Wheeltags Helps Save the Boobs!

We gotta give credit to our neighbors up north. With October being breast cancer awareness month, the Re-think Breast Cancer charity in Toronto has pushed the puritanical American envelope with a super fun PSA video to help support their events. Watch it on youtube below.






Although Wheeltags doesn't have the chops the pop the boobs out of the sportsbra, we do know that exercising more than 4 hours a week will reduce a women's risk of the nasty BC by 40%! That's one sweet reason to keep the wheels in motion. With the amount of women riding the roads these days, and our recent involvement with the Pablove Foundation, we felt as though we could be doing something more, and with a little Wheeltags funk.

With TWO new Breast Cancer designs, you can cover your rims with a some vinyl-DO-goodness. Check out some pics below:

Of course, 10% of our Breast Cancer Wheeltags will be donated to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Check out the Wheeltags site, spread the good word and cover your rims with pride!

Wheeltags Rocks Ironman Louisville 2009!

Wheeltags spent the better part of the last five days knee deep in Tri-Heaven. The good folks at Ironman offered us an opportunity we couldn't refuse - a space for showing the Wheeltags product and our new offering - IRONMAN Wheeltags at Ironman Louisville 2009! We had two designs with the world-renowned "M-dot" brand as well as an IronGIRL tag for all the ladies. Take a look at the new designs below, visit our site to see 'em all!

It was an awesome weekend and the Wheeltags crew had a great time meeting the Ironman athletes before they headed into a day of pain! Our b-caps are off to them - marathon, century ride and a 2 mile swim DOES make for one hard-core athlete. We were pleased to have Mindy Nicolet on hand to show off her tricked-out Cervelo P3 ride, complete with a Wheeltags install. She rocked a mean chicken on Sunday with a scorching 11:34:12 finish! Mindy has been a personal friend and supportive fan of the Wheeltags biz since our inception (she even let us use her bod for some stunning Wheeltags pics) and we wished her well. Although we suspect the cookin' hot Wheeltags had something to do with it!

If you missed us in Louisville - come say hello in Madison Wisconsin on September 13th, 2009! We will be on hand - in the Expo area - talking vinyl rim-goodness on the three days leading up to the main event.

Thanks again to the Ironman team for having us on hand and congrats to ALL the Ironman athletes!

Biker Chicks Unite with Wheeltags!

We love chicks on wheels. With a female co-owner in the Wheeltags fold, us ladies in the bike-boy biz need to stick together and there just aren't enough women on bikes, at least that's what we think. You will see men thrusting their gears around on lunch time rides or fast Fridays, but where are da women at? Trying to squeeze in solo rides after the kids have been dropped off, the kitchen cleaned up, the bills paid, the dog walked, the project completed for a nasty client and 5 million other doo-dads and do-ends that keep piling up. Always one to sacrifice themselves for the greater good - who is out there encouraging female cyclists to put their quads first, and throw on their kit for the local crit race on Saturday?

BikeClicks, the good folks down in Louisville Kentucky have had enough of this man-whee-ly world too! With a healthy dose of competitive spirit and a good "can-do" 'tude they are hosting a most stupendous Women' Race Clinic featuring Nicola Cranmer of ProMan Hit Squad.

Join them for clinics on Getting Started in Racing, Developing Women’s Squads, Race Tactics & Strategy and much more. Weekend will include continental breakfast and box lunch on Saturday, August 29th with clinics and group ride. Concludes with Women’s Only racing on Sunday, August 30th.

How sweet is that? Of course, Wheeltags will be handed out in style to the winning ladies on Sunday. What better way to trick out your dubs than with a little Wheeltags goodness. Stop by, join in - either way embrace the BikeClicks cycling spirit and encourage the ladies in your life to run with two-wheels!

Learn more - click here to visit the BikeClicks site!

Wheeltags sponsors Maillot Jaune!

Wheeltags is proud to sponsor the Maillot Jaune race in Fenton Michigan tomorrow the 25th. We like to spread good vinyl karma to the racing community, and this local/regional road race in Michigan has got the goods. Thanks to Karey Collins for promoting us and best of luck to the cyclists entered to rock a mighty chicken. It is sure to be a great day of racing, and even better for the winning riders who get an entire set of Wheeltags to bling up their bikes. Check out the race propaganda below:

If you are interested in having Wheeltags at your next race, drop us a line - we are always open to helping out local racing when we can!

E-mail Wheeltags about your upcoming race

Visit Cycle Fit to learn more about the race.

Cycle Fit Multisport

Michellie Jones Custom ZedTech decals

Check out one of the world's greatest triathletes' sportin' some serious decal style on her custom ZedTech wheels. Our partnership with Zipp and their custom ZedTech decal program has extended into the inner sanctum of athlete greatness. For Michellie Jones, they asked us to kick up her wheels with custom decals to match her bad ash Felt paint job!

We had a blast working on Michellie's flashy stars and zoomy colors. We think it rocks a mighty chicken and wish her the best during the racing season! Check out the link below, and learn more about Michellie Jones. Keep your peepers peeled for some other uber-athlete projects completed in conjunction with Zipp and their super sweet ZedTech wheels.




Gotta have somethin' sweet for your wheels? Visit Wheeltags to learn more about going custom and getting everything you ever wanted out of our plain-jane rims.

Gotta have the goods the pros ride. Nothin' but ZedTech fits the bill, learn more at Zipp!

