Artwork, colors, icons, and images convey messages, evoke emotions, and add brilliance to everyday things. These items also play a key role in our team logo and branding. On this page, we make an attempt to convey the reasons, inspirations, and psychology why we selected the colors of our cycling kits.
Classic Jersey – est. 2018
Colors
- Black – Represents the darkness and still of our early morning rides when the team started riding at 5 am.
- Red – Represents the blood that courses through our veins, though we are not related, it is the thing that binds us … the charity we support and bond we have for each other.
- White – Represents in color psychology, new beginnings, of wiping the slate clean, so to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written upon. While white is not stimulating to the senses, it opens the way for the creation of anything the mind can conceive.
- Grey – Represents the overall color of the street we started riding on.
Artwork
- Street Image – Is an actual image of the route (Avalon Park Blvd – Innovation Way) we traveled the most on in the beginning.
- Favicon – Is a the representation of 2 words (Team + One) abbreviated into 2 letters (T + O) but still united as one.
- TeamOne Logo – The name comes from many different rider experience levels, charitable organization support, different companies, and people but together as a Team with One goal. We ride to have fun, stay healthy, support our community, and above all we do not drop anyone on our rides because we all ride as One.
The Elevator Pitch – The name TeamOne expresses our inclusive team united for our community, the image of the road represents the path which we ride on to the perspective community we help.
View the rides with the Classic Jersey
Taino Jersey – est. 2020
The original jersey’s colors are also used in the Taino jersey. They retain the original meaning while gaining more reasons for the colors. The following depicts just one island’s plight which befell upon the Tainos, not included is what happen to their fellow brothers and sisters in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Virgin Island, and in the other Caribbean islands.
Colors
- Black & Red -The colors of death and bloodshed of the people.
- Genocide – There is a great debate as to just how many Arawak/Taíno inhabited Hispaniola when Columbus landed in 1492. Some of the early Spanish historians/observers claimed there were as many as 3,000,000 to 4,000,000. These numbers seem to be based on very little reliable evidence and are thought to be gross exaggerations. However, since nothing like a census was done, the methods for estimating the numbers are extremely shaky, whether by these early historians of later critics.One long technical article on the population comes in with a low estimate of 100,000. Several other modern scholars seem to lean more forcefully in the area of 300,000 to 400,000. Whatever the number, what happened to them is extremely tragic. They were not immune to European diseases, especially smallpox, and the Spanish worked them unmercifully in the mines and fields. By 1507 the Spanish were settled and able to do a more reliable job of counting the Arawak/Taíno. It is generally agreed that by 1507 their numbers had shrunk to 60,000. By 1531 the number was down to 600. Today there are no easily discerned traces of the Arawak/Taíno at all except for some of the archaeological remains that have been found. Not only on Hispaniola but also across the Windward Passage in Cuba, complete genocide was practiced on these natives.The diseases were major causes of their demise. However, on Columbus’s 2nd voyage he began to require a tribute from the Arawak/Taíno. They were expected to yield a certain quantity of gold per capita. Each adult of 14 years of age was required to submit 25lbs. of cotton or gold. For those who could not produce either, there was a service requirement for them to work for the Spanish. This set the stage for a system of assigning the Arawak/Taíno to Spanish settlers as effective slave labor. This system contributed significantly to their genocide.
- Grito de Lares – The “Grito de Lares” is Puerto Rico’s first and only cry for Independence. On September 23, 1868, between 600 to 1000 men, mostly Puerto Rican born and from the west of the Island, revolted for Independence from Spain. Of the arrested most were innocent jíbaros their only guilt was being passive victims of the political regime.The citizens of the Capital, as well as the wealthy, were indifferent to the independence movement. The men were poorly armed without aid, protection, or training. The revolt which was planned for September 29th began instead on the 23rd as a result of betrayal.
- Sterilization Law 116 – In 1937, Puerto Rico enacted Law 116, the last eugenics sterilization law passed under United States territorial jurisdiction. It was not repealed until 1960. Yet the conditions for, and outcomes of, eugenics in Puerto Rico were established and assured not merely by Law 116, but by US colonialism.
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- Blue – The color of the ocean that separates the Tainos/Arawaks from other tribesmen and women on different landmasses in the Caribbean and South America.
- White – An equal balance of all the colors of the spectrum, representing both the positive and negative aspects of all colors. Its basic feature is equality, implying fairness and impartiality, neutrality and independence. Something for the existing Taino lineage to move forward and forge a new positive path.
- Grey – A loose representation of the cave walls and stones the symbols were carved into.
Artwork
- Guerreros/Warriors – This image depicts that the Taino/Arawak people had Chiefs and warriors from both genders.
