nice saving.

Was it fairly easy to remove those decals without damaging the fragile carbon fairings?

It is. A hair dryer makes it a lot easier. One of mine came off on a really hot ride a few summers ago. Hair dryer to melt the glue and then just peel it away.

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Surprisingly so actually. I was afraid of a lot of annoying work and bits and pieces and cleaning and residue and had my bottle of acetone ready, but they peeled off very easily after I left them outside in the sun for about 5 minutes. My fingernails were sufficient.

28 grams = one ounce.

triathletes are funny and often obsessive creatures. what we will do or spend money on to save GRAMS, not pounds or even ounces. personally, i think this borders on silly; i believe the biggest savings are had when losing body weight. one pound = 454 grams ( a lot of wheel stickers ). that's a lot cheaper than buying high-dollar accessories / parts, and easier than peeling stickers off of race wheels.

to be honest, i'm a BOPer, so my money goes for function, not form, and certainly not for saving GRAMS !

Until someone can explain to me the performance benefits of stickers on carbon rims, I will continue to peel them off each new set of wheels I purchase.

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Oh yeah, that's a great idea! I've built Excel charts to figure out cost per gram saved on various components, and on my bike that would have saved me $34 on a lighter crankset.

Here's another freebie worth $5:

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that better be from your legs...

Don't forget your nails man. Could double that saving...

Any recommendations on how to get the leftover glue off (off Flo wheels)? I've tried everything (soap, acetone, chain cleaner, rubbing alcohol, etc) without success.

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I've found that not all stickers are created equally - some come off easier than others - but generally, heating the rim with a hair dryer helps soften the adhesive. DON'T GO NUTS - there are at least anecdotal stories of peeps getting their carbon rims so hot that they exceed the Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) and melt/warp the rim.

With the sticker heated up, you just start peeling. Go nice and slow so the sticker is less likely to break off as you're peeling. For the residue, use Goo Gone.

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Oh, the stickers are gone. The glue isn't however. So Goo Gone. Let's investigate if I can get that here in Soviet Canuckistan or if it's so full of nasty chemicals my government has deemed it necessary to protect me from myself.

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Here in the United States of Trump, it's available on the shelf of any Home Depot and probably most outdoor/hardware stores so I would imagine it wouldn't be too hard to get even in your part of the world.

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amazon.ca has it, homedepot.ca lists it, I'm pretty sure I'm good. Will procure myself a bottle tomorrow.

Funny how you can live on this planet for half a century and be unaware of truly civilization-shaping inventions like this, a compound that lets you clean chewing gum off surfaces where you don't want chewing gum.

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Lighter fluid works quite well also.

WD40 works every time.

always makes me laugh when I see all these noobs riding around with two kidneys...

Wow! That's almost half a gel!!!

Acetone is what we use. You'll likely need the hardware store grade. Just make sure you do it in a well ventilated area.

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Heh. I just used the Goo Gone this afternoon and it works, but still requires a bunch of elbow grease. And to get back to the topic of this thread: I'm sure that the weight of the glue you guys use is another 10g or so :-) :-)

Aside: if I order wheels again some time, can I get them without stickers? It's not about the weight, more about aesthetics.

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Instead of a hair dryer to heat the stickers, I find that leaving the wheel in the sun for a bit does the trick. I will go outside grab the wheel, peel of the stickers on one side....turn over and repeat.

As for residue....Goo Gone worked fine, but candidly there has never been much residue when I let the sun heat up the wheel.

You sure can. Just add a note to the order stating that you do not want stickers applied.

Take care,

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