Best vintage English bike badges
04-21-21, 06:18 PM
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Best vintage English bike badges
I've been checking out a lot of the vintage English bikes and just really love the badge on the front of some of them like Triumph, Raleigh, and Hercules. Any others out there with similar badges?
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Thanks for sharing. Those are real cool. I just thought of another one I like, Royal Scot. Somebody has one of those for sale around here.
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I really like the Raleigh anniversary headbadge.
I think of it as the Heron of Guadalupe. No one but me seems to see that though.
I think of it as the Heron of Guadalupe. No one but me seems to see that though.
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
I really like the Raleigh anniversary headbadge.
I think of it as the Heron of Guadalupe. No one but me seems to see that though.
I think of it as the Heron of Guadalupe. No one but me seems to see that though.
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Very hard to read due to fade so I included a picture of a decal to fill in the details..... Standard Model K from Birmingham
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04-22-21, 08:36 AM
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I don't have one to show, but the Rudge "Red Hand of Ulster" badge was nice.
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Were silver badged Dawes frames lesser than gold badged? Mine is.
Interesting badge sidelight is that after the Dawes factory burnt down at the end of the bike boom, the new owners did away with the torch.
Interesting badge sidelight is that after the Dawes factory burnt down at the end of the bike boom, the new owners did away with the torch.
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I couldn’t resist showing the lugs surrounding this one.
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Originally Posted by Pcampeau
I couldn’t resist showing the lugs surrounding this one.
That is screamin azzz cool.
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Originally Posted by dweenk
I don't have one to show, but the Rudge "Red Hand of Ulster" badge was nice.
Agreed, creepy cool to me.
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Originally Posted by merziac
Agreed, creepy cool to me.
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Originally Posted by dweenk
Creepy cool for sure, but I think it may have been an icon during the troubles. Maybe a Brit or an Irishman could school me on this.
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Originally Posted by clubman
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