Headbadge Vertical Position/Placement?
10-29-17 | 09:46 PM
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Headbadge Vertical Position/Placement?
Is the convention dead center of the head tube ... or builder's choice? On small frames it seems a no brainer, but I'm detailing a 68cm frame. 
10-29-17 | 09:57 PM
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Obviously it's a builder's choice. But middle of the head tube is the traditional placement.
OTOH - I don't think anyone ever got out rulers and checked either (though these days you never know).
OTOH - I don't think anyone ever got out rulers and checked either (though these days you never know).
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10-30-17 | 06:56 AM
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My Paramount is "only" 63.5 cm, but the 1 inch logo is centered in the ~8 inch head tube.
10-30-17 | 09:07 AM
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About center.
This also makes me smile, years ago at a bike show I brought a bike that I am the original owner of, picked up at the factory even.
The head tube herald is not centered between the lugs. An Expert declared it must have been a respray as the head tube herald was not on center height wise.... I laughed.
This also makes me smile, years ago at a bike show I brought a bike that I am the original owner of, picked up at the factory even.
The head tube herald is not centered between the lugs. An Expert declared it must have been a respray as the head tube herald was not on center height wise.... I laughed.
10-30-17 | 04:43 PM
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Yeah, ... if the bike has a front rack and small bag, having the "herald" just a little higher than middle may allows it to show. For example, if you are using a Nitto M18 rack the back bar may be about the height of the headbadge.
Well, no point in over thinking it... center it is.
Well, no point in over thinking it... center it is.
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