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Old 12-02-09 | 02:04 AM
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AWESOME handlebar engravings!

See 'em, show 'em, awesome handlebar engravings! Pictures please!
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Old 12-02-09 | 09:08 AM
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Here's a bad shot of one side of my Windsor bars
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Old 12-02-09 | 10:20 AM
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Not sure if you can see them too well in this photo, but it is raining, so it is not the best time to go snap better ones.

Old Cinelli "Coat of Arms" engraving : On my Motobecane Team Champion.

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Old 12-02-09 | 10:28 AM
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I really dig the cinelli engravings, and couldn't see the windsor ones!

I just want to ogle at more cool ones, I could care less if they're not high-end...
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Old 12-02-09 | 10:33 AM
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The cinelli coat of arms is really the all time classic, and what nitto copied.

there are some other pretty cool ones... like some of the ones with the geographic shape of countries engraved on them...

the think maes bars have pretty cool engravings too.
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Old 12-02-09 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by banjo_mole
I really dig the cinelli engravings, and couldn't see the windsor ones!

I just want to ogle at more cool ones, I could care less if they're not high-end...
I'll try to snap a better picture later.
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Old 12-02-09 | 11:17 AM
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Here are my GB ventoux "map of england" bars:



and some Nitto Olympiade bars I had:

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Old 12-02-09 | 01:00 PM
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You guys would cry If I dared show what I did to the Engraving on one side of my Nitto Noodle Bars.

It was goregeous but I just had to make it fit into a stem for 25.4mm bars

....it shows.
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Old 12-02-09 | 01:58 PM
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Peugeot had the lions on one side, a crest on the other. I know there are some out there....
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Old 12-02-09 | 03:33 PM
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I think cool engravings should be required on all bars.
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Old 12-02-09 | 03:45 PM
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I should show my Bridgestone Kabuki bars if I can get a camera to take good enough pics...
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Old 12-02-09 | 04:16 PM
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Heres what I got: The Giro D'Italias' on the Paramount, The Sakae Customs on the Seven Ten and The regular Champions on the wifes' World Sport...Unfortunately not very good pic quality
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Old 12-02-09 | 06:28 PM
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I've got a Dawes engraved GB bar. It's hard to take a good picture of it though!
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Old 12-02-09 | 06:33 PM
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Not sure that they are "awesome", but I like the engraving of the Cinelli bars on my '87 Super Sport

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Old 12-02-09 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
Peugeot had the lions on one side, a crest on the other. I know there are some out there....
I was led to believe that these came off a Peugeot. Not the best shots but they're comfortable bars.


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Old 12-03-09 | 03:11 PM
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Old 12-03-09 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by flammenwurfer
I think cool engravings should be required on all bars.
Just like nose art should be required on air force bombers
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Old 12-04-09 | 12:48 AM
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GB bars on my Dawes Galaxy. Both had them - so they must have been stock in the late 60's.

Those are Dawes Concorde handlebars. Are they stamped GB?
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Old 12-04-09 | 06:46 AM
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nice panto stem on the Masi.
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Old 12-04-09 | 07:10 AM
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So far, I have to vote for the GB / Dawes bars!

Has anyone tried to do this kind of engraving by hand? I'd love to customize my bars, but wouldn't know how to go about it....
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Old 12-04-09 | 08:13 AM
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From my newly acquired 76 Motobecae Grand Jubile. . .

PS - The Dawes is absolutely awesome but the Peugeot Lions are my perennial favorites.

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Old 12-04-09 | 09:18 AM
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So far, I have to vote for the GB / Dawes bars!

Has anyone tried to do this kind of engraving by hand? I'd love to customize my bars, but wouldn't know how to go about it....
Here are some custom versions by Ko Masuda:



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Old 12-04-09 | 09:22 AM
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I love how people who start these threads never start by posting a picture themselves...
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Old 12-04-09 | 09:26 AM
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What else do you love?
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Old 12-04-09 | 09:43 AM
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Here are some custom versions by Ko Masuda:
Oh, my! If I were his teacher, I'd give him an A for effort and an A for technique, and a final grade of F for the course. That stuff is (IMHO) wretched.
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