Thanks! The guys at the shop did a fantastic job on the bike.

Merlin frames from the mid90's had very classy decals.

If that was my bike, I'd search for some vintage Merlin decals, or have some replicated at a local print shop.

M - Merlin - VeloCals


-Tim-

Yeah, sweet!

New Steel
 

http://i.imgur.com/ldFqxznl.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/oeVLb0al.jpg

Well done.

His bike is classy, but the decals are horid

Very interesting concept, but so far, a "not." The frame makes everything else look all chunky. Excess stem and 40mm(?) rims don't help, but a cushion-y saddle would make it more amusing. Maybe it looks better in sunlight, but red bar tape and red stripe tires might improve things.

Thanks pretty much what was in the back of my head. Rims are off of my norco it'll probably only ever have the american classic aluminum on them IRL. Ive been playing around with height of bars to try to get it dial in, once I've decided, ill get the excess will be cut. I may also go for a less beefy stem in the future.

Man, I love the Torelli, classic steel tubing with the modern carbon wheels/components FTW! (Atleast IMO)

Velocals is a good company, but as far as I know they don't do custom work. I was looking for decals for a fairly obscure old Italian frame and while they had some, they weren't very accurate. So I got some photos from the web and worked with a local sign/decal shop (they do striping, door logos, branding stickers, etc.) and I am very happy with what they came up with. We had a few back and forth sessions where I'd actually sit with them and we'd work out the decals size, shape etc. That's what I'd do if I were you.

A year or so later, I actually found some new-old-sock OEM decals on ebay from a guy in Italy. There's minor differences with the ones my local shop made, and I plan to have a duplicate set of the OEM decals made for posterity and then put them on the bike.

Very nice. :thumb:

Thanks guys! Really appreciate the positive comments. I have carbon bikes but I got this in 2009 when I was 16 and it's like my child. I am confident I will never get rid of it. I ride it wayyyyy more than any of my other bikes too. Ti and a mechanical groupset is just soothing to me.


And after 7 years it still looks completely brand new! If I ever quit riding this frame is just getting mounted on my wall as art.

Made a few improvements from the last time I posted this.

https://i.imgur.com/TKgzyll.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dqcVtPu.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CYK1CK6.jpg

I like it. The orange on front/black in rear looks good. Sets it apart from all the black/black and black/white bikes. Nice touch with the orange Mavic logos. The more I look at it the more I like it. I'm going with hot. Good work.

Derailleur torture

Not a fan of the graphics.

Me too, but the frame was a warranty replacement and I'm not sure about how to go about toning it down.

First love, '93 Marinoni Special (still owned and ridden regularly)

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...pslzm7ofmu.jpg

Current love: '16 Marinoni Genius

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps5wp94rb9.jpg

My new Fuji SL

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9mxbeudi.jpg

^^hot^^

My first question is; "Didn't they have the correct frame size for you?"

Old Campy cranks > new campy cranks.

Those Zonda's tho.... :love:

Caad4
 

Here's my CAAD4 after a few recent refinements.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I...vK908=s1736-no

I have to agree. The old Campy stuff has much more aesthetic appeal! But yes those wheels are sharp!

the logo on the downtube is tolerable, but the janky one on the top tube really needs to go...what designer thought that was a cool idea...

sorry, no clever ideas on how to cover it up tho...