Looking for a trade supplier of plastic used on bikes?

[John Gregson]

Hi Gavin,
Is it some sort of Tvek material, looks like paper but hard to tear and very lightweight. If it is, I used to get mine from Robert Horn – think it was £45.00 + vat for 500 sheets A4.

If you are printing this Tvek, do some test prints 1st as I found it a bugger to key too. Think it was sericol’s seristar ink I used in the end.

Cheers John

[Warren Beard]

As a Mountain Biker (erm, ex mountain biker as now I’m lazy…….I mean don’t have time to ride 🙄 ) I have had many different types of number boards, the most common being perspex and reused.

[Martin Pearson]

Gavin I have no idea not being a mountain biker but from what you have said it may well be HIPS which is the stuff a lot of health & safety signs are printed onto.

[Derek Heron]

as another mountain biker but never in competition
(unless you call trying to out run a west highland terrier called toby a competition which by the way i won)
not sure what your after gavin but if its the stuff martin has suggested i.e health and safety stuff. pyramid do a swatch of staufen printing films
and the white starts at 140gsm all the way up to 440 comes in sheets 635 x 940 and 1040 x 1550 i was told by the rep the thinner stuff can go through the cadet and be printed on.
hope this helps
derek

[Gavin MacMillan]

Thanks guys, sounds like these are along the right lines, anyone know of a supplier that would print and die-cut this stuff – as it needs to be cut I’m not looking to print it myself.

Thanks

G

[Steve Underhill]

Ive just been given a load of plastic cladding, food grade stuff from a builders, its very tough and sounds like what you’re after as its also very flexible, (I have the 2mm stuff) its called Vekaplan, its commonly used in signage, its got a nice surface if you were to stick vinyl onto it, instead of printing.

http://www.as-trade.com/vekaplan_sf.htm

[Chris Wool]

gavin image perfect do a rigid PVC 300u and 280u for digital printers.
could be hole punched for attachment.

chris

to add its not really rigid its about as rigid as a bit of card.