What brand is this badge?
 

Anybody know? If you do, do you know anything about them? One's available locally, and it's cool looking.:)

Thanks.
Dan
http://tinyurl.com/lq7bow

From Sheldon Brown:

"Lygie

A large Italian maker of production quality bikes. What is interesting about these is that many used very nice components. The frames were nothing special, although we know a few people who found them very pleasing to ride. The value of these is probably mostly in the components."

I'd probably buy it, but I am a sucker for chrome.

I think they look kind of cool too. There is a little bit about the marque at classicrendezvous. Very little, actually. :lol: I don't own one of their bikes, just a shop sign bearing their name. :rolleyes: According to this, which I believe was posted recently on BF, the brand is being resurrected.

I saw the CL ad for that one in Santa Cruz (Aptos) and it looks very good in the pics, worth $175 if it looks as good in person. Lygies were actually a pretty big brand in SoCal when I was a kid (and I lusted for one but never had the $$) because there was at least one shop bringing them in and they sold a lot (might have been Hans Ohrt, but don't know). I think the quality back then was about average for a mass-produced Italian frame (i.e.: NOT Cinelli or Masi quality, these were probably an Atala product) but they sure looked good to my teenage eye.

http://velobase.com/HeadbadgeGallery.aspx

From VeloBase

I love the chrome lugs!