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Every jersey begins with a mission—turning waste into performance. We collect plastic waste and transform it into high-quality fabrics, giving new life to discarded materials. From there, precision takes over: creating patterns, cutting fabric, sublimating designs, and stitching every detail with care. Each jersey undergoes rigorous quality control to ensure a perfect fit, vibrant colors, and lasting durability. Curious about how we bring our jerseys to life? Read more about our production process below, but let us first explain how we test our prototypes.
At Velor, we believe cycling apparel should go the distance—just like you. That’s why every piece we create is meticulously designed, refined, and rigorously tested to ensure performance, durability, and comfort in all conditions.
We don’t just test in labs; every garment is made and tested by our community, led by former professionals Bram Tankink, Anthony Roux, and Tom Leezer. Their expertise, combined with real-world feedback from passionate cyclists, ensures each piece is truly co-created for riders, by riders.
Before a jersey, bib short, or jacket earns the Velor name, it’s put through extensive testing, both on the road and in the lab. We assess:
Fit & Comfort – Ensuring freedom of movement and a second-skin feel.
Fabric Resilience – Testing stretch recovery, abrasion resistance, and breathability.
Weather Performance – Evaluating how materials respond to wind, rain, and varying temperatures.
Abrasion & Seam Strength – Ensuring every stitch holds, ride after ride.
Color & Wash Fastness – So your gear stays fresh, wash after wash.
But testing doesn’t stop there. We push our apparel to the absolute limit in some of the toughest cycling events, like The Traka 360, a grueling 360km gravel challenge that pushes riders, and their gear, to the extreme.
High-performance cycling gear should be built to last. By selecting technical, long-lasting fabrics, we create apparel that performs season after season—reducing waste and promoting sustainable cycling.
With Velor, you’re not just wearing a jersey—you’re wearing the result of expert insight, real-world experience, and relentless testing. Because when your kit performs at its best, so do you. Now you have learned how our prototypes are tested, let's continue reading about our production steps:
We kickstart our journey by tackling plastic pollution head-on. From the Mediterranean Sea, our partners collect discarded fishing nets, PET bottles, and even old carpets. We're proud to turn this waste into something beautiful like our cycle wear.
Once collected, we sort and recycle the waste into pellets. These pellets then form the foundation for creating the new fabrics.
Did you know that each of our short sleeve jerseys contains material equivalent to 8 PET bottles? That's recycling in action!
We spin the recycled pellets into yarn, which is then woven into high-quality fabrics.
Fun fact: our recycled fabrics match the quality of non-recycled ones. Sustainability doesn't mean compromising on quality!
Using these sustainable fabrics, our skilled seamstresses carefully cut and stitch each piece to create our iconic jerseys and bib shorts. Did you know it takes about 40 minutes to craft one single Velor item? Quality over quantity!
Designing a Velor cycling jersey is just the beginning of a precise and technical process. Once the design is finalized, expert pattern makers create templates to ensure a perfect fit.
The selected fabric is then carefully cut to match these patterns, optimizing both the fit and comfort. Next comes sublimation, where heat and pressure fuse the design into the fabric, ensuring vibrant, long-lasting colors.
Skilled seamstresses then stitch the pieces together with precision, reinforcing key areas for durability. Every jersey undergoes rigorous quality control, checking for flawless seams, perfect prints, and overall craftsmanship.
After the crafting process, the garment travels to the Netherlands for the final steps of production before reaching your hands - the hands of our everyday cyclists, coffee lovers, and adventurers. Currently, 90-95% of our clothing is crafted from recycled materials, and we're dedicated to maintaining that standard.
We encourage you to return your Velor cycling wear, once it's no longer needed, allowing us to recycle it into new sustainable garments.
Join us in our dream for a greener, cleaner world.
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