Originally Posted by
JulesCW
It is hard to imagine that custom reproduction head badges would be cheaper than buying old ones -- and you don't want to do that, so....
Just visit your local co-op and see if they have any weird or interesting head badges on frames destined for recycling that you could get for free or for low $$ -- that's what I did for an older Paramount -- it keeps folks guessing, and is fun!
I love the aesthetic of 70s Treks too much to mismatch headbadges. I would totally do this with some other Frankenbike. Schwinn branding looks like garbage to me, even if they made some very nice bikes, so I would have no regrets about slapping something else on there.
I'm not saying this would be profitable... classic bike restoration rarely is. But it does seem like something that someone
thought would be profitable (or so much a passion project that they lied to themselves).