The Head Badge Close Up thread,
#127
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Finally got around to mounting it...made by Jenn Green:
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^ awesome!!
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Here's that '42 Nonpareil that Frank gave me.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/DSCN2188.jpg)
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And, for the record, this is (or was) a Jetter 10 speed from the 70s. Claimed to be made in Pittsburg.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_0676.jpg)
Oh yeah, while we're getting a few American bikes off our chest, here's a Firestone that I had for a while.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_8479.jpg)
And I can't bear to leave out my Roadmasters.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_7499.jpg)
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_7194.jpg)
And here's an Old Hickory that I saw at the Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT. I think it's actually structural.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/DSCN2188.jpg)
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/6486420005_85ce3e6e47_z.jpg)
And, for the record, this is (or was) a Jetter 10 speed from the 70s. Claimed to be made in Pittsburg.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_0676.jpg)
Oh yeah, while we're getting a few American bikes off our chest, here's a Firestone that I had for a while.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_8479.jpg)
And I can't bear to leave out my Roadmasters.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_7499.jpg)
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_7194.jpg)
And here's an Old Hickory that I saw at the Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT. I think it's actually structural.
![](https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll299/sailorbenjamin/American/IMG_8491.jpg)
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I don't know much about this other than that it likely came from Italy in the 1950's but it's pretty cool looking. Let me know if you know who made it.
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That is cool. Romulus and Remus feeding at the she wolf's teets. Great head badge logo. Never seen that brand before.
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1920's CCM Massey-Harris Silver Ribbon. It's a one piece helix. Shame about the repaint.
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Does a '93 Robinson BMX count as C&V?
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It's not really vintage, but just love that Globe put a little baseball card holder on their badge, so you can put in pics of your primary passenger, or Chewbacca or whatever...
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Bump, had to dig this one up from the cellar:
![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7920096320_804ae93c32_b.jpg)
La Nordiste, made by Dangre/Starnord in, guess what, northern France.
And this is a truly amazing blog on headbadges/history of cycling (for Dutch-speakers, but with plenty of pics)
https://wielersport.slogblog.nl/category/1/7
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La Nordiste, made by Dangre/Starnord in, guess what, northern France.
And this is a truly amazing blog on headbadges/history of cycling (for Dutch-speakers, but with plenty of pics)
https://wielersport.slogblog.nl/category/1/7
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Here's one you don't see every day, the early Holdsworth head badge. This one was on a 1951 frame I had in my possession for only a short while.
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I'm selling a Garlatti for a friend and while it isn't the world's nicest bike it does have a pretty cool head badge. I'll post a pic of the complete bike in the mustache bar thread too since that's what it has on it now.
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