning with two designs on the under brim and side panel.

We took the opportunity to answer feedback from many customers desiring a slightly larger wallet to hold more business and plastic cards. Well, we answered with the new Red Dots Wallet.

Both the limited edition cycling cap/wallet is available now - while quantities last!

Richard

Limited Edition Red Dots Wallet.

TGIF: The New Limited Edition; Le Tour 100 Cycling Cap & tdf 100 Inner Tube Wallet.

Vive Le Tour 100!

All Photos Red Dots Cycling

It's all in the embroidery details!

This is the 100th edition of the Tour de France!

We love Le Tour and to honor this important milestone, Carolle and I are proud to introduce the new Le Tour 100 Cycling Cap and tdf 100 Piccola Wallet! Our new handmade cap offers unique details, embroidered underbrim detail and embroidered yellow 'le tour 100'. All the embroidery is done in our Vancouver studio with our new machine. We marvel at how well our new machine embroiders!

The ultimate prize: the yellow jersey...

Simon Gerrans wore le maillot jaune for 

two days!

via media.melty.fr

Why yellow? 

The leader wears the maillot jaune or yellow jersey. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey. The winner of the first Tour in 1903 wore a green armband not a yellow jersey. There is some doubt as to when the yellow jersey began. Philippe Thys won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920 and years later said he was awarded the yellow jersey in 1913.

This beautiful Le Tour 100 cycling cap is a limited edition - on sale now while quantities last!

'le tour 100' for the yellow jersey!

The tdf 100 Piccola inner tube wallet.

We also took our popular Piccola wallet and improved it...

The results are striking! We added a bold red fabric with a French tricolor ribbon, embroidered Eiffel tower/wheel and 'tdf 100' script. We slightly enlarged the wallet to hold a few more plastic cards and business cards. We love the limited edition tdf 100 Piccola inner tube wallet  - C'est Magnifique!

Ordering the Limited Edition cap and wallet together...

For the first time, our tdf 100 wallet was designed to compliment Le Tour 100 cap. We're so excited with the results that when you order the cycling cap and wish to order the wallet as well, the shipping price from the wallet will be paid by us!  

Enjoy and Vive Le Tour!

Richard

TGIF: Summer Sale, Achtung Panzer! & Ready with Velcro for Rubber Week!

In preparation with rubber week,  we have been using our new Pfaff 96 sewing machine.

It's fabulous. The older metal machines are meant to sew through virtually anything... built tough like a Panzer. That is the new nickname of our new beloved Pfaff sewing machine. It's well made, sturdy and made to work efficiently for many years. It's difficult to pinpoint the exact year of the 96. There is not enough information online to make a positive id. One clue is the 'Made in West Germany' label on the back of the machine.

Achtung Panzer!

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Made in 'Western Germany'.

photo Red Dots Cycling

Built tough like a Panzer.

We already started with first prep of the new and improved inner tube wallet. Richard has cleaned and cut the tubes for me to sew the fabric. We will have a more detailed post on our new wallet upcoming!

Love Velcro!

photo: Red Dots Cycling

We love Velcro. We use quite a lot of it in our wallets. There's something magical about the common fastener. It comes as a two-piece loop and hook and mates naturally to form a tight closure. We have a new supplier and purchase two rolls to last for quite sometime. And, the price couldn't be beat!



Our Spring Sale is now our Summer Sale on selected caps, pouches and wallets. We decided to extend our 25-40% Off Sale while quantities last!

Our indiegogo Campaign Update: L'equipe Perk Shipped! Rubber Side Down.

Today...

L'equipe packed and ready to ship!

photos Red Dots Cycling

Here's an update on our indiegogo campaign...

We are happy to announce that our L'equipe perk is successfully completed and shipped today! Congratulations to our recipients of our special edition embroidered cycling cap... you are part of our team!

We are busy prepping inner tubes for our next perk... Le Domestique. The new special edition inner tube wallet will also be produced and sold as a regular stock item through our online store.

Today, we happily discovered 50 meters of velcro like hook and loop fastener fabric from our new supplier. Now we have ample supply of the fastener destined for our new upcoming wallet!