Classic & Vintage - The Head Badge Close Up thread,

Post you close up pics of your head badges. Any will do, but please restrict them to close ups, and shot as near as head on as you are able. I'll start. Here's this one. And my other one can be seen over there on the left.

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee430/slipangle99/Frejus/Frejusheadbadge1-1.jpg

At first I thought the headbadge site was closing up. Man Kurt must really be slimming down on stuff. lol.

From my Lotus rebuild:
http://i.imgur.com/uF1PV.jpg

And not vintage, but for the frame I just finished. It hasn't been mounted yet:
http://i.imgur.com/T2APl.jpg

1961 Bianchi Competizione.

Before
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/bikingshearer/Biancho%20Competizione/IMG_0933.jpg

After
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/bikingshearer/Biancho%20Competizione/IMG_1130.jpg

Wow. Very nice.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7573645480_aca1962d8d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/7573645480/)

Luxembourg stayer champion

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3274/2407005896_312a5fe0f4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/2407005896/)
Infidel Bike 020 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/2407005896/) by mtypinski (http://www.flickr.com/people/76636917@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2386/2303332220_863d642f76.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/2303332220/)

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1065/1348305327_806ef14105.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/1348305327/)

At first I thought the headbadge site was closing up. Man Kurt must really be slimming down on stuff. lol.

That's exactly what I thought.

The headbage on my '83 Waterford Paramiont is from a Schwinn Superior. It came with the frame and I decided to mount it in a bit of tongue-in-cheek. Should keep anyone who looks close enough guessing. :innocent:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6114/6318763912_15810373e3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/6318763912/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7409806126_0dd67e6485.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/7409806126/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7409806126_0dd67e6485.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/7409806126/)

Am I the only one who can't see poprad's images?

Oh, one of my favorite photo themes! And since you asked for it...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6214/6215517549_b269eb566f_z.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4016/4334486543_6ec84ffcd2_z.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2510/4200806741_5246b5eab9_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7553191270_09675b2d6c_z.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3655/4636657923_25a542c3a8_z.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2609/4196591466_24c2774a24_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/7052187153_d243876bdc_z.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2657/4201541670_d0e416e531_z.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4078/4788146052_3d6c7edafb_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7409806126_0dd67e6485.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76636917@N00/7409806126/)

I would be willing to give up all my head badges for this one :).

here is my favorite from a 1936 schwinn i restored.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m615/sloar1070/myschwinn3.jpg

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/seedsbelize/bicycles/worldshots1005.jpg?t=1289851660

My photography prowess shines again.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Schwinn%20World%20Voyageur%201973/SchwinnWorldVoyager-1973Orange034.jpg

1938
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Raleigh%20Golden%20Arrow%20-%201938/RaleighGoldenArrowHeadbadge.jpg

1953
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Raleigh%20Sports%201953/RaleighSports-1953019.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7479582888_ce947e9e98_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6603603453_3073e79114_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7496630292_443567898f_z.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6099/6212657381_1890caf776_z.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5286/5205130449_64f0966db5_z.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5138/5540168219_798080a789_z.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5137/5421565441_a343194b4e_z.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4147/5204487092_913c0bed35_z.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/cb400bill/P1000602.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/cb400bill/IMG_3660.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/cb400bill/PanasonicSport500003.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tU9c_Oi_fHY/T_81XIAaETI/AAAAAAAAEOU/doXg_E6wFSc/s800/DSCF6019.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gJ6ezvTjooE/TMjnl0F2dgI/AAAAAAAACnY/zV9CN0fhyuQ/s640/Viscount%2520072.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fyA8_WNgTJI/TMgVvFIME0I/AAAAAAAACmw/psVWk5i374U/s640/P1000669.JPG

For what it's worth, there is a Flickr group devoted to head badges. It contains several thousand pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bicycleheadbadges/pool/

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9P6PPJgOVpU/TGdPMjt5IKI/AAAAAAAADDw/slG0HPucgk4/s800/P1000106.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3odrjbxw--E/TAE6Dz0rvLI/AAAAAAAADEA/8Y3rDi5ryAc/s800/IMG_3744.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oXVtuLDwMD4/TufdA6TCuxI/AAAAAAAAD50/GgfbyjKAwME/s800/P1010623.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OnHxpEAFeYM/Tmz5DSJ7yQI/AAAAAAAADtY/tdihKSxyrl4/s800/IMG00156-20110911-1145.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9vUjCmTI9Do/TMeNTFd5fpI/AAAAAAAACmM/YyPSreraA4M/s640/IMG_3547.JPG

Do decals count?

You asked for it!

