Free Shipping during the Victoria Day Weekend!

Rosa Cycling Cap

photo: Red Dots Cycling

Starting today...

Enjoy Free Shipping on every cap in our shop during the Victoria Day weekend!

Includes Guvnors' Assembly custom cap, note production time is 2-3 weeks.

Until the end of May 22.

TGIF: Our biggest fan & sale on all in stock continues

All photos: Red Dots Cycling

We have now back to producing custom caps in our new working area and working on bringing back a few popular models from the past. As the heat (36C predicted today) rises we have a new powerful 'friend' to help us out...

There's still time: Don't forget, free shipping and take 10% all in-stock caps (including Guvnors' Assembly cap) until August 8th. Use coupon code: 10THNX

King of the Mountains cycling cap.

Tools of the Trade: Tailor's Chalk & Hem Gauge

photo: Red Dots Cycling

Basic tools are essential in measuring and marking.

We use the simple tailor's chalk and hem gauge. Been around for eons, the tailor's chalk is made of talc and won't leave a residue. Very important not to have fabric permanently marked.

The hem gauge is used for everything that we need to measure, it goes beyond hems. It has a sliding adjustable guide to keep measurements pinpoint. This nifty tool is owned by Carolle and is over 30 years old and made in Canada. A rarity these days.  Even Carolle can not remember exactly how old it is.

These tools are truly classic and we wouldn't know what to do without it. If you sew... these are a must!

My Essential Thread Cutter

My Forty year old thread cutter,

still going on strong!

During production, we cut quite a bit of thread. It's difficult to say how much but if it's there it needs to go.

Years ago, my mother worked for GWG Jeans in Edmonton as a seamstress and one of her cherished tools is the thread cutter. She retired with the tool. A few years ago I asked for the cutter and now I have it and very grateful for it. It's around 40 years old, works impeccably well and ...my essential tool!

Richard