Michellie Jones site

Wheeltags and Zipp Speed Weaponry form custom decal partnership ZEDTECH customers can create custom decals for wheels

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Wheeltags and Zipp Speed Weaponry form custom decal partnership
ZEDTECH customers can create custom decals for wheels

CARMEL, IN and SPEEDWAY, IN - 24 November 2008 - Wheeltags and Zipp today announced a partnership that allows Zipp's ZEDTECH customers the ability to create fully custom decals for their custom wheels. Wheeltags will handle the creation of custom ZEDTECH decals, as well as the unique flash feature within Zipp's completely re-designed ZEDTECH website.


"We couldn't be more pleased about this partnership and the chance to provide the most respected wheel manufacturer, and their customers, with truly unique, customer designed decals," said Kevin Koval, Director of Sales and one of the three owners of Wheeltags. "It is the perfect mix of our decal expertise and Zipp's legendary customer service."

The new custom decal feature within the ZEDTECH website provides each customer their own "Co-Design Tool Kit" to select different colors within the Zipp ZEDTECH decal, view them on their chosen wheel sizes and even "spin" the wheels. Information about the decals, along with the other specifics of a customer's ZEDTECH custom wheel order, will be stored in a unique user ID. This allows for a streamlined transfer of vital information from Zipp dealers directly to the Zipp World Headquarters.

To get the most of Zipp's custom decal options, ZEDTECH customers using the website can select from two different pricing levels. The first pricing level, $160 (US) for one wheel, includes complete color customization within the CMYK spectrum. The second pricing level, $220 (US) for one wheel, allows ZEDTECH customers to choose between complete color customization as
well as a lighter/thinner OR reflective material.

"ZEDTECH represents the absolute pinnacle in custom performance race wheels. With options for Si3N4 silicon nitride ceramic bearings, rim laminates, spoke nipple colors, flange cap colors, and end cap colors, adding custom decals was the next logical step to meet the demands of the most discerning bicyclist on earth. With all of these options available ZEDTECH customers can truly have a one-of-a-kind wheelset." said Andy Paskins, Marketing Manager for Zipp Speed Weaponry in Speedway, IN.

About Wheeltags
Wheeltags is a manufacturer and marketer of graphic treatments for bike wheels. With bold colors and designs, Wheeltags lets you tag your ride with the ultimate statement of individuality and Roll with Style(tm). Visit www.wheeltags.com for more information.

About Zipp
Zipp Speed Weaponry was founded in 1988 with the sole mission of making athletes faster on their bikes. Over the course of the last twenty years, Zipp has done exactly that, by drawing on its core competencies of design engineering, composites knowledge, and wind tunnel development. It is these competencies that have allowed Zipp to deliver a series of firsts in the cycling industry. From the first carbon disc wheel to the first carbon crank to the first wheel to achieve negative drag in the wind tunnel. These firsts have helped Zipp athletes to become champions in the toughest races in the world, on the fiercest roads in the world, from the cobbled roads of Belgium to the Queen K in Kona. www.zipp.com


Media Contacts:
Wheeltags
Jenn Vona
888 WHL-TAGS
jenn@wheeltags.com

Zipp Speed Weaponry
Andy Paskins
317-522-2320
andyp@zipp.com

Wheeltags Sponsors the NYC In Yer *Face!! Race

We just shipped out a box of goodies to some messengers in NYC for a good ole alleycat race. The goodies include tshirts, wheeltags and some chocolate chip cookies. (Ok, we didn't really include cookies.)

Race Details:

http://nycmassive.com/bikemess/index.php/racing-shit/allycat-races/43-bike-alleycat-races/174-race-in-yer-face-alleycat-now-1st

nov 1st

reg at 2, race at 3p
start******madison sq park north side 27 st between 5th and madison
sponsors:
all city bikes
affinity
continuum
king kog
trackstar
michelin
traitor cycles
velocity
chrome
crumpler
vittoria tires
bern helmets
laek house
kryptonite
bike habitat
she beest
wheeltags
volume bikes

and of course an all star party line up!cause yer know dagga loves to get down!
email purple for info loopy132@yahoo.com

Bad Ass Flowers

Below is an email I got this weekend from Wheeltags Triathlete Kelly Handel...
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Hey Matt,

I was being very mellow b/c I had a race this AM. It was the Austin Triathlon...1500 participants and they put up a $5k prize purse, which was cool. I was 2nd to a woman (good for $700) who did a 1:00 bike split! I did a 1:04 and that was GOOD for me...then I pulled off a 37:30 for the 10k run and put time on her but not enough; was all good, she was about 50 sec ahead @ the finish but she deserved it. Also TYR put up a swim prime bonus (first male/female) for $500 and I got that so all in all a hard race and good little pay day....

Also I did Chicago Triathlon last weekend in um well Chicago and got a lot of mentions on my wheels in the pro transition area...THEN today @ Austin Tri, one of Derick's athletes wives said "If I were to get a bike, I'd get it like hers...those are so cool!"

I cannot tell you the # of times I get people commenting on these things...
You all hit on something that triathletes are loving and can totally get into.

That is it for my rambling, I need a Labor Day Beer now.

Take care and see you soon,
Kelly

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Congratulations to Kelly and her continued success this season!




Kelly Handel rides the Wheeltags Pink Karmageddon. You can purchase your own set at http://www.wheeltags.com/store/Karmageddon-P44.aspx