Patches & Jerseys

► OUT OF DATE

Each year PALM hosts a patch design contest where participants of all ages can enter drawings or digital art for a chance to win a prize, which is traditionally a free tour the following year.

Patches from PALM I – XX

PALM 1 Patch 1982
PALM 1
PALM 1983
PALM 2
PALM 3
PALM 3
PALM 1985
PALM 4
PALM 1986
PALM 5
PALM 6
PALM 7
PALM 7
PALM 8
PALM 8
PALM 9
PALM 9
PALM 10
PALM 10
PALM 11
PALM 11
PALM 12
PALM 12
PALM 13
PALM 13
PALM 14
PALM 14
PALM 1996
PALM 15
PALM 1997
PALM 16
PALM 17 1998
PALM 17
PALM 18
PALM 18
PALM 19
PALM 19
PALM 20
PALM 20

Patches from PALM XXI – XXXIX

PALM 21
PALM 21
PALM 22
PALM 22
PALM 24
PALM 23
PALM 24
PALM 24
PALM 25
PALM 25
PALM 26
PALM 26
PALM 27
PALM 27
PALM 28
PALM 28
PALM 29
PALM 29
PALM 30
PALM 30
PALM 31
PALM 31
PALM 32
PALM 32
PALM 33
PALM 34
PALM 35
PALM 36
PALM 37
PALM 38
PALM 39

Jersey History

by Frank Lamitola

Back in 1999 I was asked by Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society (AABTS) club members to create a design for the club’s yearly event – One Helluva Ride. I had been creating patches and T-shirts since 1986 for the club. Vickie and I joined the bike club in 1983 mainly because we ran out of ideas on places to ride our bikes from our house in Ann Arbor. We kept running into AABTS members on our little excursions west of Ann Arbor around Dexter and Chelsea, and one day as we passed some riders we asked how to find other routes. They responded, “Join the AABTS”. That’s all they had time to say as they rode on. After we joined the club, I found a way to busy myself creating art for the club and started designing the One Helluva Ride maps that lead to designing patches. That led to designing T-shirts, and when jerseys became popular, I went online and found a California based cycling wear manufacture, Voler. With their help getting started, I created the first jersey design for OHR in 1999. It was a hit and I was encouraged to continue my new employment!

I had been designing jersey for our club going on four years when PALM committee approached me to design a jersey for their upcoming ride scheduled to cross Michigan in June of 2003. Since we had been doing PALM for a few years I had a basic idea of what would work. PALM is all about having fun with the family while experiencing Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. When I completed that first jersey, I thought it represented the look and feel of PALM’s ride due to the many elements that are found on it and still are found on every PALM. Since I was witness to many of the elements included on that first jersey, I knew that many people riding the PALM in past years would really like it. You’ll see the baggage trucks on the side panels dropping all the baggage in a line as the trucks moved across the school property where camping sites could be set up. You’ll also see people and their tents with laundry on lines drying in the warm June air, and people running and resting here and there as others were working around them. You’ll also see the infamous flying tent incident that did actually happen, as I myself saw it flying above the camping area at what looked to be about 50 feet off the ground. I also included the late Doris West’s tricycle. She was a long time staff member of PALM who is fondly remembered and still sorely missed.

Jerseys

2003 Front
2003 Back
2005 Front
2005 Back
2006 Front
2006 Back
Jersey Front 2008
2008 Front
2008 Back
Jersey Front 2011
2011 Front
2011 Back
Jersey Front 2013
2013 Front
2013 Back
Jersey Front 2015
2015 Front
2015 Back

Jerseys were discontinued due to production costs exceeding sales. If you would be interested in PALM pursuing a limited edition jersey for a future PALM bike tour, please contact us.