In my opinion, decals can make all the difference when repainting a bike. Getting stock decals from eBay is one option I've done in the past, like on my Colnago restoration (bike was powdercoated):
But more recently, I've had some fun picking out a new font and choosing my own color to compliment the new frame color:
Schwinn above was spray painted using Krylon
Gunnar was powdercoated
In the above two examples of the Schwinn and the Gunnar I bought the decals from a small online business called
www.bikenames.com. They've always have good communication, the prices are reasonable, they're quick and even better I can send him a font I've found online that I like and he takes care of the rest.
For the Raleigh Randonneur project, I'll be using metallic gold vinyl and the font is called Birmingham. It'll look something like this:
