Hey do you know how much this bike is worth? I have one and it is too big, so looking to sell it. A real bummer since it is such a gorgeous and smooth bike as I am sure you know!

Principle of Silence violation, no?

Great for kids though!

 
http://trotify.com/

Given the wicked article lead image I thought this fits in… Can’t wait to get one – it’s completely Pro, right? And follows The Rules, right? Right…? I mean it’s got to be Monty P and all certified – Right???

On Bike No. 4, my fixed gear… my framebuilder went to town and actually took a saw and a drill to my headbadge to make it a little bit special… it makes me smile.  Every.  Single.  Time I get on this bad girl (at 5:30am for my commute)… Stuart at Pearson Cycles is a legend… and a reason why this bike shop has been going over 150 years.

@Marko I think that this is sadly no one’s particular bike. Image is off the BASSO website.

They should know better really.

Next time I’m at my Dad’s I’ll try and get a few pictures of his headbadge collection, some really nice rare ones in there, mostly British stuff.

Have you heard of crashing? I’ve seen bikes after crashes that would be perfectly fine if the cable stops hadn’t been torn off by the ‘bars swinging around.

Also, try putting your bike in the back of a small car without turning them around – probably not a serious issue for most people, but I’ve seen bikes fucked by this simple thing in the past.

In a combination of the two I’ve even seen a bike that survived a crash get put into a spectator’s car so inexpertly that one of the stops tore clean off and the derailleur hanger snapped as well!

I might be a wanker cunt but it doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes give okay advice.

You may be a wanker cunt, but I’m in the process of recabling my Bianchi because of your advice! My bars wouldn’t even turn past 90 degrees because I cut the housing so short last time.

@DavidI

note to self…use “daggy” a lot more in conversation.

“I’m a bit daggy today, that girl from Moyston and I went out and drank a liter of Rumplemintz”

Ahhh the Girl from Moyston – memories flooding back!

note to self…use “daggy” a lot more in conversation.

“I’m a bit daggy today, that girl from Moyston and I went out and drank a liter of Rumplemintz”

Really like what Tom is doing, and he is less than a mile from my office, but long been a follower of Feather Cycles so I went with my gut.

Should be end of Jan then my n+1 will be ready, really looking forward to it, stainless lugged modern classic, with my hand built Royce / Nemesis wheels, a la Frank.

Those Feather bikes are stunning though!

I always loved the fact the Raleigh bikes in UK had a proper seperately soldered on head badge and I think Dawes did to, it just made them feel kind of classy. The latest iteration of this though is Feather bikes in the north of England. He is carving out a real name for himself for some beautiful frames and has issued bikes with a brass head badge made from the original doorknocker from his first business premises. He has only made about 50 frames to date but here is an example of his work…great article by the way, sadly my Argon 18 came sans headbadge and is less of a bike for it im afraid,,,

I’m next in line for one if Ricky’s masterpieces. Can’t bloody wait mate. !!!

http://youtu.be/oC4rWA3pTg4

try again…

Also, try putting your bike in the back of a small car without turning them around – probably not a serious issue for most people, but I’ve seen bikes fucked by this simple thing in the past.

In a combination of the two I’ve even seen a bike that survived a crash get put into a spectator’s car so inexpertly that one of the stops tore clean off and the derailleur hanger snapped as well!

I might be a wanker cunt but it doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes give okay advice.

if the handlebars inadvertently spin around

And here we have Oli’s BMX roots. He finds himself subconsciously doing bar spins on his road bike.

I was lucky enough to stumble across a chap called Geoff Moorhouse in the UK who custom makes headbadges. I’ve had two from him and they’ve both been fantastic. The latest one he made up for the custom Rourke that i took delivery of earlier in the year.

There are also a couple of crackers lurking in the garage that i thought worth sharing. The first is on my Orange 5. Not entirely in the spirit of this site, but a lovely headbadge i’m sure you’ll agree. The second is a real suprise, and came on a sub £900 off the peg bike. A really nice touch.

Apologies in advance for the dirt etc…..

Hmmmmm. you got robbed.

@Nate

That is a beauty Pegoretti badge. Your bike is sweet without it though.

sadly mine has only a decal, although of his old logo which is pretty cool:

My father in law built a frame a few years ago.  I rode it for a while, but the geo wasn’t right for me.  Nonetheless, it has a cool bronze head badge.  I’ll be over there tomorrow and will try to bring back a photo.

Head badges are very cool, I was just saying I haven’t missed them on many nice bikes. Would have loved any of those even more if they had had one, I’m sure!

Ye old Merlin has one. It’s held on with some miracle two sided tape that has held for twenty years. I reckon it needs a good polish, like it’s owner.

We went to two official and one non-official cycling museums in Belgium on the Keepers Tour and each had quite the collection of head badges. It was super cool. The photo in the main pic was taken at one of the museums.

And is there some reason that resins can’t add at least a little bit of color to carbon? How quickly people forget that white and blue LEDs were “impossible” not that long ago.

Cervelo gets the demerit for worst head tube graphics. Mine has the Cervelo “e” inside a red square. Some engineer obviously spent all of 5 minutes on that design, and it hasn’t changed in years.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/giro-ditalia-race-tech-bikes-in-the-mountains/224410

@Deakus

You’re right, that blue bike is bonkers. Saw some of Tom’s work at the Bristol bike show this year – it’s beautifully crafted. Now all I need to do is persuade Mrs Fausto that its a piece of artwork rather than a bike to justify the purchase! It’ll be interesting to see what crazy stuff they have at the show next year.

Always worth checking out some of his steel bike porn!

http://www.demonframeworks.com/gallery/

It’s a pity that though they have a good head badge, most Raleighs are cheap and barely worth what you do pay for them…

They have relaunched and some of their new lower end carbon frames have had some fairly good reviews.  The trouble was they became too popular/ubiquitous and went after mass production which invariably leads to cost cutting and lack of attention to detail just to get the numbers out.  Their earliest stuff is really nice if a little dated these days…

One of my favorite:

You’re right, that blue bike is bonkers. Saw some of Tom’s work at the Bristol bike show this year – it’s beautifully crafted. Now all I need to do is persuade Mrs Fausto that its a piece of artwork rather than a bike to justify the purchase! It’ll be interesting to see what crazy stuff they have at the show next year.