Bicycle Mechanics - Custome Bike Decal

I'd like a decal for my road bike that has my name on it - i'd like to place it on the top tube back near the seatpost. Anywhere online I could get something like that made?

Thanks - Paul

I'd like a decal for my road bike that has my name on it - i'd like to place it on the top tube back near the seatpost. Anywhere online I could get something like that made?

Thanks - Paul
When I was trying to get exact duplicate decals made for a bike restoration I was doing, I tried the internet without success. However, I did find local franchise sign companies more than capable of duplicating factory decals or helping out with your custom design. In my area I used Signs Now. They did two complete sets of original factory decals for $40. Good Luck!!

Depending on how fancy you want your name decal to be you've got a couple of options. First, you could go via the sign shops and get them to custom design you something. Expect to pay $20 and up. Or secondly, if you want to go the cheap route, you could go to any craft store like Micheals and you could get alphabet stickers in many types of fonts and styles and colours. Prices range from a buck and up.

Or you can buy Decal Paper (http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Department&ID=106) for your laser or inkjet printer. Just remember that you need to use the white decal paper for certain designs instead of the clear. This product is aimed at modelmakers, so I haven't tried it myself, but have seen it in their catalog.

-Bill

I've got the same issue, I bought a TST road frame that's blank because TST is the OEM for other bike brands. They now sell these frames on their site, sans any decals. I e-mailed the CEO about making some and he said their primary business is OEM, not marketing themselves as a framebuilder (makes sense).

I've thought about the decal paper, but is that stuff robust enough to put on a bike frame? It's going to be subjected to wind, rain, sweat, etc. And those craft stickers you buy at hobby shops are almost as cheesy as vinyl mailbox numbers.

Or you can buy Decal Paper (http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Department&ID=106) for your laser or inkjet printer. -Bill

You better seal it with a clear coat or it won't last. Decal paper is pretty thin and if it gets wet it will shift around or even come off.

I've got the same issue, I bought a TST road frame that's blank because TST is the OEM for other bike brands. They now sell these frames on their site, sans any decals. I e-mailed the CEO about making some and he said their primary business is OEM, not marketing themselves as a framebuilder (makes sense).

I've thought about the decal paper, but is that stuff robust enough to put on a bike frame? It's going to be subjected to wind, rain, sweat, etc. And those craft stickers you buy at hobby shops are almost as cheesy as vinyl mailbox numbers.


I also own a TST frame, purchased direct from their web site. Great frame by the way.

I've created lettering stencils before using ordinary contact paper and an xacto knife. Lay out the letters just the way you want them on a piece of paper. Make it so the paper can be wraped around the tube and the letters are in the position you desire. You can shrink or expand them using an ordinary copy machine. Next, copy your pattern on a piece of ordinary contact paper. Now cut the letters out using the xacto. Use a ruler where possible to keep the lines straight and parallel. After everything is cut out, peel and stick the paper on the contact on the frame and use some sort of spray paint to make the letters. Contact paper may leave a residue but use some low level chemical like bug and tar remover to take it off.

Ed