Originally Posted by
roccobike
The example given by the OP is not a good one to make a decision as to how ethical rebadging is.
I disagree. I think it's a pretty good example. Even if it's a bad example, the hypothetical situation is simple: Here we have a bike that is identical to a Raleigh Clubman in all respects except the graphics. Is it ethical to put different graphics on it? The ethics of this are not clear to me.
Originally Posted by
roccobike
How does this group feel about someone who takes a low level Schwinn a rebadges it as a vintage Paramount complete with correct tubing decal?
I'm not in favor of rebadging anything.
Your example is a different situation, in which the ethics of the matter are perfectly clear.
Going back to Randy's ethical question, how about this one. I have a Raleigh Twenty with terrible paint, terrible decals, and the head badge is messed up. I have a perfectly good Phillips headbadge, though. Raleigh made all these bikes, put Raleigh decals on most of them, but a few other brands were used as well; Phillips, Triumph, BSA, and I don't remember what else. No matter how I paint it (even with Cinelli decals) no one would ever mistake it for anything other than a Raleigh Twenty. And I could make it perfectly indistinguishable from a Phillips Twenty, which would be (I think) a little cooler. Would that be wrong? I don't think so.
For the record, I'm not going to do it. Not because of the ethical dilemma, but because it's a Twenty.