VeloCals Is Closing
12-01-22, 12:14 PM
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back when JR was in LaJolla (or thereabouts) he made some custom sets from my artwork which was a good experience, but later when i needed something new (custom-printed from my supplied artwork) he said "no can do: we are no longer making custom printed decals at all" only selling what they made for their own "catalogue".
Which I believe is the MO for Greg Softley (who I recommend) as well as H.Lloyd. The only guy I know of who *might* take on custom work is Gus Salmon in Florida. who gets high praise from many of his customers (but I could not work with him on one project he bid on for me: not over $$ but ownership of the art).
Otherwise there are still a couple "hobbyists" who own the ALPS printer needed to print long-lasting ink on vinyl or water-slide substrate, but most of them are connected with the Model Train and Model Aircraft crowd, so hard to find searching for bicycle decal printing.
And there's still SSSInk, still in business with a huge catalog, AFAIK
Which I believe is the MO for Greg Softley (who I recommend) as well as H.Lloyd. The only guy I know of who *might* take on custom work is Gus Salmon in Florida. who gets high praise from many of his customers (but I could not work with him on one project he bid on for me: not over $$ but ownership of the art).
Otherwise there are still a couple "hobbyists" who own the ALPS printer needed to print long-lasting ink on vinyl or water-slide substrate, but most of them are connected with the Model Train and Model Aircraft crowd, so hard to find searching for bicycle decal printing.
And there's still SSSInk, still in business with a huge catalog, AFAIK
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12-01-22, 01:39 PM
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This is distressing. Velocals has been a reliable supplier for several full restorations and several other revisions. Their work was appreciated and will be missed.
12-01-22, 02:04 PM
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Big bummer. They have aided the renovation and restoration of a number of my bikes as well. Going out on a high note with them supplying decals for my OS Paramount (I sent them finished photos). Thinking maybe I scoop up a number of Trek seat tube panels since that era of Trek is my favorite and I'm totally not planning on ever buying another one... 
12-01-22, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JulesCW
That's a real bummer. 
Great folks, great decals. this news inspired me to place an order for a set of decals for a frame I might not paint -- just in case. .
Great folks, great decals. this news inspired me to place an order for a set of decals for a frame I might not paint -- just in case. .
12-01-22, 03:12 PM
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Dang.
12-01-22, 03:59 PM
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Just got my order in for a Medici set!Trying to think of what other decals I will need in the future.
I hope they don't run out of stock of whatever I come up with.
Thanks for your service to the C&V community Velocals! We will really miss you!!
I hope they don't run out of stock of whatever I come up with.
Thanks for your service to the C&V community Velocals! We will really miss you!!
12-01-22, 06:45 PM
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I ordered sets for Fuji Pro and Motobecane Le Champion. I need a couple others but they are not offered by Velocals as standard. I can understand the business model change.
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12-02-22, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by gugie
01-18-23, 05:05 AM
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I too will miss Velocals. Always seemed to have the decals for the bikes that I have restored in the past 10 years.The prices were always low enough to keep my costs reasonable. Especially on the plain jane bikes (fuji, schwinn, sekai. sekine, nishiki, stc) sold around my neck of the woods.
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01-31-23, 04:11 AM
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Just received my Univega decal order that I managed to squeak in under the wire. They kept me well-informed throughout of the progress of the order.
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Wow! I guess I'm the last to know. Here anyway. Is there an alternative source? Certainly there is a thread here, which came along in my absence. Just link it, if you feel so inclined.
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02-27-23, 08:43 AM
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03-02-23, 02:14 AM
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Here's the same page as above but with all the vendor links, thought this might be useful, maybe even a sticky. cb400bill
Thank you so much for visiting Velocals.com
As of 1/1/23 we have closed our doors
Alternative decal vendor links provided below
reach out to them to inquire about
making your rare bike decals
We wish you all the best with your restorations
United States
Gus Salmon - https://www.facebook.com/gsalmondecals/
SSSink - https://sssink.com/bicycle-restoration
Porkchop BMX - https://velocals.com/Porkchop%20BMX
Crawfords Decals - https://stores.ebay.com/Crawfords-Decals
Bicycle Bones - https://velocals.com/Bicycle%20Bones
Australia
Cyclomondo - https://www.cyclomondo.net/
BMX Products - https://www.bmxproducts.com/
United Kingdom
H Lloyd Cycles - https://h-lloyd-cycles.myshopify.com/en-us
BicycleDecals - https://bicycledecals.net/
BicycleStickers - https://www.bicyclestickers.co.uk/
RetroDecals - https://www.facebook.com/retrodecals/
Europe
EgoVinyls - https://www.ebay.com/str/egovinyls
SlikGraphics - https://www.slikgraphics.com/
Thank you so much for visiting Velocals.com
As of 1/1/23 we have closed our doors
Alternative decal vendor links provided below
reach out to them to inquire about
making your rare bike decals
We wish you all the best with your restorations
United States
Gus Salmon - https://www.facebook.com/gsalmondecals/
SSSink - https://sssink.com/bicycle-restoration
Porkchop BMX - https://velocals.com/Porkchop%20BMX
Crawfords Decals - https://stores.ebay.com/Crawfords-Decals
Bicycle Bones - https://velocals.com/Bicycle%20Bones
Australia
Cyclomondo - https://www.cyclomondo.net/
BMX Products - https://www.bmxproducts.com/
United Kingdom
H Lloyd Cycles - https://h-lloyd-cycles.myshopify.com/en-us
BicycleDecals - https://bicycledecals.net/
BicycleStickers - https://www.bicyclestickers.co.uk/
RetroDecals - https://www.facebook.com/retrodecals/
Europe
EgoVinyls - https://www.ebay.com/str/egovinyls
SlikGraphics - https://www.slikgraphics.com/
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^thanks for that.
