Bicycle Belt Buckles
09-23-25 | 09:14 AM
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Another batch. All are unlabeled and undated unless noted.
This one may have come from Sears. I’ve seen others in the case.
A couple of years ago, wife and I were in Paris. We ate in a restaurant that was in the old Gladiator factory, although we didn’t know it at the time.
Anacortes Brass, 2017
This one may have come from Sears. I’ve seen others in the case.
A couple of years ago, wife and I were in Paris. We ate in a restaurant that was in the old Gladiator factory, although we didn’t know it at the time.
Anacortes Brass, 2017
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
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09-23-25 | 11:26 AM
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I'm digging that Dura Ace decal. I bet a Reynolds 531 decal would make a swell buckle.
09-23-25 | 11:33 AM
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Such a cool collection of buckles. If anyone wants to take the buckles to the next level, there is a small company that specializes in making belts from recycled tires and new bar tape.
www.cycled.com
Two of the nicest guys run the company and they actively support the vintage community. The photo below is of my Cinelli belt that they made. I know they do custom work - your tire or buckle.
www.cycled.com
Two of the nicest guys run the company and they actively support the vintage community. The photo below is of my Cinelli belt that they made. I know they do custom work - your tire or buckle.
09-23-25 | 12:02 PM
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That’s not a decal. It a brass casting.
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-23-25 | 12:34 PM
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09-23-25 | 03:53 PM
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Pardon me if I've shown this before. Somehow I got ahold of two Campy belt buckles that both have the little nub boken off, the thing that goes in the leather holes. I know I broke one myself, then later bought or was given another, that someone else broke. Maybe casting flaws?
Anyway, maybe 20 years ago I mounted my Campy toolkit on drawer glides beneath a workbench, and decided the visible forward edge of the drawer glides was unsightly (I know, horrors, right?) How to hide them?
Anyway, maybe 20 years ago I mounted my Campy toolkit on drawer glides beneath a workbench, and decided the visible forward edge of the drawer glides was unsightly (I know, horrors, right?) How to hide them?
09-23-25 | 04:11 PM
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I have this (below) on a T-shirt, but I got tired of explaining to people that it's a pun on a 1929 painting, so now I just don't.
EDIT: I just realized, if the T-shirt maker wanted to reference the Magritte painting, they should have flipped the brace to look more like the pipe, like this:
Anyway, just a dumb T-shirt no matter how you flip it
EDIT: I just realized, if the T-shirt maker wanted to reference the Magritte painting, they should have flipped the brace to look more like the pipe, like this:
Anyway, just a dumb T-shirt no matter how you flip it
Last edited by bulgie; 09-23-25 at 06:13 PM.
09-23-25 | 04:47 PM
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The Gladiator buckle (the colorful one) is essentially a decal (or post card) that is affixed to a buckle blank with a plastic resin.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-23-25 | 05:08 PM
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Pardon me if I've shown this before. Somehow I got ahold of two Campy belt buckles that both have the little nub boken off, the thing that goes in the leather holes. I know I broke one myself, then later bought or was given another, that someone else broke. Maybe casting flaws?
Anyway, maybe 20 years ago I mounted my Campy toolkit on drawer glides beneath a workbench, and decided the visible forward edge of the drawer glides was unsightly (I know, horrors, right?) How to hide them?
Anyway, maybe 20 years ago I mounted my Campy toolkit on drawer glides beneath a workbench, and decided the visible forward edge of the drawer glides was unsightly (I know, horrors, right?) How to hide them?
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-23-25 | 06:03 PM
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I’ve had a few buckles with broken prong. Tandy Leather (I know, right!?) sells a really awful buckle back and ring hook.
09-24-25 | 06:28 AM
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09-24-25 | 08:12 AM
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Damn! More to look for.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-24-25 | 08:43 AM
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Today’s 10.
The only marking on the back is the Rolling Stone tongue. The DuraAce buckle has the same logo.
Dynabuckle Manufacturing, Provo Utah
Industry Nine 9 logo
Alpine Star. Better known for shoes and other stuff but they did make some cool bikes in the 90s
Coffee shop and bike shop in Minneapolis
No Fear. One of my kinetic belt buckles.
Lewis Buckles, Chicago. No date I was able to snag this for a pittance (relatively). These go for $150 to $200 on Fleabay. I got it for about $50
Dekerf bicycles. No date, no maker
Bike Mag. I delighted one of the co-op people who is a Black Flag fan.
