I Bought My First Road Bike!!! (long)

[KnottedYet]

I found a video which confirming what the bike shop guy said about removing the decals. Use duct tape or gorilla tape, press it over the decals (Surly does not use a clear coat over their decals), and pull off! Voila! No more decals.

So....who still has their Surly decals? Why or why not?

Congratulations!

Oh, I'm so excited for you!

I'm really pleased that you found a shop which didn't cut the steerer tube. I love having my (new) fork with just enough extra length in the steerer to make it really great for commuting. I can see over cars, and I hope you can, too! My stem is placed so that there are still 2 spacers above it - so I can move the stem up another cm if I feel the need. Not sure I'll need to, but I don't think I'll get the tube cut. It doesn't look bad.

I did not know you could remove the decals. Thank you for the info! I might try removing the "FFF" decal from my chain stay. If that works well, I might take off the "Cross x Check." I might even take off the "Surly" from the downtube. I'd leave the "Surly" on the fork, though. I quite like that. And the head badge.

There is a woman who makes sterling silver and enamel headbadges. She does a Surly, let me see if I can find it...

ETA: Ah-HA!!! HERE IT IS! http://www.headbadges.com/catalog/i5.html
She makes people-jewelry as well as bike-jewelry. I have one of her chainring necklaces. It's great!