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Old 12-27-19, 07:14 AM
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No stickers as they produce drag! Just kidding...…..I do not get into stickering something up as it distracts me from what is fun > RIDING!
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Old 12-27-19, 07:37 AM
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Old 12-27-19, 09:51 AM
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I put a couple stickers from Adventure Cycling on two of my bikes. They had really pithy sayings that I appreciated. "Had" being the operative word, as the few times a year I give the bike a ride on my car rack has rubbed the ink off, so all that's left is some white-paper looking things.
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Old 12-28-19, 06:51 PM
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Nothing on the frames but I have put a couple on fenders or other parts.

Rode my Trek city build to work one morning shortly after 9/11 and was given this one.


I got several of these during my first IT contract out of school. The company was doing a rollout to replace older machines and they had these stickers indicating they were certified for the upcoming Y2K catastrophe. These are particularly suitable for my fleet, all of which predate the millennium, some by decades.
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Old 12-29-19, 07:58 AM
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Mine just has.....Salvation Army $20.......and I received 10% discount for senior.
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Old 12-30-19, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AlmostTrick
I've had vinyl lettering made up for several bikes. https://doityourselflettering.com/vinyl-lettering/
Ooo, thanks! I've been wanting custom decals! Now I just have to decide whether to go with "Wash is my co-pilot" or "I am a leaf on the wind"; probably not that one, it didn't end well.
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Old 12-30-19, 06:20 PM
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Tsumaranai

I put mailbox letter stickers on my toptube that spell out TSUMARANAI. In Japanese it means "its so unimportant its not even worth thinking about". Each time I get ready to mount my bicycle I see it and it centers my mind. Also letters that say "7 times down 8 times up".

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Old 12-30-19, 06:54 PM
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Excelsior!
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Old 12-30-19, 06:59 PM
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My 1960 Western Flyer has a sticker letting me know where it was made. And my Sears Roebuck 5 speed made in Austria has stickers showing which gear I am in.


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Old 12-30-19, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
My entire bike is art.


Yo bike looks like it glows in the dark.
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Old 12-30-19, 07:04 PM
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The only bike I had started to sticker bomb was my '12 Response, but it was stolen.
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Old 12-30-19, 11:12 PM
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Personalized stickers.....

I built a very long wheelbase bike for myself about 2 years ago....cut apart the frames of a Trek 850 and a Schwinn World Traveler (both chromoloy) with some added steel tubes....made a jig and welded it all together. About a 6' wheelbase. I had 4 stickers made reading "Frankenbike".. I am going to modify it further this year (2 chains, 3 chain rings, longer.....kind of a Steampunk vibe).
I built a Fuji steel road bike, complete repaint. Normally I get original style aftermarket stickers on a repaint, but on this one, for something different, I found 6 varieties of elaborate pin striping stickers with width and length that worked on the seat tube, down tube, top tube and head tube.. Yellow and dark blue frame with navy blue and yellow pinstriping. Didn't like the color combo, so did all yellow with Fuji stickers....but I used my 60's era 27" road wheels (Campy wide flange hubs, Ambrosio rims, dbl butted spokes) so I put a few vintage Campy stickers on the bike.
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Old 12-31-19, 01:50 PM
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Powder coated and decals applied. Art and music.

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Old 12-31-19, 02:33 PM
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Ybs !!!

not my bike, but i'm having at least a dozen new chainstay protectors made. for group rides.

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Old 12-31-19, 03:33 PM
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Gorgeous!! Love the color scheme.....esp the carryover colors in cable housings, tape and rims. I see that like me you might not be a fan of black components....I like my bikes "silvered out" like this beauty.
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Old 12-31-19, 03:49 PM
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Old 12-31-19, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by collcs
Gorgeous!! Love the color scheme.....esp the carryover colors in cable housings, tape and rims. I see that like me you might not be a fan of black components....I like my bikes "silvered out" like this beauty.
Nice compliments. As previously stated in post = not my bike. But the owner knows she has good taste - except for those brake cables?!?


Below is my only sticker - given to me by another BFer to commemorate and document a serially problematic build


What could go wrong? or with a bit of emotion - What else could possibly go wrong?!?
But the project worked itself into a very enjoyable and useful 9 speed triple on a 40+yo frameset.
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Old 12-31-19, 05:57 PM
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Not a big fan if non-factory stickers, though I am guilty of a few applications.

Back in the 60s I put Chiquita banana stickers on my Legnano fork. The cool stickers were hell to remove after almost 60 years as I got ready for Eroica. The petrified glue was way more robust than the whisper thin Italian lacquer.

I do like the vintage ABL sticker, it stays.

Our bike club went from nice embroidered patches to cheesy stickers for our big charity ride. The sticker was perfect color for my bike, and protects the raw carbon from cable housing rub.
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Old 01-01-20, 02:39 PM
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I've built a weight weeny bike with mostly new parts from China, UK, USA, Taiwan Germany. 6800 grams (15 pounds), 56 cm frame, weight includes saddle, pedals, bike computer, and bottle cages, plus electronic shifting. The only sticker added is a clear chain guard on the chain stay. I am thinking about adding a few custom stickers to add a little bling and a few grams - My Name plus 'WORKS' on the down tube, top tube and forks instead of 'SPECIALIZED WORKS'. The frame is from 'Workswell Bikes'. It's a knock off of a Cervelo R3, well constructed. I want to add my signature on the top tube as well so it's not just some anonymous bike. website for vinyl stickers doityourselflettering.com
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Originally Posted by Brauer
I've built a weight weeny bike with mostly new parts from China, UK, USA, Taiwan Germany. 6800 grams (15 pounds), 56 cm frame, weight includes saddle, pedals, bike computer, and bottle cages, plus electronic shifting. The only sticker added is a clear chain guard on the chain stay. I am thinking about adding a few custom stickers to add a little bling and a few grams - My Name plus 'WORKS' on the down tube, top tube and forks instead of 'SPECIALIZED WORKS'. The frame is from 'Workswell Bikes'. It's a knock off of a Cervelo R3, well constructed. I want to add my signature on the top tube as well so it's not just some anonymous bike. website for vinyl stickers doityourselflettering.com
This sounds nice, both the WW bike and your idea to personalize it with a custom name. Please posts pics here if you do.

Oh, and only a true weight weeny would consider vinyl lettering as adding a few grams! Good job.
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Old 01-03-20, 02:06 PM
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Current stickers: Bluevelo Carbon, and DO NOT TOUCH
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Old 01-04-20, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by FBOATSB
Nice !...my stickers are now C&V
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Old 01-04-20, 10:38 AM
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I got stickers of my name on all my bikes (Pegatin Pro).
It looks cool and plus if someone steals my bike it has my name on them
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