View Poll Results: Bike Shop Decals… Remove or not remove?
Leave on forever
15
40.54%
Leave on for a long time
5
13.51%
Leave on for a short time
2
5.41%
Remove asap
15
40.54%
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Bike Shop Decals… Remove or not remove?
03-23-15, 03:52 PM
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Same reason I don't leave on the license plate frame from car dealers. I don't like providing free advertising.
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03-23-15, 04:12 PM
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here it doesn't matter there is only 1 dealer for any certain brand of car anyhow.
Portland has several to compete for your attention
Portland has several to compete for your attention
03-23-15, 06:17 PM
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I think I would faint if I found a bike with a sticker from the now long gone shop I worked at in 1977.
03-23-15, 08:05 PM
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I leave 'em on "forever". In my experience they're small and unobtrusive, i.e. you'd have to look sharp to even notice them, so they're not really detracting from the look of the bike IMO.
So the folks who are removing the decals from their bikes, do you peal off the dealership decals from your car, too?
So the folks who are removing the decals from their bikes, do you peal off the dealership decals from your car, too?
And all the other badges/markings too.
This is the back of my hauler:
A heat gonne takes off anything, the trick is finding the right temperature. If you get it too hot, it'll take the paint off too...
03-24-15, 06:24 PM
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A piece of nylon string will cut through the double sided foam tape used to attach badges to cars these days. Just use it like a saw and clean up the residue with WD-40. I reserve the heat *** for vinyl graphics.
03-24-15, 06:45 PM
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The heat gonne is the easy, fastest, and best way. I'm not for doing things the hard way. But to each their own.
03-24-15, 06:51 PM
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