We've seen a lot of negativity in recent times towards cyclists. But let's face it: cyclists are awesome. All of you.
To celebrate that fact we've produced these lovely waterproof vinyl stickers to spread the love, inspired by an exisiting design you may have seen about. Stick one on your car or work vehicle (seek permission from the vehicle owner first… ed) and let everyone on two wheels know that you care, even when you're driving. And the world will be a happier place as a result. We promise!
Stay awesome stickers are available in A5 or A6 sizes. You can get a big discount if you buy in bulk and distribute them among your friends. To order one, or some, just head over to the road.cc shop. And stay awesome!
66 thoughts on “Share the love on the road with a stay awesome sticker”
Absolutely loving this idea.
Absolutely loving this idea. Had an inkling to do something similar, only in a slightly vandalistic shoving over the top of the nasty stickers way.
Have bought, will stick!
Can we get a ‘Motorists Stay
Can we get a ‘Motorists Stay Back’ one as well?
Fantastic! Just need some HGV
Fantastic! Just need some HGV and coach drivers to take them up!
Can I order as a gift?
I’d
Can I order as a gift?
I’d like half of mine to go to TfL and the other half to go to the LTDA
Fantastic, just ordered a
Fantastic, just ordered a pack of 5. Will be distributed around my colleagues at work.
On a practical note, are they
On a practical note, are they waterproof and can they be removed again without trashing the paintwork/leaving old glue on the paint?
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Chapeau!
Chapeau!
They’re waterproof vinyl, and
They’re waterproof vinyl, and quite sticky but they shouldn’t tear when you remove them
I can’t for the life of me
I can’t for the life of me think where a bunch of these may end up…
I’d love a version of this I
I’d love a version of this I could put on my commuting rucksack please. I don’t have a car to stick one to!
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=D>
It would be nice to have the
It would be nice to have the A5 ones being done as window stickers for putting in cars if that is possible.
farrell wrote:It would be
“Cyclist on board”?!
farrell wrote:It would be
duly noted 🙂
Dave Atkinson wrote:farrell
+1
farrell wrote:It would be
Yep, if you could do the smaller so as to stick on the inside of a car window then I’d have a couple.
Unfortunately, I have now
Unfortunately, I have now spent my lunch break apeing all sorts of “cyclist danger” stickers
Make an English version
Make an English version saying “Stay Amazing” and I’ll buy some. I cannot abide “awesome”.
oliverjames wrote:Make an
Hey, Dave, you need to bump up “Implement an ‘unlike’ button” on your priority list 🙂
I’ve got a ‘Cyclists: Stay
I’ve got a ‘Cyclists: Stay Classy’ A4 sticker on the back of my bike child seat. I used letters from another Stay Back sticker so I was limited in the letters available. Still, less American than “awesome”, even if “Stay classy” is an Anchorman catchphrase.
oliverjames wrote:Make an
What can you not abide about Awesome? Is it the Awe or the addition of Some? If I presume correctly and it’s the Some, how do you feel about a word like Handsome? Do you find that sort of language Irksome or positively Winsome? I don’t mean to come over as Meddlesome, I really do want to know.
oliverjames wrote:Make an
Origin of the word, according to OED, late 16th century, so about the time Shakespeare (or the Earl of Oxford or whoever) was starting to put quill to parchment, and long before any colonies were founded over there.
There are a lot of things people presume are “Americanisms” that started here but fell out of use in British English 😉
Adjective;
extremely
Adjective;
extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe.”the awesome power of the atomic bomb”.
Synonyms:breathtaking, amazing, stunning,
astounding,astonishing, awe-inspiring, stupendous,staggering, extraordinary, incredible,unbelievable;
So long as you don’t put “totally” in front of “awesome”, I think it is totally awesome. As a window sticker.
quote=Simon_MacMichael]
Origin of the word, according to OED, late 16th century, so about the time Shakespeare (or the Earl of Oxford or whoever) was starting to put quill to parchment, and long before any colonies were founded over there.
There are a lot of things people presume are “Americanisms” that started here but fell out of use in British English ;)[/quote].
oliverjames wrote:Make an
I agree. ‘Awesome’ is a ‘superlative’, it’s an extreme that can hardly be gone beyond, inspiring awe, daunting, like God, say. Now it seems to have been transformed into something like ‘good’. I have actually heard someone say ‘awesome crisps’. Pathetic. Why do you want to copy the language of American teenagers?
I support the idea of issuing
I support the idea of issuing them as car stickers! I’ve ordered 10 but I anticipate Space for Cycling Sheffield may want a couple of 100 over the next year: discounts for bulk?
