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Old 10-24-23 | 11:57 AM
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jPrichard10
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From: Portland, Cascadia

Bikes: 1976 Merz' Tourer, 1984 Strawberry, 1978 Trek 910, 1982 Trek 950, 1982 Trek 720, 1981 Trek 510

Is anyone making repro headbadges?

I have seen some talk in the Framebuilder's forum about making your own headbadges, and I found this fellow online that recreated a Trek headbadge (out of stainless steel) for a restoration using electrolytic etching:

https://images.app.goo.gl/ZHPbXyyB2eUBpY6f8

Whole it seems like I totally could make a repro Trek headbadge for my frames that are lacking, I know that I won't ever find the time to actually do it. But if I did, it seems like it would make sense to make five or six at a time from a single sheet of brass.

And if I could do it, then it seems like someone else could do it and sell these, similar to repro decals.

And maybe it wouldn't be economically feasible, but buying old headbadges for my three Trek frames gets costly.

Has anyone made a repro headbadges for their bike, and has anyone ever tried selling them as a failed business venture?

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