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Just ordered the last bits for the build. It’s an NOS frame I got last year. I’m going with 650b wheels.
You can find epicenter sticker in sets of BMX stickers I have seen on a popular auction site. But I don’t want to buy the whole sticker set to get one.
Looks like the proper older style font, but doesn’t appear to have a black outline. Here’s a side by side comparison of an original epicenter decal and a Velocal that I didn’t use. The epicenter decal for a 2000-2001 isn’t on the seat stays, it’s a single decal at the junction of the seat stays and seat tube.
Possibly mounted with hair spray, but they coulda just been rotted. I just picked up a pair of HG grips from a local guy today and also a black tomato stem cap. I went for some other stuff and he mentioned he had them and I snatched them up with the other bits.
Or if you have one of those seat post clamps with the little tomato on it? Been looking for a while now.
I’m on the hunt for an epicenter sticker too. I have seen them in Schwinn BMX bike sticker sets, but don’t want to buy the entire set just for the 1 sticker. The enlightened badges are hard to find too, but I’ve seen them on a popular auction site once in a while. Good luck in your search.
I got some vinyl ones made in the UK with black script, and also got some at Velocals. The Velocals are on foil type material and they look the best but they aren’t cheap. You can order the down tube Schwinn script whatever color script you want. I applied them to my daughter’s 2001 blue frame. You can view both on the “Homegrowns wanted” forum on this site under “down tube decals”. I put the vinyl ones on first and then removed them and put the foil ones on from Velocals.
Got the Velocals decals. They look pretty good on the foil type material versus the vinyl. The only difference I can see is the foil is shiny versus the slightly brushed look foil of the originals with the gray shading on the Schwinn down tube being a little darker than the original, and the top tube Homegrown script has a little wider outline. Judge for yourself compared to the other vinyl ones from the guy in the UK.
Looks like a nice clean build. Just noticed the 29 front wheel. Are you running a 650b on the rear? What rear brake are you running?
