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A mate liberated a sticker off the tube and had one of those purple coloured 'please give up this seat if an elderly or disabled person needs it' on the saddle of his trials bike.
'Toughen up Princess' on my Jones. Got given to my girlfriend when we went to Swanage and dropped by. She didn't think it was funny and gave it to me. Much more apt.
Think Charlie needs to redo some of these stickers, really want a toughen up princess amongst others
Indeed. They have to be as shonky looking as the originals too!
some-one needs to draw a Venn diagram that shows the relationship between; Sticker appreciation, 12 yr old girls and boys and mountain-bikers
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Full MemberToughen Up Princess?
Sorry to break it to you but even though she’s married to a prince she’s a duchess, not a princess.
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Hi Piers!
Think Charlie needs to redo some of these stickers, really want a toughen up princess amongst others
Seems a bit sexist / cringe for 2021. Might just be me but I wouldn't adorn my bike with that sort of slightly outdated message. [/fun police]
Seems a bit sexist / cringe for 2021. Might just be me but I wouldn’t adorn my bike with that sort of slightly outdated message. [/fun police
Really interested in this comment. Would you expand it?
I see a princess as a spoilt little royal that has everything done for her. Princess and the pea etc and doesn't live in the real world. I watched a lot of Disney as a child.
Never really thought about it in any other way. How do you see it?
I know it's not about what I think, it's about what others think. Interested in why you think that.
Thanks
Yeah, I see that, and clearly the spoilt brat image is part of why we might call someone a princess. But why is it a Princess not a Prince? It would be naive that the gender of the royal is not a part of the 'insult'. As you say, Disney has a lot to answer for when it comes to gender stereotypes.
Basically, there are other ways of saying toughen up / try harder than don't demean women.
We need a 'Shut up Legs!' but for MTB.
Ok so what's an acceptable alternative: "Toughen Up Snowflake ❄️"?
We need a ‘Shut up Legs!’ but for MTB.
'Shut up cake-belly'?
I desperately want to swap the bars on my bike, but won’t because of the “Hold my Cider and Watch This” sticker.
I've kept a broken frame for similar reasons
Now I had a “Watch for the gear changes and try to keep up” sticker.....was that one of his?
I just had a look and found brake for cake, one less car and toughen up princess.
eBay?
Cheap Beer is Not a Crime from Charlie at the last ST awards evening
Just received an order from the Bikemonger. Included a sticker.
“Sous les pavés, la plage” (Except the accent was on the v...)
Are they trying too hard to capture Charlie’s relaxed attitude?
“The statement encapsulated the movement's views on urbanization and modern society in both a literal and metaphorical form.“
I would settle for ‘never go full roadie’ though
(as a self confessed roadie myself)
@jonba, are you thinking of selling 'princess'? After a few days I'm still thinking it's a good sticker for me. Pm me if you want to sell and have a price in mind, cheers
I've got a "One Less Car" on my old, cracked, Rocky Mountain Solo frame. Would love to get that frame repaired.
Also got these stickers, can't remember where the hell they came from!
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Got a couple of kitten ones. 1 unused. Offers on the back of a tenner please.
Blimey.... it’s really nice to read this thread. Makes me nostalgic.
gil who printed the stickers for me reckons we did over 300,000 and that was back at the SS world champ in Ireland... so maybe half a million in the end.
the “my dandy horse brings all the boys to the yard and I’m like it’s better than yours” cost loads to make.
jesus rode cross... I cringe a little at that one.
I think “toughten up princess” was in response to the drunk cyclist guys giving me a “cowboy up cupcake”.
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I think a “hold my small batch craft IPA and watch this”.... will be along soon. </span>
The van I bought 5 years ago off this forum came with 2 stickers. "What would Lance do?" And "My drinking club has a cycling problem". On Saturday it, and the stickers, are being picked up by their new forumite owner.
I actually gave Lance Armstrong a “what would Lance do.”.... he was very cool about it. “Thank you, I think I already have one of these”. An hour later he raced past the whisky tree and he was jamming so hard, I looked into his eyes for a split second and it was genuinely scary. Dark, furious, 100% racing killer.
Unfortunately I've sold all my frames that had CTBM stickers on them.
Finding one adorning a trail marker at Coed Y Brenin made my day - not sure if its still there, that was July 2019:
A compilation of all these needs to be given to Charlie the bikemonger and a new sticker run needs to be done. there are some utter classics here that deserve a print re-run.
Something about Cornholme - Hebden filth?
On polling day, and with a nod north of the border , can I mention “Be More Scottish”?
My two half Scots, Yorkshire born sons love that one.
And what about a variation on the Lance one?
”What didn’t Lance do?”
Finding one adorning a trail marker at Coed Y Brenin made my day
ALl I see is a No Entry sign. Sure you weren't at the bottom of the trail? 😀