Vanilla

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/photo-92.jpg

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/front.jpg

Litespeed with original badge and the coming replacement

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0756.jpg

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/photo-41.jpg

Primato

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/photo-27.jpg

Sachs road

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0905.jpg

Titanio

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0847.jpg

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0848.jpg

Merckx

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/Photo0560.jpg

Sachs tourer

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_3414.jpg

Koga

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/4403146985_9329852371.jpg


http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/photo-4.jpg

Motobecane (since sold, but I like this one)

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0946.jpg

Montagner

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0529.jpg

Cyclops (since sold, but coolest badge EVER)

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0543.jpg

Schwinn Triplet


http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/IMG_0466.jpg

Serotta

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/Photo0579.jpg

Marnati

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/Photo0488.jpg

Merlin


http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad205/aolk67/Photo0967.jpg

Same as the Head Badge...

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz226/ViperPilot2/P1000796.jpg

:thumb:

http://users.rcn.com/jimmuller/pics/headbadges/Peugeot%20headbadge.jpg http://users.rcn.com/jimmuller/pics/headbadges/Bertin%20headbadge.jpg

http://users.rcn.com/jimmuller/pics/headbadges/Raleigh%20headbadge.jpg http://users.rcn.com/jimmuller/pics/headbadges/Masi%20headbadge.jpg

http://users.rcn.com/jimmuller/pics/headbadges/Bianchi%20headbadge.jpg

I guess I should clean up the Raleigh, but it's a rider, not a looker. Definitely not a looker.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh239/dmkiefer/Pinarello3.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9vUjCmTI9Do/TMeNTFd5fpI/AAAAAAAACmM/YyPSreraA4M/s640/IMG_3547.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zr9ko4sLxTI/TMjlFL_odsI/AAAAAAAACnM/bo4sMWM1sVI/s640/Suteki%2520Track%252010%2520Mixte%2520002.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jwWOJLcgVIQ/TtRV3ZYVoeI/AAAAAAAAEPY/JK9JCsXbzOw/s640/P1020605.JPG

Here's mine.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f249/jcymbal/Biclas/Gazelle/Gazelle012.jpg

This is the only one that has a real head badge, though it's not original to the bike. The headbadge was sourced from another bike and impeccably restored by Drillium Dude to add a flourish to this one (the photo is also his, taken before I acquired the bike for my girlfriend):

262093

I'll refrain from posting all the headtube decals that grace the herd, but I will post this one (from a 1980s Proctor, an Edmonton-built Canadian bike) - as I expect no one else is terribly likely to do so:

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Wish it was closer up, but I need new pics. My fave bike out of my 3. My other cool one is a Lotus, but there was already that head badge posted earlier.
258642

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/bianchi016.jpg?t=1241851190

262100

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m615/ebergeland13/IMG_7002.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m615/ebergeland13/IMG_7212.jpg

262107262108

1986 Trek 400 Elance

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg248/scaled.php?server=248&filename=dec2010010.jpg&res=landing

1985 Trek 420

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg844/scaled.php?server=844&filename=400t016.jpg&res=landing

1984 Stumpjumper Sport


http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg23/scaled.php?server=23&filename=10jan10020.jpg&res=landing

1986 Schwinn High Sierra

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg18/scaled.php?server=18&filename=bikes928013.jpg&res=landing

This is way cool! I haven't seen a Singer since maybe 1976. Did this come from Spence Wolf at Cupertino Bike Shop?

1978/79 Trek 736

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2417/hpim4642c.jpg

Halfway through page two and no clover-love?!

Fixed it :)

Colnago:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4094/4760917583_2ce67d15ef_b.jpg

Mondia:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4141/4740276402_76c22c83dc_b.jpg

Olympia:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/6168744500_811a420b3c_b.jpg

Dennis Sparrow:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5196068568_ce6776c5fe_b.jpg

Masi:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7559453434_bc4475e707_b.jpg

Sacha:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1161/5127618750_53642095a6_b.jpg

Sorry - couldn't resist :)

DD

The head badge (1989 Bottecchia Columbus SLX):

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/imejasan/BIKES-BOTTECCHIA/BOTTECCHIA_FRONT_JULY2011.jpg

The jersey (vintage Bottecchia jersey):

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/imejasan/BIKES-BOTTECCHIA/fb96b4b4.jpg


I need better pictures.

Columbia Chainless 262158

For what it's worth, there is a Flickr group devoted to head badges. It contains several thousand pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bicycleheadbadges/pool/

Thanks for that link, Gridplan.

Some very cool badges here folks. Keep 'em coming. Many here I've never seen before.

And pics of cat heads are OK D. Dude. :thumb:

I have only one close up of a head badge and it is an off topic bike. Go figure.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7230259196_af0a4326de_h.jpg

Forgot about this one:
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http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee430/slipangle99/Gitane%20TdF/Gitanebadge.jpg

[QUOTE=southpawboston;14493763]
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6214/6215517549_b269eb566f_z.jpg

Gorgeous bikes SouthpawB. Especially this one.