How to get a sponsor

[Cyclenatic]

Hi do anyone know how one can get a a sponsor or a team to ride with?? where do you give a cycling cv in?

[MTB_Roadie]

by getting good race results perhaps?

[Iwan Kemp]

Best will be to phone the guys at Tread or get the contact details of a team manager. Have a good long with them before you do anything. Try and hook-up with someone in the industry before you approach a possible sponsor for sponsorship.

[Sharkie 2]

Results get you sponsorships

[Cyclenatic]

Best will be to phone the guys at Tread or get the contact details of a team manager. Have a good long with them before you do anything. Try and hook-up with someone in the industry before you approach a possible sponsor for sponsorship.

what is tread?

[Cyclenatic]

Results get you sponsorships

do they contact you?

[Iwan Kemp]

what is tread?

 

Your second tip: get to know the industry. Tread is the local mountain biking magazine. Even if it's road biking you're talking about I wold still phone them for tips.

 

Where do you ride? What do you ride? What do you have in mind? Are you part of a club or group?

[Sharkie 2]

 

do they contact you?

They will yes if you perform consistently, get involved in a club, most of the big clubs have a type of "race team". If you perform well through them you get noticed quicker and a lot of the times these clubs have ex pro's that can help you out. It is difficult in South Africa to get a sponsorship and sponsors are carefull to invest in riders as many have just given up in the past when goings get though.

 

You also need to perform at big events

[Cav']

Print a 200 cv's/results and go toss them around Cycle Lab Fourways... Haha maybe mr. Mclean will pick one up!

[Cyclenatic]

you see thats why ime looking for a sponsor, just for like entries and stuff, i want to join a club but club fees .. i know a few guys at cycle lab lynnwoodbidge! (someone registered me at pta mtb club or something?? nothing big

[Cyclenatic]

Your second tip: get to know the industry. Tread is the local mountain biking magazine. Even if it's road biking you're talking about I wold still phone them for tips.

 

Where do you ride? What do you ride? What do you have in mind? Are you part of a club or group?

are you asking me the questions ? sorry confused

[Shebeen]

you see thats why ime looking for a sponsor, just for like entries and stuff, i want to join a club but club fees .. i know a few guys at cycle lab lynnwoodbidge! (someone registered me at pta mtb club or something?? nothing big

are you asking me the questions ? sorry confused

Hi do anyone know how one can get a a sponsor or a team to ride with?? where do you give a cycling cv in?

Dude, are you for real? I think the best thing would be to post some results here.

[Agteros]

Maybe a saddle sponsor can be arranged

 

In Topic: Saddles : Handmade by Graeme Murry

 

Will rather have a sore ass then sit on that thing! Lol

 

Looks like our superstar still need to learn about burning bridges...

[Iwan Kemp]

you see thats why ime looking for a sponsor, just for like entries and stuff, i want to join a club but club fees .. i know a few guys at cycle lab lynnwoodbidge! (someone registered me at pta mtb club or something?? nothing big

I think what you refer to is called charity.

 

are you asking me the questions ? sorry confused

Yes

 

Maybe a saddle sponsor can be arranged

 

In Topic: Saddles : Handmade by Graeme Murry

 

 

 

Looks like our superstar still need to learn about burning bridges...

Yeah. This thread kinda gives that bit away.

 

Seriously though, your approach to this topic is what keep shops, brands, agents and distributors out of little league sponsorship. I would suggest you brush up on basic business approach, get some proper results going and eat some humble pie - there's always someone better. Always.

[King_Crispy]

Be better than everybody else.

Brush up on your marketing skills

Send your results to the various shops/distributors. They need to see confirmed talent (not just 1 or 2 ok results)

[Cav']

Be better than everybody else.

Brush up on your marketing skills

Send your results to the various shops/distributors. They need to see confirmed talent (not just 1 or 2 ok results)

+1 on what he said