Cycle Wallpaper

What Cycle Wallpaper Is

Cycle wallpaper is a wall covering built around bicycles. Some designs are bright and playful for a child's room. Others are clean line drawings that suit a hallway or a study. The shape repeats well, which is why it works.

Giffywalls prints each mural to the exact size of your wall. A bike lands whole, not sliced off at the corner. We print these for kids rooms and for adults in about equal measure, which surprises most people.

Why a Bicycle Works on a Wall

A bike is two circles, a triangle and a few clean lines. That is a good shape to repeat. It reads as a picture up close and as a pattern from across the room. It also carries no age. A toddler sees a fun toy. A teenager sees a sport. An adult sees a hobby, or simply a nice bit of graphic design.

Who This Collection Is For

Kids Learning to Ride

Bright cartoon bikes suit this age. Put them low on the wall, at the height a small child actually looks. Add a couple of hooks at the same level and the room earns its keep.

Older Kids and Teens

Tastes get sharper here. Switch to a graphic repeat, or one detailed bike drawn in ink. It sits well beside sport and travel themes. Our teen wallpaper range has more in that register.

Adults, Genuinely

This is the part people miss. A vintage bike print in a hallway or a home gym looks great. So does a fine line repeat in a study. Nothing about it reads as a child's room once the colors are grown up.

Where the Murals Work Best

Hallways come first. A bike is a thing in motion, and a hall is a space you move through. Kids bedrooms are next, then playrooms, home gyms and garden rooms. A study works too, as long as you keep the palette to two colors. Our kids room wallpaper range covers the wider theme.

Styles in This Collection

Vintage bikes with baskets and flowers, city commuters, racing bikes in a bold repeat, cartoon riders, ink line art on plain ground and full street scenes. Some use one color on cream. Others run through a whole set of brights. Our retro wallpaper range shares the same nostalgic feel.

How Many Bikes Is Too Many

A fair question, and the answer depends on the room. A dense repeat of small bikes reads as texture from a distance, so it can cover a big wall without tiring you out. A few large bikes read as a picture, and a picture needs space around it. Trouble starts when the bikes are mid-sized and evenly spread. Then the wall is neither one thing nor the other. Pick a clear side and the room will thank you.

Colors and Decor That Pair

For a grown-up room, keep to two colors. Ink on cream, or charcoal on warm white. Add oak, leather and black metal. For a child's room, go the other way. Bright reds, yellows and blues on white, with plain bedding so the wall leads. Either way, one papered wall is enough. Cycle patterns lose their charm when they wrap a whole room.

Sizing, Finish and Fitting

Send us the width and height of your wall. We scale the design so a bike never lands half cut in a corner. Choose peel and stick for a child's room or a rental. It is a removable wallpaper finish that lifts off cleanly when tastes change. Choose paste the wall for a longer stay. Panels arrive numbered with hanging notes in the box. Shipping is free on every order.