So I made a bike out of bits I found in the garage.

[Rusty Nails]

I would remove the branding stickers from the wheels, apart from that it looks really cool, I like it lots.

I dislike this whole flash advertising thing on wheels. I have just bought a bike with Fulcrum wheels on and will try to get the stickers off them.

That bike is great for its simplicity. Doesn't need logos.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Just goes to show you don't have to spend to get a nice useable bike

Agree 100% with that statement, good bikes can be dirt cheap to acquire or put together if done the right way.

 

[MontyVeda]

I dislike this whole flash advertising thing on wheels. I have just bought a bike with Fulcrum wheels on and will try to get the stickers off them.

That bike is great for its simplicity. Doesn't need logos.

What's the best way?
Will a hair dryer soften the adhesive enough?

 

[Rusty Nails]

What's the best way?
Will a hair dryer soften the adhesive enough?

I'm looking for tips on that myself as the stickers seem to be a mix of paper and plastic film.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I'd have a go with paint thinners to see if the solvent will dissolve the adhesives. Big garish logos on bike wheels are one of my cycling pet hates as well. A small discreet maker's sticker is fair enough, but I don't like bikes to look like mobile advertising hoardings.

 

[MontyVeda]

solvent has to get through the plastic film before is reaches the adhesive... and would it also thin the paint on the rim itself??

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Whether solvent will have any effect on the rim depends what the surface coating of the rim is and what the chemistry of the solvent is. Even if the coating is paint, the solvent may have no effect on it. The way you get plastic films off is by getting solvent under the edge of the film, and allowing it to soak into the adhesive and weaken it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ooooo, lovely.

Can I come and poke around in your garage sometime?

 

[mickle]

That front lamp bracket tho! I need to think of something clever to do with it. I hate it. Maybe a racing # plate.

 

[mickle]

Nice old Cobra frame . Is that the original copper looking headbadge?

Cobra! Nice one. Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That front lamp bracket tho! I need to think of something clever to do with it. I hate it. Maybe a racing # plate.

I'd use it for its intended purpose and hang a lamp bracket on it.

 

[Spiderweb]

I have the same wheels and had the same stickers on my Giant Bowery, they peeled off dead easily, no heat was required.

 

[mickle]

I'd use it for its intended purpose and hang a lamp bracket on it.

I have a lamp which will go the job. But its not very 'racy' is it?

 

[Spiderweb]

That front lamp bracket tho! I need to think of something clever to do with it. I hate it. Maybe a racing # plate.

You could just cover the hole with a stainless penny washer and a stainless button head hex socket screw?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I have a lamp which will go the job. But its not very 'racy' is it?

I thought it was a winter hack and didn't have to be racy.