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I built a fairly cheap TT/Tri bike recently, with the frame and wheels coming unbranded from China. It might not be the fanciest, lightest or flashest bike around by a long way, but it seems to be pretty quick, certainly quicker than I could do justice to!
I do however feel that it's looking a little bare, and want to add something to liven it up a little. I did want to add McDangerous, my nickname to the wheels, but it didn't really work due to the lenght - it would wrap almost 180 degrees around the rim.
My most recent thought is an abbreviation from [url= http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/ ]The Rules[/url], as my rather rough picture below crudely illustrates.
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The bike in question is this
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Any thoughts/ideas/criticism appreciated!
Cheers, Rich
That front QR isn't parallel with the ground. Don't let Realman see this....
As for your stickers, I'd go for unicorns. They look ace.
I think my QR's are fairly parallel, and the angle of the photograph is capturing more the fact that they point in a bit, maybe!
Cheers, Rich
I like the ones you've made
I dunno, get a spirit level on them. I'm a stickler for the rules me!
The stickers looks pretty good. I think the bike looks like a bit of a weapon all black though.
How about STFU
Where S = Spew
If you are doing the pointy hat thing ,that should be your final target.
How about a version of the hypnotic spiral?
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MY OTHER BIKE IS AN APPOLO
Get some latin on there. How about "Mustela putorius furo"
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As for your stickers, I'd go for unicorns. They look ace.
I'd go for a Liger, they're mythical creatures!
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Something on the lines of what Rusty said, that gives a freaky illusion when you're at full gas. No-one will be able to read HTFU when you go past in a blur 😉
Hmm...loving some of the ideas there guys 🙂
Unfortunately the hypno spiral would work best on a disc, and I've been cheap and just gone for 80mm deep rims.
Maybe some more thought on a crazy pattern is required.
The alternative is of course to always ride slowly so that people can read my wheel lettering, although that may somewhat defeat the purpose 😀
Cheers, Rich
RINGFENCE THE UNICORN!
Just get some lightning bolts, or an arrow or something maybe?
Ligers are real Ladders 🙂
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Ligers are real Ladders
Sorry, meant mythical powers, or somethink!
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Where would you be getting these stickers made? Quite fancy something custom myself.
A friend of mine started a small business doing vinyl cutting, has done some very nice looking stuff to date.
[url= http://ubersticky.co.uk/ ]UberSticky[/url] is the place, Johnny is into trials and MTB and an all-round nice bloke.
Cheers, Rich
Update time:
Had my stickers made, although they're a touch smaller than I intended, I think they look quite good 🙂
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The Bike
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The Sticker
Cheers, Rich
QR Still doesnt look parallel 😉
That bike looks bonkers!
Good, but bonkers!
DrP
<goes to inspect bike>
to be fair, the QR is probably less than 5 degrees off horizontal, but certainly appears more so in that photo 🙂
I actually got the stickers done by Spiral GFX, very professional service and super-quick turn around too. Decent value I thought as well.
Cheers, Rich