Friday Night Ride To A Calendar

[mmmmartin]

right, just to make things plain

http://bit.ly/vxDJ86

is the link to the FINAL FNRttC calendar, there is another (less finished) version but look at this one. The Truprint website has several faults, I have discovered. One is that "saving" a project sometimes but not always creates a different version and you're not salways sure which version you're working on.

Thanks to Els for pointing me in the direction of travel that led me to discover this. A superb example of hypnocracy in action(?)

 

[CharlieB]

MB, as I can't get the Truprint calendar viewer to function, I will take your word that it's a thing of beauty, until next we meet en route to Whitstable.

I'll take two. There you are, your first order, and I've not even seen it.

 

[mmmmartin]

your first order

Charlie
I wish it were so easy. You need to order it direct from Truprint, and pay for it and Truprint make it and post it off to your house. So their silly web thingy not working is a pain. If it happens again next year we should use another manufacturer.
Actually making it and delivering it is nothing to do with me. Not even if I get another swing of your delicious Calvados...........

 

[CharlieB]

Charlie
I wish it were so easy. You need to order it direct from Truprint, and pay for it and Truprint make it and post it off to your house. So their silly web thingy not working is a pain. If it happens again next year we should use another manufacturer.
Actually making it and delivering it is nothing to do with me. Not even if I get another swing of your delicious Calvados...........

Understood, MB - it was a metaphoric statement! I'm going to have another go from a more co-operative computer in another location this evening.

 

[thom]

I have tried to search for Thom F as a member but there are 35 members of CC with THOM in their names - any more details on who thom f is?

Just come to this thread. I can't find the picture of User10571 but I think this is the one of Suzie:

http://www.flickr.co...57624759349895/

Seems a bit late though - apologies...

 

[dellzeqq]

hold on! Date of Big Brighton Ride now being re-negotiated!!!!!!!!

 

[mmmmartin]

that can be easily changed by me in a trice, and I hope that folk will just look until after the Whitstable ride when I intend them to see and touch the real thing. And the calendar as well tee hee....Also, I suppose if the date of an event is changed during 2012 peeps can hardly expect that to be reflected in a calendar designed and finished before December 2011. SO DON'T ORDER ONE YET CHARLIE!!!

 

[mmmmartin]

The "test" calendar I have ordered has arrived, in only 4 days so Truprint seems to keep its word on delivery. I like it (but then I would....)

This means I can deffo bring it on the Whitstable ride so you can touch and feel it yourself. I'm quite surprised at the good quality of it but then again £22 inc delivery is a lot to pay. You can make up your own minds in a couple of weeks time.

 

[StuAff]

Martin, a much cheaper alternative I only just remembered: Apple do calendars- having checked the price today, it's £14.39 (not sure if it includes postage, can't do it on this Mac). It has to be done via their (Mac-only) iPhoto software, but I (and quite a few others) could sort that for you....?

 

[mmmmartin]

Apple do calendars

Good point - in fact, Truprint will also do one at that price but I opted for the more expensive version, which is a bit bigger and has pix on glossy paper and the dates on matt paper (so you can write on it more easily). I felt that another fiver, which is less than the price of a breakfast after a FNRttC, was worth it for something you'd be looking at all year.

There are quite a few companies on the web that will do it, I suspect the results are pretty much the same. The Truprint website offers very few options on typeface and lay-out so I'll try to find a better one if it happens again next year. I think the options are sufficiently OK to use it, but only just.

 

[mmmmartin]

bumpfor those who saw it on the Whitstable ride. the lin kis in an earlier post. Does anyone have any questions? Can PM me or post here.

 

[clarion]

I think it's great, typo aside.

 

[mmmmartin]

typo corrected, missing picture credit added, and the quote under simon's pic has been changed to one he likes more. you should be able to inspect each pic and each month of dates in detail on the website before you send money to truprint. it took about 4 or 5 days to arrive from ordering but I suspect that delivery time might be longer as the end of the year approaches and people buy calendars for the new year. obviously the dates of the rides may change so where it currently says something like FNRttC Whitstable against a particular Friday, obviously both destination and date may change in the next several months.finally, I am unsure how to proceed for the 2013 one. Create a thread for people to put their pix up so we can comment and choose? Or just keep an eye out for nice pix as we go through the year? Or badger people for pix? With 20 rides next year there should be plenty of pix to choose from.........

 

[wanda2010]

I love the calendar but why no pics of the famous brekkies with the yellow, brown or black stuff? They'll never believe me at work now .


My order will be made in December.

 

[mmmmartin]

good point. pleez to take pix of brown and yellow beer, peeps, and we can pick one for the next calendar. after all, those sessions seem to be as important for some people - and here I'd like it noted that I am naming no names at all - as the actual riding of the bicycle.it is a pity there was no blazing dawn yesterday because of the cloud. Especially as I had taken the camera especially to take a photograph of it......