Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Washington County, Vermont, USA
Bikes: 1966 Dawes Double Blue, 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport, 1975 Raleigh Sprite 27, 1980 Univega Viva Sport, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1984 Lotus Classique, 1976 Motobecane Grand Record
Seriously. You can get a riveting tool for just about nothing. If it had rivets, put rivets back on. It is stupidly simple to do.
Yes, pop riveters are cheap and easy to use, but most of the headbadges that I've seen used a different style of rivet than those used by pop riveters. Pop rivets will hold the badge on okay but are unlikely to look at all like the original.
Or is there some other riveting tool I'm not aware of?
I'm leaning toward the idea of tapping the holes for screws. Seems like the cleanest solution to me.
JV