Chuck Ibis

How a Bicycle is Made

Scot Nicol — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:21:03 +0000

Great new “How To” series

Scot Nicol — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:14:58 +0000

People who know me know that there’s a certain way I like to add my ‘whitener’ to my coffee in the morning. I was pleasantly surprised to find this video yesterday, showing the proper way to put milk in your coffee.

In the same video series, I learned how to properly serve an omelette.

And when it comes to dinner, this new video series has a great recipe for easy to make spaghetti.

Worthy Sighting

Scot Nicol — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:55 +0000

1010

Scot Nicol — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:36:53 +0000

One sheet needed per downtube. Mounts on all materials. (be sure to check sizing page)

Filed under Clever

Scot Nicol — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:01:13 +0000

DECAL STORE NOW OPEN FOR BIZ!!!

Scot Nicol — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:14:50 +0000

Well folks, it finally happened.

No, hell did not freeze over and monkeys did not fly out of my butt.

But what did happen, is the decal store has opened. That’s right, we have restocked the shelves, dusted off the cash registers, turned the lights and heat back on, and unlocked the deadbolts.

chuckibis.com is back and we are ready to finally fill the decal orders for your legacy Ibis bikes.

There are nearly 90 decals here, which cover nearly every Ibis ever made in our 30+ year history.

We’ve added some newer types of decals since last time, thinner and stronger than ever.

Head on over a couple to the decals tab (you can see it above) and peruse the Ibis Decal Superstore.

We’ll get you all gussied up and down the road again.

Oh, we’ve got a brand new website top to bottom as well. We’re starting over on ‘chuck spew’ (my not a blog) again, but all the old spew is archived, not that anyone would want to check any of that out. Actually, there’s a bunch of fun stuff in there, when I used to be a slightly more prolific not a blogger.

Questions? just email chuck (at chuckibis dot com)

Cheers,

Scot (AKA Chuck Ibis) Nicol

CCH2O

todd heckeler — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:53:47 +0000

Waterslide (CCH2O)
Old School! This is how we used to do it back in the day. A super thin decal that needs to have a clearcoat over the top. Really a gorgeous way to do it, but again, you need to clear over then or they’ll go away quickly. Most experienced wet painters know how to work with these. These will not work with powdercoat, because you have to bake them and these aren’t made for high temperature applications.

CCDryApp

todd heckeler — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:53:06 +0000

Clear Coatable Dry Application (CCDryApp)
These decals are easy to mount, and are meant to be top coated with a polyurethane or acrylic clear. Failure to clear coat over them can result in either UV or Oxygen contamination of the decal, resulting in a hazy or frosty appearance after exposure to the sun. Again, we’ve had a degree of luck with these decals without being clearcoated. We can’t endorse it based on what the decal maker is telling us, but we certainly can’t tell you not to do it. You might want to give them a try if this style of decal happens to be the only one available in the particular type of decal you’re lusting after.

TMDryAPP

todd heckeler — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:52:12 +0000

Top Mount Dry Application (TMDryAPP)

This type of decal was used mainly on our Titanium stems and bikes for a long time. They don’t need clear, and are pretty easy to mount. They also work well on wet paint, and a good painter can successfully clear over them as well.
There’s a slight chance that these will have problems with certain powdercoated finishes. The reason is that powder often uses wax as a flow agent, and if the frame is not baked (400 degrees F) for long enough, the wax does not burn off completely. Most of our experience has been that they work well with our powdercoated frames, but there’s a small chance they won’t.

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todd heckeler — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:46:31 +0000

The original top tube decal for the Scorcher, appeared on both sides of the seat tube end of the top tube.