Chainstay decals - drive side only or both?

[Wildscot]

Hi,

I'm fixing up a British Eagle Touristique and have had it resprayed. I'm not going for the original decals but I am putting the Reynolds 531ST stickers back on there and I have some period 'Handbuilt in Great Britain' vinyls which I was going to add along the chainstay.

Were these sort of things most commonly applied drive side only or on both sides?

I got the bike with a pretty poor non-original paint job. I realise it's probably down to personal preference as I'm not going for a totally original look but I'd be interested to know what was the 'done thing'.

Thanks.

 

[originalshinkicker]

I would go for both sides. Most decals are placed on both sides in pairs. You will usually only get one decal when it is placed centrally down the front of the seat tube. When fork blade tubing decals are applied, they go on in pairs on either side. Even decals placed down the front of the fork blades or the rear of the seat stays are placed on pairs, same with chain stays. I have a Raleigh that has a chain stay decal on each stay.

Anyway, bit of a long winded response, sorry. Just go for both sides.

 

[Yardbent]

on the other hand -

my 1985 Peugeot has only 1 on the repro decal sheet
and is located here

 

[Spokesmann]

Go for both, I like symmetry!

 

[TGR]

Personal preferance.

My Gazelles have decals on the non-drive side as does a Raleigh ProRace i am building. If you are going for balance, I don't think it will work unless you have a full chrome rear stays. If you use a chainstay protector - it will only be on one side and the balance will be broken.

Richard

 

[Wildscot]

Re:

Thanks for all the input folks. I'm leaning towards both sides.
It's a good point about the chainstay protector but I have a few metres of helicopter tape that I picked up a while ago so I'll likely use that.

I'll get some pictures of the build up...

Cheers.

 

[Yardbent]

Re: Re:

............... I'm leaning towards both sides...............

:shock: :facepalm:

 

[Wildscot]

Re:

Aye, I think I'll put a sticker on each chainstay too...