[Closed] Own name on top tube, how/where

I find this about as sad as personalised registrations on cars but each to his own - Ebays' awash with vinyl cutting oufits...

I find this about as sad as personalised registrations

Innit, but Alpin's looks pretty sweet actually, dude.

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Headset cap: -
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Get them from Purely Custom. They're in the US but quick and pretty cheap. they do personalised headset spacers too.

and I'm half dutch.

Shouldn't your bike be an Orange then?

I think all these look fine, no problem with them, and I'm someone who thinks personalised reg plates are sadder than your hamsters funeral.

My name is slightly wrong though, it should be a lowercase D, and I'm half dutch.

I though the dB part of Tom dB was because you were in charge of the data base! 😳

Actual name is for poseurs or seriously hot-shit riders/pro's

Not sure where your average Islabike owner fits on that scale, but having your name on the top-tube certainly has 6 year old appeal.

OK, it has to be asked ...

If said name gets clocked by another rider or, heaven forbid, a group of riders - what happens next:

1. Hi, I'm ... from the STW Forum. Shake hands, admire bike etc.

2. You're ...? What a c0ck you are.

3. You sold me some duff forks, take this smack in the mouth.

Answers from the 'cool gang' please. 😀

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TBH you'd be better off getting some designers create both the graphics...and the whole frame for you 😀

29 Inch Race Power? You're having a laugh .

Cinnamon - I'm always quite alarmed at how many STWers recognise me and MrsF and know all sorts of things about us. Frame stickers wouldn't make any difference. 🙁

If said name gets clocked by another rider or, heaven forbid, a group of riders - what happens next:

Ignore them.

gingerflash - aha, but you and mrsf behave well on here 😀

A question for the attention whores/shouty folk who have these products:

Have you ever regretted it and experienced tears on the trails?

[i]Why? Seriously? [/i]

So you know which bike is yours at the Press Camp.

Names on bikes
Its a bit of fun nothing more nothing less
hardly worth getting all worked up about STWers

i bought a new decal set for my Lyriks off an ebay trader (in south america!) and he includes your name on the decal sheet as a freebie extra. At the mo it is on the bike, and the color just happens to be a spot-on match for the frame stickers, but I am not sure it will be staying on...

Where's best for custom top caps?

My Karate Monkey has [i][b]Rollason[/i][/b]*[i][b]- **** Yeah![/i][/b] on the top-tube.

Classy, and original. 😀

*This being my surname

Got mine from here!
http://www.vcgraphix.com/en/Store/products.asp?subCatID=149&subCatName=Team+Replica+Names&mainCatName=Bicycle+Custom+Name+Stickers
Waiting on delivery of them

cinnamon_girl - Member

A question for the attention whores/shouty folk who have these products:

Have you ever regretted it and experienced tears on the trails?

no, but then i doubt there are that many STWers in Bavaria.

Nope, as people who have time to look at them on the trail are going far too slow or are too unfit and should concentrate on themselves!

I decided against that in the end, a woman likes to change her mind ... frequently.

Are you sure about that Love? Don't you want to have a little think about it? 😉

Harmelss bit of fun. Alpin's is by far the coolest though, have to say (the 'RADL' bit). I'd much rather have a name of my choosing on my bike than advertise the manufacturer of the thing I've already paid good money for...

Forum names is a nice idea. Mind you, some naughty people woold have to have either loads of different bikes, or do a lot of crossing out/restickering... 🙄

[s]fred dibnah[/s] [s]paddedbra[/s] talkemada

...or did one of them pass me by unnoticed?

Mind you, some naughty people woold have to have either loads of different bikes, or do a lot of crossing out/restickering...

served a pizza to a bloke once that had 5 girls names tattooed on his arm - first 4 crossed out!!

Tope tube.. tick
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Private plate.. tick
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Knob.. tick 🙂

I though the dB part of Tom dB was because you were in charge of the data base!

No one ever notices mine and the shouty opinionated people on here and other forums are quite the opposite in real life without a keyboard to hide behind.

Please tell me that's not a Ferrari sticker on your car Tinsy..

BigDummy - Member

My Karate Monkey has Rollason*- **** Yeah! on the top-tube.

Classy, and original.

*This being my surname

Are you related the 50s/60s actor of the same name?

Don't do it. I got some stickers made up for my Orange Patriot and two weeks later it was stolen. Now some of you out there may suggest these two events were wholly unrelated but I know the gods of good taste were pissing on my narcissism.

Kingtut of course it is... Fiat own Ferrari, think of it as a distant cousin 😉

I dont have that little car now.. it was a great car..

Thanks tinsy...coffee all over keyboard.

Personalised plate on a big german car makes you a knob

Personalised plate on a TINY fiat with a ferrari sticker on its butt.
see now thats cool.

My nine year old lad did it using individually cut out letters from the sticker sheets given away nearly every month with MBUK.
Looks pretty good actually - kind of a cross between a ransom demand and the Sex Pistols single covers.

Nowt wrong with kids having their name on their bikes, its a bit of fun, we on the other hand are adults.

Olly - Member

Personalised plate on a big german car makes you a knob

Personalised plate on a TINY fiat with a ferrari sticker on its butt.
see now thats cool.

Thankfully I fall into the former, I wear my knob with pride.

Thanks Olly,, trouble is it went on a CLK after that.... however just waiting for the V5 back so it will be on my banged out Multipla, and so the balance is restored.

Are you related the 50s/60s actor of the same name?

Sadly not.

Anyone used these?
[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kohosis-Headset-CUSTOM-Top-CAP-5-9g-4-Pattern-5-Color-/280491332277?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item414e9612b5#ht_2540wt_940 ]ebay custom top caps[/url]

[b]Nowt wrong with kids having their name on their bikes, its a bit of fun, we on the other hand are adults[/b]

blimey the day i consider myself to be an adult when it comes to riding bikes you can take all the bikes away from me

kick it old skool, tipex. if youre feeling shy then tipex over helitape.

try this www.VCGRAPHIX.com they are based in Goldon, Colorado but will ship to the UK, we have used them on Thetford MTB Racing and Salsa Team bikes.

Nowt wrong with kids having their name on their bikes, its a bit of fun, we on the other hand are adults.

I want my fun back 🙁

That bad man stole it ;(

The fun police are on patrol....scarper!!

Charity head set caps is where it's at...
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