My previous post appears to
My previous post appears to have been sensible and helpful, so can I change my request to:
DO YOU EVEN SCOFFLAW, BRO?
I think I’ll see if the local
I think I’ll see if the local sign maker will make some
CYCLIST!
Pass WIDE
Pass SLOW
Unless Road.cc want to offer this version?
@Wolfshade – I’d have a few
@Wolfshade – I’d have a few of those!
Would definitely buy a window
Would definitely buy a window sticker. Sticking something on the company car is otherwise a no-no.
Agree with Farrell, a window
Agree with Farrell, a window sticker would be great, don’t want to risk putting one of the paintwork
Transport for London has now
Transport for London has now begun to see sense on this matter, see http://rdrf.org.uk/2014/06/26/transport-for-london-sees-sense-at-last-over-cyclists-stay-back-stickers/#more-1374
Link forwarded to the cycle
Link forwarded to the cycle safety team and transport infrastructure team at my local council.
Another vote for the in-car
Another vote for the in-car window sticker here. I don’t want to stick adhesive to the paintwork on my gas-guzzling penis replacement. (I’m not being sarcastic)
Wait a minute, you need to sort out the syntax there. Shouldn’t awesome be capitalised for visual impact? Otherwise I would be too busy tut-tutting the sign not to fall and scrape my bar-end all down your van. (I am being pedantic)
Oh hush and just take my
Oh hush and just take my money.
‘Am I the only one who sees
‘Am I the only one who sees the irony of these stickers?
Order them to stick on the glass in your car, car!!!!!!
Crass idea merely to make money by road.cc. Not even a very good choice of words.
I won’t be buying one.
Airzound wrote:’Am I the only
No irony at all. The vast majority of cyclists also own cars. Things like this help to spread the message that car drivers and cyclists are often the same people, and the roads don’t have to be a war zone.
Will you be posting on any other websites stating that you don’t intend to buy what they’re selling or just this one ?
colinth wrote:Airzound
No irony at all. The vast majority of cyclists also own cars. Things like this help to spread the message that car drivers and cyclists are often the same people, and the roads don’t have to be a war zone.
Will you be posting on any other websites stating that you don’t intend to buy what they’re selling or just this one ?— Airzound
1) There is irony in this, bucket loads. If you can’t see it then you should go to Specsavers.
2) I have news for you Sherlock – bicycle and car ownership aren’t mutually exclusive. You’ve only just realised ……………..
3) The roads aren’t a war zone as you state.
4) What has posting on other websites got to do with anything?
Airzound wrote:colinth
No irony at all. The vast majority of cyclists also own cars. Things like this help to spread the message that car drivers and cyclists are often the same people, and the roads don’t have to be a war zone.
Will you be posting on any other websites stating that you don’t intend to buy what they’re selling or just this one ?— colinth
1) There is irony in this, bucket loads. If you can’t see it then you should go to Specsavers.
2) I have news for you Sherlock – bicycle and car ownership aren’t mutually exclusive. You’ve only just realised ……………..
3) The roads aren’t a war zone as you state.
4) What has posting on other websites got to do with anything?— Airzound
Nope, still can’t see the irony. Some drive because they have no alternative, some drive when they could cycle. Car drivers saying cyclists are awesome because they’ve cycled when they could doesn’t seem in any way ironic. I’d be interested to hear your clarification. As for point 2), if I’m Sherlock then you must be Watson, which seems apt. You seem to be using my point as your own ? It’s getting the message out that we are often one and the same.
colinth wrote:Airzound
No irony at all. The vast majority of cyclists also own cars. Things like this help to spread the message that car drivers and cyclists are often the same people, and the roads don’t have to be a war zone.
Will you be posting on any other websites stating that you don’t intend to buy what they’re selling or just this one ?— Airzound
1) There is irony in this, bucket loads. If you can’t see it then you should go to Specsavers.
2) I have news for you Sherlock – bicycle and car ownership aren’t mutually exclusive. You’ve only just realised ……………..
3) The roads aren’t a war zone as you state.
