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Found this cool place for (I assume reproduction) vintage stickers. Thought I'd share it.
http://www.roadhouseretro.com/shop.asp
http://www.roadhouseretro.com/shop.asp
Found a cool place for STICKERS!
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icyuod2 said:
Oh come on, stickers with a light sanding and a little varnish, stain, or shalak over them. Of coarse stickers with no simulated age are lame but stickers that look like they've been there for years can add a touch of cool to an already cool bike, Stickers don't make a Rat Rod, they only add to a Rat Rod.
Every bike i ever owned. first order of business, get rid of the stickers.
That went double for chrome bmx's :roll:
Oh and i hate finding that old faded framed bike, with one bright spot of paint where the sticker used to be.
I did put a bunch of stickers on the excercycle,but that was more to do with supporting the local roller girls. :shock: :shock: :shock:
your just not gonna sway me on this one bud. stickers suck! even worse when your stuck peeling em off.
It's all good though bud, i'd still let ya park your bike in my garage. :lol:
That went double for chrome bmx's :roll:
Oh and i hate finding that old faded framed bike, with one bright spot of paint where the sticker used to be.
I did put a bunch of stickers on the excercycle,but that was more to do with supporting the local roller girls. :shock: :shock: :shock:
your just not gonna sway me on this one bud. stickers suck! even worse when your stuck peeling em off.
It's all good though bud, i'd still let ya park your bike in my garage. :lol:
I think non shiny, cruddy looking paper stickers are cool for a rat rod.
If you want to have a cruddy looking paper sticker on your bike and not have it melt away leaving just the adhesive, get a $10 can of Plexus plastic polish and it will encapsulate the paper, sealing it.
If you want to have a cruddy looking paper sticker on your bike and not have it melt away leaving just the adhesive, get a $10 can of Plexus plastic polish and it will encapsulate the paper, sealing it.
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You got me there, it really depends on the sticker. Something like an insurance sticker just don't fly, but a kinda vintage rat fink, or a bicycle club sticker with a ratty touch so it's barely readable is cool. These came with the bike but they give you an idea.
Ok,Ok that one doesn't look bad at all, but only cause it doesn't look like a sticker. lol
Now that being said, i feel totally different about water decals. thats a whole different kettle of fish.
Is that a water decal?
"Stickers" vinyl or paper backed, just seem so 70's/80's, and thats just not that ratty in my books. :lol:
You know me though, i tend to blur the bounderies when it comes to rat rod cars or rat rod bikes.
To me there one in the same and a few rules apply.
70's/80's just don't cut the mustard. :wink:
Now that being said, i feel totally different about water decals. thats a whole different kettle of fish.
Is that a water decal?
"Stickers" vinyl or paper backed, just seem so 70's/80's, and thats just not that ratty in my books. :lol:
You know me though, i tend to blur the bounderies when it comes to rat rod cars or rat rod bikes.
To me there one in the same and a few rules apply.
70's/80's just don't cut the mustard. :wink:
in my opinion life without stickers would be boring and confusing. for example imagine life without the little stickers that used to come in cars that said leaded fuel only or in my case the one that said unleaded fuel only. i still remember the day i asked my dad what does that mean. imagine life without that little sticker they put on your crib when you are born that says "it's a boy!" :idea: maybe thats what happen to people that don't like stickers. when they were born they had ran out of "it's a boy" and they used a "it's a girl" and they have a picture of that!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
My parents bought a chevy sprint as a second car.(1991?) one of those goofy little 3 cylinder thing's
the car was recalled.
Guess the good folks at chevy forgot to put the unlead fuel only sticker on the car.
wouldn't send it in the mail, cause then you might not use it.
I had to drive that car 30mins outta townto the place they purchased the car. (paris ontario)
to make matters worse, they kept it for 2 days. :lol:
i can only imagen a world without stickers, oh what a place! :lol: :lol: :lol:
although i would miss seeing the rrb stickers!
the car was recalled.
Guess the good folks at chevy forgot to put the unlead fuel only sticker on the car.
wouldn't send it in the mail, cause then you might not use it.
I had to drive that car 30mins outta townto the place they purchased the car. (paris ontario)
to make matters worse, they kept it for 2 days. :lol:
i can only imagen a world without stickers, oh what a place! :lol: :lol: :lol:
although i would miss seeing the rrb stickers!
I can't make a blanket statement about stickers in general. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad. When they're bad, they're generally really, really bad. When I get near the end of my current project, I'll be hitting axsepul up for some custom, updated Monark stickering for the headtube, seat tube, and tank. As my signature says, "I like shiny things." Well, I guess you could add stickers, too.
What I really, really like, though, are water slide decals. Does anyone around here do those?? Alrighty, then. I appreciate creativity and ingenuity. Consequently, I get jazzed by nearly all of the RatRodBikes I see here. For me, though, I may only ever build an actual Rat if someone asks me to and pays me to do it. Please don't take offense. It's just not in me. Now, something you might see from me in the future is a nicely patina'd frame/fork/chainguard/rear rack adorned with clean tires, freshly rechromed shiny bits, and a tasty leather saddle.
What I really, really like, though, are water slide decals. Does anyone around here do those?? Alrighty, then. I appreciate creativity and ingenuity. Consequently, I get jazzed by nearly all of the RatRodBikes I see here. For me, though, I may only ever build an actual Rat if someone asks me to and pays me to do it. Please don't take offense. It's just not in me. Now, something you might see from me in the future is a nicely patina'd frame/fork/chainguard/rear rack adorned with clean tires, freshly rechromed shiny bits, and a tasty leather saddle.
I think being able to save history is cool, I try to save old stickers if possible ,it gives character to the bike, like where it came from bike shops ,licenses ect, heres a bad pic of a reflective safety sticker I want to try to save .
Ya, me too, I love stickers! Anything goes.
I have a couple of the Bianchi chainstay protectors that read "Your Bike Sucks". One's on the back of my car's bike rack so that motorcyclists behind me can read it clearly, my wife put the other on her bike.
It might be in poor taste actually, but I never thought of it as mean or abrasive, I always thought it was funny, ironically it was always the weight-weenie uber-elitist roadie guys with the $10,000 bikes that got the biggest kick out of it, they used to ask where they could get them all the time.
Linky...
http://www.bianchiusa.com/store/your-bi ... ector.html
I have a couple of the Bianchi chainstay protectors that read "Your Bike Sucks". One's on the back of my car's bike rack so that motorcyclists behind me can read it clearly, my wife put the other on her bike.
It might be in poor taste actually, but I never thought of it as mean or abrasive, I always thought it was funny, ironically it was always the weight-weenie uber-elitist roadie guys with the $10,000 bikes that got the biggest kick out of it, they used to ask where they could get them all the time.
Linky...
http://www.bianchiusa.com/store/your-bi ... ector.html
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Ok well for those who do the sticker thing the link is there. I think they can be cool if used the right way.
Like my Rat Fink on the fender :mrgreen:outskirtscustoms said:
