Not so much a '
Talisman', if you don't count the SOS Talisman that's been round my neck for 30+ years, as just a sticker
Each one of my last few bikes, even the cyclo-cross-er, & my last MTB (2007 - 2009) gains one of these decals on its inaugural ride
https://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
It's just one of those things that you do!!
Even my car has a window sticker, from one visit there
The (unused, for 5 years +)
Ridley
Circa 2010 image
'blue'
Ribble
Mid 2013
Gran Fondo
Oddly, there's not a photo, of the sticker, but this was taken in 2015
(undated)
CGR
March 2017 (5 days after it arrived)
Oh!, & the CGR, also has these 2 (we'll be charitable, & call them 'talismans'?) of a cycling icon
Why?,
This Is Why
NB;
I'm not certain, when the stickers changed from 'Sherburn-in-Elmet' (Ridley) to 'Newthorpe' ('Blue')
Presumably they were using up old stock, rather than throw them away, after the move to new premises?
But.... in early 2017, as seen on the CGR, they stated Sherburn-in-Elmet' again
The Kingdom of Elmet, being an important part of history around that area
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmet
Barwick-in-Elmet still exists too, as a small village (very nice it is!!)