V-Announcements: Velominati Partner Coupons & Discounts

WE’VE BEEN BUYSSE

We interrupt our usual programming to announce a new and exciting program between Velominati and our Partners: Velominati Partner Coupons & Discounts.

DeFeet has been quietly supporting Velominati almost since our inception, using Rule #5 and Rule #9 to promote their line of products which fall squarely into the Flandrian Best range of cycling kit. As of last Summer, we officially partnered up to offer prizes to some VSP events and to provide the V-Socks.

We’re proud to announce that we’re opening the throttle a bit more and are now offering discounts at the DeFeet online store for the Velominati Community. For those Community Members who have risen above that of a Level 4 Velominatus, we are offering a coupon worth 10% off any order. Furthermore, anyone who has purchased a pair of V-Socks will earn a coupon for 20% off their orders. Rule #49 applies; don’t share your coupon with non-Velominati and please don’t abuse these promotions. I’d also like to point out that this is not a Rule #58 violation; DeFeet sells their product direct to consumers via their website.

Keep your eye on this space as we’ll be looking to expand this program with our other partners where it makes sense. In order to access your coupons, log in to your account (or register if you don’t already have an account); you can access your coupons from either the Dashboard or your Profile page.

Vive La Vie Velominatus.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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frank says:

Mar 7 2013 at 9:11 pm

@PeakInTwoYears

V-socks ordered, BOOM, 20%-off DeFeet coupon ready and waiting. Another base layer for me.

Tres slick.

Sometimes it amazes me that this shit works. @McSqueak texted me a photo of his screen with the coupon within two minutes of me pushing the update out to the site. I hadn't even written the announcement yet. And it worked. Very cool.

Then other times, my code works for shit. You just can't count on idiocy like you used to.

@Marcus

@frank

@ez

How doth one rise about Level 4? (How is babby formed?)

Join the conversation and your level will increase with time. Basically, it runs a highly complex (i.e. error-prone) algorithm that thinks about how many posts you've made in recent months and how active you've been and escalates you through the ranks.

is "highly complex algorithm" another way of saying it counts how many posts you make?

You basically cracked it, except it looks at some trending activity as well. Which is where I've engineered most of the bugs.

Sorry about the pictures in advance. I'm too tired to write.
frank says:

Mar 7 2013 at 9:13 pm

@RedRanger

The idea of wearing extra layers during the summer her has always seemed like a bad idea. That's until I saw the UnD Lite. That looks very interesting. Does anyone know if they work?

Love my Un-D-Lite. The thing is that the undershirts are much better at wicking than spandex. You're wearing another layer, but its keeping you drier, rather than soaking up sweat like a swath of wet lycra. Yuck.

http://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/reverence-defeet-un-d-shurt-and-un-d-lite/
pistard says:

Mar 7 2013 at 10:02 pm

DeFeet stuff is great. I wear Woolie Boolie or Wooleator socks every day, on or off the bike. Knee and arm warmers too (but just on the bike). I second the disappointment that they don't ship to Canada.

@Chris MEC carries some DeFeet (socks, warmers, base layers) and the Cdn prices are in line with or better than MSRP.
minion says:

Mar 8 2013 at 12:01 am

Awww heck yeah De Feet are the mutts nuts; they make some of their products from recycled materials, and are happy to do a bit of advocacy as well.

If they do end up shipping to Aus, let me know straight away. With winter coming here I've a strong hankering for base layers and wool socks. And knee socks. Yeah you all can suck it I like their tall socks.
Deakus says:

Mar 8 2013 at 12:32 am

Perfect! I am in the market for some oversocks, so timely this is...
motor city says:

Mar 8 2013 at 1:50 am

Great hook up. I've been wearing de feet woolie boolie 2 socks all winter and they are amazing, I would recommend any northern hemisphere types picking up a pair.

I've also got keekers knee warmers and slipstream overshoes. As others have mentioned, the knee warmers are long (I'm 184cm tall) but I find they sit further up the leg than normal knee warmers so don't be put off when you first try them.

The overshoes are great and look PRO in white. However a limited run in V-orange would be fantastic...

@Deakus Wiggle have a great deal on the overshoes at the moment in the UK.
Chris says:

Mar 8 2013 at 1:52 am

@RedRanger

@Chris maybe a fellow Velominati can help you out. ie have it shipped to them and they ship it to you. Might be worth it on a big enough order. I am more than willing to Help. Ask frank for my email addy If you want to give it a try.

Thanks for the offer, it's things like this that make this site so fucking awesome, but I will go through my friend in NY.

It's not a trust thing but Her Majesties Customs and Excise has a nasty habit of demanding money from me whenever I get a package of goodies from overseas. Tends to write off any savings that I might have otherwise made. Bastards.
jeyrod says:

Mar 8 2013 at 4:13 am

Defeet make some kick ass socks. Can't wait to get some V-socks. Bad thing is I'll have to start posting more or actually start posting and not just lurking. I apologize to all those I will annoy.
mbarston says:

Mar 8 2013 at 6:37 am

DeFeet makes the best Belgian Booties, there needs to be some V-booties
scaler911 says:

Mar 8 2013 at 7:24 am

Awesome! This allows me to keep with my tradition of "never pay retail" for cool cycling kit.