- 3 Caras/Faces – This image represents the ancestorial roots from the Africans (Left) and Europeans (Right) that transited the islands with the Taino (Center), the indigenous people of the islands.
- Coqui – The coquí was here long before any humans came to the island, so they have the longest history, and perhaps they sing each night because they have so much to say. The little frog greeted the Taíno when they came to Boriken from South America. Taíno petroglyphs depict the frogs, and many of their stories revolve around the amphibian.According to the legend, there was a beautiful goddess who fell in love with Coquí, the chief’s son. When he went out to fish, she would make sure that he came back with a big catch, and he would sing praises to her. One evening, she came to him in the form of a Taíno maiden, and they fell in love. She told Coquí that she would come back the next evening at moonrise, but the next evening came, and with it came the evil Juracán . The sky blackened and his winds howled as the goddess tried to protect her lover, but Juracán snatched him away and she never saw him again. She did not know how she could go on without her beautiful Coquí, so she created this tiny frog that will forever call for him: “ Co-kee! Co-kee!”
- Trigonolito/Triangle – Yocahu Vaguada Maorocoti: God of fertility. “Spirit of the Yucca and the sea. Mr. Yucador. ” He was buried in the Conucos Cassava; main food of the native Taino, to fertilize the soil.
- Agua/Water – The Taínos often depicted a spiral symbol, which represented cosmic energy and sweet water.
- Sol/Sun – The cave Mautiatibuel (son of dawn) known as the “Lord of the Dawn”, which believed to rise from the cave and returns to hide, while the moon comes out of the same cave. The sun was believed to be a powerful God emitting strength, health, and longevity to its people as it did for agriculture.
The Elevator Pitch – The Triangle is to give us the strength and vitality, the Coqui provides warmth and music to our ears and soul, the Sun to light the path and provide longevity on our way, as the Water refreshes and sustains us for the ride.
View the ride with the Taino Jersey
Champion Jersey – est. 2020
Celebrating our 5th consecutive year as a Team of Champions in the fight against diabetes. We have been committed to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) through the Orlando Tour de Cure in Lake Nona, FL. This is a tribute to those team members who raised a minimum of $1,000 in the cure for diabetes for a consecutive 5 years.
Colors
- Black – Represents the millions which have passed away from this dreaded disease.
- Red – Represents the blood which carries the diabetes illness
- White – Represents in color psychology, new beginnings, of wiping the slate clean, so to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written upon. While white is not stimulating to the senses, it opens the way for the creation of anything the mind can conceive.
- Grey – Represents the people still living with the disease.
Artwork
- Mountains – Is representative of the struggle to reach champion status. Each mountain is for every consecutive year we were a Team of Champions.
- Favicon – Is a the representation of 2 words (Team + One) abbreviated into 2 letters (T + O) but still united as one.
- TeamOne Logo – The name comes from many different rider experience levels, charitable organization supported, different companies, genders, cultures, people, that makes us stronger as a Team with One goal. We ride to have fun, stay healthy, support our community, and above all we do not drop anyone on our rides because we all ride as One.
The Elevator Pitch – The name TeamOne expresses our inclusive team united for our community, the mountains are the struggle to achieve champion and help our community.
View the rides with the Champion Jersey
Honor The Fallen Jersey – est. 2021
This is a tribute to those who put it all on the line for others.
Colors
- Black – Represents the fathers, wives, sons, and daughters who have passed protecting and serving our loved ones.
- Red – Represents the blood which has been spilled protecting others.
- Grey – Represents the family members still living with the lost.
- White – Represents in color psychology, new beginnings, of wiping the slate clean, so to speak. It is the blank canvas waiting to be written upon. While white is not stimulating to the senses, it opens the way for the creation of anything the mind can conceive.
Artwork
- Gray US Flag – Is representative of the sacrafice the fallen have given … All Gave Some, Some Gave All”.
- No One Fights Alone – Displays the agencies which fight for our way of life.
- US Flag, Eagle, Boot, Weapon, and Emblems – Is representative of the fallen and the strenght they provide for us to support their loved ones.
- Favicon – Is a the representation of 2 words (Team + One) abbreviated into 2 letters (T + O) but still united as one.
- TeamOne Logo – The name comes from many different rider experience levels, charitable organization support, different companies, and people but together as a Team with One goal. We ride to have fun, stay healthy, support our community, and above all we do not drop anyone on our rides because we all ride as One.
The Elevator Pitch – The name TeamOne expresses our inclusive team united for our community, we ride with this jersey so people may never forget what sacrafices the fallen have given for their way of life and remind everyone that their surviving family members need our support.
View the rides with the Honor The Fallen Jersey
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