The only marking on the back is the Rolling Stone tongue. The DuraAce buckle has the same logo.
Dynabuckle Manufacturing, Provo Utah
Industry Nine 9 logo
Alpine Star. Better known for shoes and other stuff but they did make some cool bikes in the 90s
Coffee shop and bike shop in Minneapolis
No Fear. One of my kinetic belt buckles.
Lewis Buckles, Chicago. No date I was able to snag this for a pittance (relatively). These go for $150 to $200 on Fleabay. I got it for about $50
Dekerf bicycles. No date, no maker
Bike Mag. I delighted one of the co-op people who is a Black Flag fan.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Last edited by cyccommute; 09-24-25 at 08:51 AM.
09-25-25 | 08:28 AM
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Today’s 10.
This one says “Bell” but I’m not sure it is a Bell helmet belt buckle. The font is wrong. DynaBuckle, Provo, UT
Fox Racing, no date, no maker.
Another Fox Racing
QBP Saddle Drive event buckle.
Reynolds because some bike frames are made from their tubing.
An interesting buckle detailing mounting an ordinary tire from Firestone. DynaBuckle, Provo
The next 3 are for Rattlesnake Rally Gravel Grind around Casper, WY. The first one is a very nice play on Wyoming’s license plate logo.
Someone forgot something, but it is still a very cool buckle.
This one says “Bell” but I’m not sure it is a Bell helmet belt buckle. The font is wrong. DynaBuckle, Provo, UT
Fox Racing, no date, no maker.
Another Fox Racing
QBP Saddle Drive event buckle.
Reynolds because some bike frames are made from their tubing.
An interesting buckle detailing mounting an ordinary tire from Firestone. DynaBuckle, Provo
The next 3 are for Rattlesnake Rally Gravel Grind around Casper, WY. The first one is a very nice play on Wyoming’s license plate logo.
Someone forgot something, but it is still a very cool buckle.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-26-25 | 07:54 AM
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Today’s 10.
No maker, no date but it has to be pre 1994 when the name was changed.
Love the design
Crested Butte Cycling Club
The National Pony Express Association had a challenge to ride 1900 miles.
Got this one from my daughter because the museum she worked for had dozens of them that they needed to get rid of. I saw a little bit of the 1990 Nationals at Purgatory Ski area in 1990 during a 70 mile ride up Hermosa Creek trail.
Been there. Don’t think about what is in the water on the street during a rain storm.
Conference in Durango.
Race in Breckenridge, CO. I was not a participant. I have ridden much of their course however.
70s vibes
BTS brass, 1978
No maker, no date but it has to be pre 1994 when the name was changed.
Love the design
Crested Butte Cycling Club
The National Pony Express Association had a challenge to ride 1900 miles.
Got this one from my daughter because the museum she worked for had dozens of them that they needed to get rid of. I saw a little bit of the 1990 Nationals at Purgatory Ski area in 1990 during a 70 mile ride up Hermosa Creek trail.
Been there. Don’t think about what is in the water on the street during a rain storm.
Conference in Durango.
Race in Breckenridge, CO. I was not a participant. I have ridden much of their course however.
70s vibes
BTS brass, 1978
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Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-27-25 | 06:21 AM
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Ten more.
Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw Bicycle tour. 1988
Iron Pig Duathlon, Fayetteville, AR
BTS Brass, 1978
Ampersand Brass, Kalamazoo, MI. No date.
Yes, that is a paper clip.
Mobtown, Chicago, 2007
Anacortes Brass Works, 1974. They appear to have gotten better at this.
Duckler. No date
The Great American Buckle Co., 1985
Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw Bicycle tour. 1988
Iron Pig Duathlon, Fayetteville, AR
BTS Brass, 1978
Ampersand Brass, Kalamazoo, MI. No date.
Yes, that is a paper clip.
Mobtown, Chicago, 2007
Anacortes Brass Works, 1974. They appear to have gotten better at this.
Duckler. No date
The Great American Buckle Co., 1985
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-28-25 | 08:30 AM
#50
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Ten more.
Horizon. No date
BHS, no date
A couple of glass ones.
Designed by Ivan Hyden. It’s tiny and is for a 1” belt.
Horizon. No date
BHS, no date
A couple of glass ones.
Designed by Ivan Hyden. It’s tiny and is for a 1” belt.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!