Start with the colour of your bike
Choosing between Pegatin Basic, PRO and PLUS depends mainly on your bike’s surface colour, the finish you want and how visible you want your personalised name-and-flag stickers to be. All three packs include 10 personalised stickers, but they are designed for different uses.
It isn’t how much you want to spend. It’s what colour your bike is.
Get that one thing right and the rest is easy.
If you’re still deciding what style suits your bike best, see our complete guide to bike name stickers before choosing your pack.
Start here: is your frame light or dark?
This is the decision that matters most, so it’s worth thirty seconds of thought.
Our printed stickers are produced in full four-colour process on transparent film — every colour in your flag reproduces properly. But there’s a catch almost nobody explains: white is not a printing colour. Wherever a design should be white, nothing is printed at all, and the clear film simply shows whatever is behind it.
On a white or silver frame, that’s perfect. Your own paint does the job of the white and the design reads clean and sharp.
On a black, dark grey, matte or raw carbon frame, there’s nothing bright behind the colour. A Japanese flag becomes a black square with a red dot in the middle.
The fix is printing a layer of opaque white first, so your colours sit on white instead of on your paint. That’s what PRO and PLUS do, and it’s the single reason they work on any frame colour.
So:
Not sure, or you’ll use them across several bikes? PRO. It works everywhere, which is why most riders choose it.
White frame, helmet or rim? BASIC will look great.
Dark, matte or carbon? You want PRO or PLUS.
BASIC — the essentials, done properly
BASIC is a printed sticker on clear film with no white base. Letters are black, and every sticker in the pack is the same.
It’s the right choice when your surface is pale enough to do the work for you. On a white frame, helmet or rim, there’s nothing BASIC does worse than the others — it just needs the right background.
In the pack: 10 stickers, all with black lettering.
PRO — the one most riders pick
PRO is the same printed sticker with an opaque white layer printed underneath the whole design. That’s what keeps your name and flag at full brightness whatever colour your bike is.
It also comes with both lettering colours: 5 stickers with white letters and 5 with black. That matters more than it sounds. You’re not committing to one look at checkout — use the white set on your black frame, the black set on your pale spare bike, and spread the rest across helmet, forks and rims.
In the pack: 10 stickers — 5 white lettering, 5 black.
PLUS — the closest thing to a painted finish
PLUS is a different product, not just an upgrade. Instead of one printed sticker, every letter and every shape is cut out individually, so there’s no film surrounding the design at all.
Three things follow from that:
- No visible edge. Nothing frames your name. It reads as if it were painted onto the frame at the factory — the same finish you see on professional team bikes.
- Especially good on matte. A printed sticker’s edge can catch the light on a matte finish. With nothing around the letters, there’s no edge to catch.
- Bigger lettering. Names are cut about 40% taller (0.7 cm vs 0.5 cm), so they read from further away. The flag is slightly smaller to keep the composition balanced.
It’s also our most durable finish, built on cut vinyl rated for over ten years outdoors.
In the pack: 10 stickers — 5 white lettering, 5 black.
For a broader look at personalised options, materials and placement, see our guide to custom bike decals.
How long will they actually last?
Years, not months — but that answer deserves more than one line, because it’s where the real difference between a good sticker and a cheap one lives.
Every Pegatin is built from five engineered layers: a UV-blocking protective coat, pigment colour, the white base, high-performance film that won’t shrink back from its own edges, and a precision adhesive that grips hard but releases cleanly. All of it under a tenth of a millimetre thick.
We’ve explained the whole thing — with diagrams — in a separate guide:
📖 What’s actually inside a Pegatin sticker →
Why some stickers still look sharp after three summers of sun, road salt and degreaser while others crack and fade in one. Includes the story of the customers who stuck ours on scuba tanks.
Our guarantee
We stand behind all three packs. If you have any issue with your stickers within a year of purchase, we replace them free of charge.
Frequently asked questions
Can I mix black and white letters? Yes — PRO and PLUS packs include both, five of each, so you can match whichever suits each surface.
Will BASIC work on my bike? Only if the surface is light or white. On a darker frame the white areas of your flag go transparent and the design loses its contrast, so PRO or PLUS will look far better.
Which pack do most people choose? PRO, by a wide margin. It’s the one that works on any frame colour without having to think about it.
Do all three come with 10 stickers? Yes. The count is the same across all packs — what changes is the construction, the lettering colours and the finish.
What if I’m ordering for a whole club or team? We have a discount code for group orders — email hello@pegatin.com and we’ll set you up. Our guide to ordering matching stickers for a cycling club covers how to coordinate one.
How do I apply them without damaging my frame? Full step-by-step in our guide on how to correctly apply or remove custom bicycle stickers.
Can I put a regional flag, or two countries? Yes — see our guide to choosing your flag for regional flags, combined two-country designs and club logos.
Still not sure?
If your bike is dark or you’re buying for more than one surface, choose PRO. It’s the pack that works everywhere, and it’s what most riders end up with for exactly that reason.