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Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist?
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The James Haycraft thread over here got me thinking. Why on earth is there NOT a Team Slowtwitch??? It seems that most of the teams exist to promote a brand and the team members get access to highly discounted product in return. Slowtwitch is a brand with Facebook being arguably the greatest competition going forward - some Facebook groups already have teams going like the Pathetics group. Dan has arguably the most connections in the business and should have considerable pull in getting to work with sponsors that Slowtwitch users would want to work with.


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Last edited by: Thomas Gerlach: Dec 6, 17 16:15
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Great idea! Discounted team kits, gear!

How has no one thought of this before ?
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [EnderWiggan] [ In reply to ]
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there were slowtwitch kits for a while, that much i know.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [EnderWiggan] [ In reply to ]
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I still have a OLD Slowtwitch (orange and blue) kit. I think there was a lack of interest.

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Every Man Dan sponsored by Velotron™
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Derekl] [ In reply to ]
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Didn't know Dan made Quintanaroo deodorant?

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Wil there be factions within the team? Infighting? Will Dave get snowflaked? Frank Day will bandit and Paulo heckle the team from the sidelines?

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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This sounds more like a weekly comic strip

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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I guess because a team needs at least a little unity?

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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JasoninHalifax wrote:
Wil there be factions within the team? Infighting? Will Dave get snowflaked? Frank Day will bandit and Paulo heckle the team from the sidelines?

I was thinking of Frank as coach and Dave as equipment manager.

What could go wrong ?
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [IT] [ In reply to ]
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We could have:

Disc brake lovers
Vehemently anti-disc brake
I hate Cervelo
I love Cervelo
All Europeans cheat
All Americans cheat

Factions to the team, among many, many others.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [IT] [ In reply to ]
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IT wrote:
I guess because a team needs at least a little unity?


You can do:

  • Biannual Training Camps (A challenge to get everyone together but EMJ does it)
  • Team Training Challenges like 100/100
  • Specific Races Where Everyone Is Expected To Compete And Thus Gain Special Treatment From The Race (more of a challenge but brings the community together)
  • USAT Clubs National Triathlon Challenge (Easy to do online)
  • Message Board With PM Functionality And Forum (this is ST)
  • Team Coach With Team Rates (I think coaches would kill for this consistency of business)



I think this would be a great idea and I think that it should be difficult to get on the team.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [LifeTri] [ In reply to ]
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LifeTri wrote:
IT wrote:
I guess because a team needs at least a little unity?


You can do:

  • Biannual Training Camps (A challenge to get everyone together but EMJ does it)
  • Team Training Challenges like 100/100
  • Specific Races Where Everyone Is Expected To Compete And Thus Gain Special Treatment From The Race (more of a challenge but brings the community together)
  • USAT Clubs National Triathlon Challenge (Easy to do online)
  • Message Board With PM Functionality And Forum (this is ST)
  • Team Coach With Team Rates (I think coaches would kill for this consistency of business)



I think this would be a great idea and I think that it should be difficult to get on the team.

Yes, it should be difficult!

After adding the much desired "Thumbs-up/Thumbs Down" feature to Slowtwitch, membership eligibility would be determined by the UP/DOWN ration on your posts. :)
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Way to steal my idea! (just kidding)

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ost=6471702#p6471702

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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Dan can't afford to order that many trucker hats.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Pun_Times] [ In reply to ]
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [the_thief] [ In reply to ]
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the_thief wrote:
Dan can't afford to order that many trucker hats.

Crap, I missed out on the trucker hat order?
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Only the most egregious aero sinners need apply.

Presenting... the Slowtwitch branded round bottle!
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Why is there not a Team Gerlach? Andy Potts, Chris McDonald and AJ Baucco have fielded teams in recent years.

You could offer special deals to your team members to the sponsors already listed in your signature. As you develop a brand more potential sponsors can come on board which would benefit you as an athlete.

Based on the content of your blog and posts here you could make your niche be a group that thinks outside of the box and finds some creative solutions. This could potentially open doors with supporters who aren't currently in the multisport market but could benefit from getting involved. Just some food for thought...
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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Thomas Gerlach wrote:
The James Haycraft thread over here got me thinking. Why on earth is there NOT a Team Slowtwitch??? It seems that most of the teams exist to promote a brand and the team members get access to highly discounted product in return. Slowtwitch is a brand with Facebook being arguably the greatest competition going forward - some Facebook groups already have teams going like the Pathetics group. Dan has arguably the most connections in the business and should have considerable pull in getting to work with sponsors that Slowtwitch users would want to work with.

Because way back then, Slowtwitch was a Tribe.

But Times Change.
We have gotten or grown so far away from the Original, everything should be possible.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [kbd] [ In reply to ]
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kbd wrote:
Why is there not a Team Gerlach? Andy Potts, Chris McDonald and AJ Baucco have fielded teams in recent years.

You could offer special deals to your team members to the sponsors already listed in your signature. As you develop a brand more potential sponsors can come on board which would benefit you as an athlete.

Based on the content of your blog and posts here you could make your niche be a group that thinks outside of the box and finds some creative solutions. This could potentially open doors with supporters who aren't currently in the multisport market but could benefit from getting involved. Just some food for thought...

I would consider running it with Kiley ;)

Being serious, the main reason I haven't done teams in the past is I don't like pushing things I don't believe in. Being locked in that contract where you sign "I will not say anything that is even ever so slightly disparaging about XYZ its products, services, etc" simply doesn't work for my ethos. That doesn't mean bashing them, but when I get a warning for this post and I am asked to take it down from a sponsorship manager that pisses me off. I test things for my own curiosity and am searching for my own free speed and frankly companies should like that I actually test other things than just their products. It gives me a foundation to provide better feedback and it also gives me that niche you describe.

I do recognize how important the team culture and structure is and how everyday it is more and more important. Thinking about that ProFundMe, it is crazy that she thinks she has something to offer in triathlon. We are a me-me-me sport and professionals have very little influence, nor in this particular sport do you have the time to go full bore on sponsorship when these team essentially have someone working more or less full time on it. It is simply about efficiency at some point. Individual athletes are the mom-and-pop shops, while the teams are the Amazon's of the world.


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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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I’d rock a slowtwitch onesie and/or a trucker hat. Fuck, this forum has helped me enormously to flatten the learning curve.

Then again...is Dan wanting a “winning team”...because unless there is a fight at the end of the race, not sure i can help there.
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [the_thief] [ In reply to ]
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the_thief wrote:
Dan can't afford to order that many trucker hats.

I guess what would the hat look like. Would it be a big logo on the front then a slogan on the back that reads "where your seat is always too high and your cranks are too long"


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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]
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I'm assuming by 'a big logo in the font' you mean:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/..._getting_P2888355-6/
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Re: Team Slowtwitch - Why does this NOT exist? [timbasile] [ In reply to ]
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timbasile wrote:
Only the most egregious aero sinners need apply.

Presenting... the Slowtwitch branded round bottle!

I am definitely going to be on the aero sinner faction

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