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Flandria custom decal name set

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£13.00

VERDICT:

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10
Nicely made, good looking and hardy name decals for that pro look
Weight: 
1g
Contact: 
www.flandriabikes.com/shop

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Want a customised name decal on your top tube, like what the pros have? Now you can, thanks to Flandria. Their decals are customisable and good looking, and stay put too. They won't break the bank either.

There's a bunch of options on the Flandria website but ours are the Classic decals. You get whatever name you want - it'll appear exactly as you type it into the form on the website - careful with your spelling now - and there's a wide choice of flags, including the road.cc 'r' right at the bottom of the list. Text can be black or white depending on your frame colour, and you can have it outlined too if you like.

Each decal comes on an application strip, and they're very simple to adhere. Clean the frame surface well, peel off the backing, apply the decal on its strip, smooth down and remove the strip. the transparent background of the decal barely shows and it looks very nice indeed. They'll fit on the shell of your helmet too, and they look great there as well.

The decals have proved pretty hardy. You can get them off with a bit of heat from the hairdryer but they're not going to end up in the gutter once it starts raining. At £13 for 10 they'll do five bikes, or three bikes and a couple of helmets. Or you could stick them on something else if you want; they stick to most surfaces. I did my computer, so now we'll never get mixed up again in the office.

Verdict

Nicely made, good looking and hardy name decals for that pro look

road.cc test report

Make and model: Flandria custom decal name set

Size tested: Pack of 10

Rate the product for quality of construction:
 
8/10
Rate the product for performance:
 
8/10
Rate the product for durability:
 
7/10
Rate the product for value:
 
7/10

£13 for 10 ain't gonna kill ya

Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose

Very well

Tell us what you particularly liked about the product

Looks good, stays put

Did you enjoy using the product? Yes

Would you consider buying the product? Yes

Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes

Overall rating: 8/10

About the tester

Age: 38  Height: 190cm  Weight: 98kg

I usually ride: whatever I'm testing...  My best bike is: Genesis Equilibrium with SRAM Apex

I've been riding for: 10-20 years  I ride: Every day  I would class myself as: Experienced

I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling, track

 

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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seanieh66 | 12 years ago
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Do you get a flag option? Club badges are a popular choice here in SG.

I've got __

Ride safe

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Cooks | 12 years ago
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Cool, I'll give him a shout. If he's not too busy selling butter, like the other one.

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Matt_S | 12 years ago
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This is so last year.

Now it's all the rage to have your name tattood on your arse and ride in a pair of hooger-shorts.

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italiafirenze | 12 years ago
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I'm not sure how 10 stickers equates to five bikes? You're not sticking them on both sides are you?

Flandria is just round the corner from me, I got some of these stickers. Some very nice bikes they make too.

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Super Domestique replied to italiafirenze | 12 years ago
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italiafirenze wrote:

I'm not sure how 10 stickers equates to five bikes? You're not sticking them on both sides are you?

Flandria is just round the corner from me, I got some of these stickers. Some very nice bikes they make too.

Both sides on my bike.

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Super Domestique | 12 years ago
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Having your username is where its at  3

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Simon_MacMichael replied to Super Domestique | 12 years ago
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Super Domestique wrote:

Having your username is where its at  3

Quite possibly, although with your name you might want to avoid club runs unless you fancy shoving a dozen water bottle up your jersey for your fellow riders  3

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Super Domestique replied to Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:
Super Domestique wrote:

Having your username is where its at  3

Quite possibly, although with your name you might want to avoid club runs unless you fancy shoving a dozen water bottle up your jersey for your fellow riders  3

 21 True enough although I was thinking more of Jens sitting on the front of a climb and dishing out a whole host of pain - shame I can't live up to the image! Oh well, water carrier it is then  20

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seabass89 | 12 years ago
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I used to be called Paul Cook.. Then I took an arrow to the knee...

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notfastenough | 12 years ago
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I used to be called Paul Cook, but not being able to afford a personalised registration for my car made me change my name.

Kind regards,
KH 54 AFG

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Cooks | 12 years ago
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Anybody called Paul Cook fancy going halves?

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Mat Brett replied to Cooks | 12 years ago
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Cooks wrote:

Anybody called Paul Cook fancy going halves?

That's made me laugh, that has.

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Simon_MacMichael replied to Cooks | 12 years ago
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Cooks wrote:

Anybody called Paul Cook fancy going halves?

Just a thought, but they'd work just as well on a drum kit as a bike. Still lives in Shepherd's Bush, says Wiki  3

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seabass89 | 12 years ago
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Well, then it should get at least 5 stars!

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dave atkinson | 12 years ago
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yes. we guarantee our road.cc flag is faster than any of the other flags on offer, saving you precious seconds on your commute/sportive/time trial/audax/etc

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seabass89 | 12 years ago
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Can Road.cc guarantee I will go faster with your badge?  39

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Super Domestique | 12 years ago
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Exactly. One of my fav tweaks if you can call it that.

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