Frankenbike decals
11-10-15, 11:51 AM
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Frankenbike decals
So you've got an old frame (who doesn't?) The paint's past the point of patina, so you PC or rattle can it on the cheap. You rebuild it out of your parts bin. Now you've got this odd duck, perhaps it's an ugly duckling, maybe you see it as a beautiful swan, but without decals to anchor it, something's amiss. What are your options?
You can go with something off the shelf:
Spin a yarn about belgian monks making frames from a cave on the backside of Mt. Diablo.
Another option is to print your own.
Nice, crisp vinyl decals can be had in various colors and fonts, or design your own:
Discuss.
You can go with something off the shelf:
Spin a yarn about belgian monks making frames from a cave on the backside of Mt. Diablo.
Another option is to print your own.
Nice, crisp vinyl decals can be had in various colors and fonts, or design your own:
Discuss.
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11-10-15, 12:04 PM
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I need to find my "Box of Crap" sticker for my next build. @RaleighSport deserves more high fives for those. Awesome stuff!
11-10-15, 01:27 PM
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I see... well here's a few from my personal collection.
Centurion Lemans set:
BoC sheets... question not the stagger of my sheets
Centurion Lemans set:
BoC sheets... question not the stagger of my sheets
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Stand alone Schwinn decal:
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Sekai decal project that is still unfinished:
11-10-15, 01:30 PM
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In case you were wondering where this all started (I know you're really not ) I used to be a gamer.. and made my own tags...
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I have actually been thinking about what to do for decals on a dark gray-metal powdercoated frame I picked up on this site. Its a '90 Fuji Saratoga touring frame and the original full decals aren't anywhere on the internet.
But I could grab the 'FUJI' logos for the downtube as well as the 'Ishiwata Si35 Feather triple butted' seat tube logo from another late 80s decal set since these were the same font and design across Fuji's line.
My nickname from my brother in law, for probably the last 20+ years ever since I grew taller than him, has been Sasquatch. We thought it'd be funny to have a small Sasquatch logo on the top tube and name the bike 'Squatch or Sasquatch.
I would just need to figure the font style for the wording and which name I would go with. Well, all that's assuming I actually do it and don't just stick to trying to replicate the original Saratoga top tube decal.
But I could grab the 'FUJI' logos for the downtube as well as the 'Ishiwata Si35 Feather triple butted' seat tube logo from another late 80s decal set since these were the same font and design across Fuji's line.
My nickname from my brother in law, for probably the last 20+ years ever since I grew taller than him, has been Sasquatch. We thought it'd be funny to have a small Sasquatch logo on the top tube and name the bike 'Squatch or Sasquatch.
I would just need to figure the font style for the wording and which name I would go with. Well, all that's assuming I actually do it and don't just stick to trying to replicate the original Saratoga top tube decal.
11-10-15, 03:48 PM
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I'm not creative enough to do decals on freshly finished frames, but I do like installing random head badges:
11-10-15, 03:54 PM
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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11-10-15, 06:17 PM
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I hear ya!
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This one has the spirit...
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