4) What has posting on other websites got to do with anything?— colinth
Nope, still can’t see the irony. Some drive because they have no alternative, some drive when they could cycle. Car drivers saying cyclists are awesome because they’ve cycled when they could doesn’t seem in any way ironic. I’d be interested to hear your clarification. As for point 2), if I’m Sherlock then you must be Watson, which seems apt. You seem to be using my point as your own ? It’s getting the message out that we are often one and the same.— Airzound
It’s called free choice in a free world. If people want to cycle it’s good, if people want to drive it’s good, if some one wants to do something totally different it’s fine but having this almost fascist fanatically view of cycling is wrong. The issue here is safety not whether one form of transport is better than another. You are stating that all cyclists who drive and have cars should place these stickers in their cars. Well bollocks to that, it’s not even a good sticker and as has been pointed out by others grammatically incorrect. It does nothing to highlight vulnerability of cyclists and to take care driving around them. I am certainly not the same as you, thank Heavens!
Airzound wrote:’Am I the only
I disagree. Much of this ‘2 tribes’ mentality comes from an inability to relate to other people. Even when cyclists say “but drivers and cyclists are often the same people”, what the stupid minority actually hear is that those darn cyclists might also be drivers, but really they’re weird hippies that drive something tiny and strange i.e. “they’re not a proper driver, not like me” etc etc. I’d put this in the rear window of my, actually rather fancy, family car to try and help dispel that myth. Really not ironic.
Airzound wrote:’Am I the only
You are trying too hard.
You’re like the Swiss team in Cool Runnings.
farrell wrote:Airzound
You are trying too hard.
You’re like the Swiss team in Cool Runnings.— Airzound
I was thinking more of someone in a skeleton outfit chasing the karate kid round a sports hall…
farrell wrote:
You are trying
Heh. Brill.
Idiotic.
Idiotic.
I’d like a sticker that would
I’d like a sticker that would be small enough to place on the inside window of a car stating ::::::::::>
Keep Cyclists Safe..
I am awesome and
I am awesome and amazing.
Another +1 for window stickers
To those arguing in an empty room, I salute you. You are both awesome and amazing.
I’m all for y’all attempting
I’m all for y’all attempting to safeguard your particular understanding of what is correct english usage through the medium of internet comments. *do* let me know how you get on with that. really.
we printed 500 because we thought it’d be a laugh, and we’ve sold 1,200 so far and had to do another print run. are they ironic? are they grammatically correct? well, people seem to like them. you do the math.
Hi
When will the stickers be
Hi
When will the stickers be sent out – ordered one on 27th June – I have literally just bought a van to put the sticker on!!!
Dave Atkinson wrote:I’m all
That’s an Americanism if I ever saw one.
And so is that. Maths is what we call it in the UK.
😀 😀 😀
leewalton wrote:Dave Atkinson
That’s an Americanism if I ever saw one.
And so is that. Maths is what we call it in the UK.
😀 😀 😀— Dave Atkinson
you’re not great with irony and sarcasm, are you?
Dave Atkinson wrote:you’re
I must have missed both the irony & sarcasm. But then, attempting to safeguard one’s particular understanding of what is correct english usage through the medium of internet comments can be a little tricky!
Very easy to look like a fule
Very easy to look like a fule when you play the grammar pendant defender of our language card and the fail to capitalize the proper noun English.
They’re fascist as well now
They’re fascist as well now apparently, you’ve excelled yourselves !
I have an “I’d rather be
I have an “I’d rather be cycling” sticker in my rear window… 🙂
it never ceases to amaze me
it never ceases to amaze me what some people get all het up about. Its a sticker, its a light hearted parody, what’s the issue…
I’d like a jersey with that printed on it
Cyclists Stay Totes Ossum
Cyclists Stay Totes Ossum
Neill_M wrote:Cyclists Stay
Should it not be ‘Cyclists Stay Like, Totes Ossum’? 😀
SICLISTS, KEEP ON BEEN
SICLISTS, KEEP ON BEEN FABALOUS!!!
Displaying mine
Displaying mine 🙂
I think these are great.
I think these are great. Unfortunately it looks like you’ve sold out of the ones I was after. Will you be getting any more A6 and window stickers?
Got my ten car stickers
Got my ten car stickers yesterday; 2 for me – 4 for one lot pre-promised, 2 more to fellow cyclists (one of whom was nearly wiped out today)… Only 2 to go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHM0KSJtBfA
eeek!
Stay awesome fellow pedlars! =D>
How about one that can only
How about one that can only be read in close proximity which says ‘if you can read this, you were probably better off cycling’
Or:
‘Cyclist on board’
Colin Peyresourde wrote:How
‘if you can read this, stop drafting me you lazy bastard, this isn’t a race.’
What about one that says ‘My
What about one that says ‘My other car is a Canyon/Specialized/Boardman/other’ or ‘You toucha my bike I smasha your face’ ? 😀
Saw one of these on the back
Saw one of these on the back of a London bus yesterday. Made me smile.