Framebuilders - Can I use an old head badge with newish frame?

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA
newanimal
02-13-06, 11:23 PM
Is it possible to put a classic head badge on a newish road bike?

My idea is to take this frame...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Fuji-Newest-Road-Bike-Frameset-Chrome-UNCOMMON_W0QQitemZ7218075956QQcategoryZ98084QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And use one of these head badges...

http://stores.ebay.com/Hellas-Ephemera-Collectibles-World_Fire-Marks-Plaques_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm

And also, who would I go to to do this?? Who do I look up in the phone book?

Thanks for the help!!
Nate

fixedpip
02-14-06, 03:39 AM
The old style badges are generally designed to be riveted on, but they can be attached by any number of means.

A lot also depends on how that Fuji badge is attached to the head tube. If its riveted on then you need to be sure that the new badge will cover the old rivet holes otherwise its just going to look messy.

With that said to do it right, you would need to find someone who could drill your headtube to match the hole pattern of the badge and then find someone who could attach the new badge with rivets/screws. I would think long and hard about this as its going to be more expensive than you'd wish.

Failing that, there are a number of ways of 'faking' it by using caulk, some types of double sided tape etc.
For ideas see:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=94425&highlight=headbadge
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=162609&highlight=headbadge
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=83256&highlight=headbadge