Cycling jersey design for Team Velo-Sano

On July 4th, friend Jill Davis passed on after battling cancer for the last 2 yrs or so. A couple of weeks before Jill died, she requested I design the jersey for Team Velo Vino, a cycling team based out of Toast Bar riding in the annual Velo-Vino ride organized by the Cleveland Clinic to raise funds to cancer research. The team was initiated to ride for Jill's husband Jeff, who died of cancer in 2018.

  • The monarch, swallowtail, and lady bug are my watercolour renderings of 3 insects found in Ohio.

  • The Ohio border formed with names of family and friends that the team are riding for.

  • The cancer awareness ribbon is placed over Cleveland.

  • In honour of Jill, Jeff, Joe S, and all that have worked there over the years, I positioned Toast CLE with "Where Memories Were Made" as an appreciation to all the laughs and wonderful times that we have had there. Thank you, one and all!

Cheers to Jim Ray and Stephen Manka for helping me to realise the design I had bouncing in me head...always productive for such discussions to occur at the bar, over beers, and much smiles/creative energy

TEAM VELO VINO cycling jersey - front
TEAM VELO VINO cycling jersey - back
TEAM VELO VINO cycling jersey - right side
TEAM VELO VINO cycling jersey - left side

Sponsors include, and thank you for the sponsorship, you all help make Cleveland a special place:

  • Blazing Saddle Cycle shop;

  • Superelectric Pinball Parlor;

  • Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens;

  • The Happy Dog;

  • ABC the Tavern Ohio City/XYZ Gordon Square;

  • La Cave du Vin;

  • Stone Mad Pub and Restaurant;

  • Il Rione Pizzeria;

  • Juneberry Table;

  • Tartine Bistro;

  • Astoria Cafe & Market;

  • Flight Cleveland;

  • Jukebox Bar;

  • CKE Insurance;

  • Luxe Kitchen & Lounge.