what's your favorite cycling logo?

[Climb01742]

And why? From a purely visually standpoint, does a logo matter that much to you?

as an example of a well-done, well-crafted logo, i'd point to sacha's vanilla logo. classically influenced, yet with a modern stylish twist. as are his frames. then there's the post-modern "joke" of the world vanilla. sacha's frames are anything but. a great marriage of product, philosophy and logo.

other well done logos? new? old? whatever?

[davids]

I like the simpler, elegant ones:

Kirk's decals are lovely, both the design and colors.
http://www.kirkframeworks.com/Vargo%20400.jpg
I like Seven's headbadge.
http://www.outdoorsinc.com/News-and-Events/News/images/63246133.jpg
IF's logos strike a great balance between retro funk and hipness, especially the clear-backed, straight-edge ones. And IF puts just the right number on, in just the right places - Headtube badge, downtube name, seattube logos, small seatstay logos. And the frame name right behind the dropout on the left chainstay. Lovely!
http://www.ifrider.com/register/00173b.jpg http://www.ifrider.com/register/00173d.jpg
I'm not a big fan of Serotta's logo or headbadge. Just OK. And too many stickers. (Anyone know a failsafe way to remove the decals from a Nove?)

[Catulle]

Hands down, no contest...!!!

[yeehawfactor]

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/EscapeHHead.jpg
http://www.bikesmithdesign.com/Curt/White/images/Head.jpg
http://www.bikyle.com/images/PegPalasantoBluFt.jpg

[Fixed]

bro I go sachs he a clever lil guy i.m.h.o. and pegs . cheers
these guys are just artist

[Moosedryvr]

Sachs - Classic
Steelman - Very cool (imo)
Tournesol - nice job DBRK and Steve H

SPG

[Catulle]

In second place I like my own...

[Grant McLean]

an oldie but a goodie...

http://www.campyonly.com/images/history/1980s/campy_spoken_here/campy_spoken_here_800.jpg


-g

[amper]

I like this one.

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/26/26356/folders/143189/18052441103586923934badge.jpg

[Ray]

See Avatar.

-Ray

[jerk]

headtube badges are mp. they may help italians sell bikes to americans...but they're still mp. (the exception that proves the rule is pegoretti's headtube badge, because he gets the joke. for a long time the american market demanded headtube badges from pinarello long after they had stopped using them in the home market....anyway. his badge is fun and funny and poking fun at the whole business the jerk supposes.)

the best bike logos are derosa's heart and colnago's club. eddy and e-richie get props for neat-o incorporation of their initials into a neat-o logo. specialized should have to pay royalties to the schutzstaffeln for theirs, serotta's looks awesome in red white and blue on a t-shirt but only pretty good on a bike, and pinarello's new flaming p thing is just awful.


the worst logo by far is the serotta forum's stupid dancing banana.

jerk :banana: :banana: :banana:

[bironi]

I love the Columbus Dove logo best.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Columbus-Bicycle-Fork-Decal-Sticker-set-of-2_W0QQitemZ7214653939QQcategoryZ42319QQssPageNameZ WDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[jeh]

I like this one. :beer:

http://www.losering.net/images/headtube.jpg

-j

[bcm119]

I love the Columbus Dove logo best.


I agree.

I also like this one-

[saab2000]

Mr. Amper is a man after my heart. A bike from my home state, incorporating beer into the design. :beer:

[EdK]

Bound to take heat for my favorites.....

[Catulle]

Bound to take heat for my favorites.....
The real deal...

[Bradford]

I like IF's the best. Although it took me a while to come around on the block letters, now I smile everytime I look at my IF.

I also love the Salsa Chili Pepper Moto. Almost as good as the Banana. :banana:

[amper]

Mr. Amper is a man after my heart. A bike from my home state, incorporating beer into the design. :beer:

And from what I gather built in Wisconsin by Waterford bikes. :beer:

[bironi]

Also like the Michelin Man, dating back to 1898, this one from 1912.

http://www.bicyclegifts.com/Michelin1.html

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . that was a picture of Sandy!

BBD

[Bill Bove]

I like the Serotta script and headtube "S" and I don't think that there are too many of them on my frame. In fact I have several more on my bike than is normal. I also like the Campagnolo script. I've always liked the LOOK logo but then I've always liked Mondria's paintings. Right now my favorite logo is my own :banana: check it out at www.fatcatbicycles.com I did the initial design and an artist made a few minor changes and I think it looks pretty good :banana:

[manet]

love andy _ acetone the pig.

[Frustration]

http://www.epogen.com/images/logo_epogen_home.gif

Either that or Colnago's clover.

[shinomaster]

I like this one. :beer:

http://www.losering.net/images/headtube.jpg

-j



De Rosa... What's not to like?... I really used to like Colnago too....

[fstrthnu]

De Rosa... What's not to like?... I really used to like Colnago too....

That is a very sexual logo shinomaster. Is there something You would like to share with us?

Fstrthnu

[manet]

.

[jerk]

the jerk was wrong. colombus dove all the way.


jerk

[Bill Bove]

Dove :confused: :confused: Man, I've always thought it was a pigion :confused: :confused:

[e-RICHIE]

sorry - i like mine.
it's still happy hour atmo.

[jeh]

De Rosa... What's not to like?... I really used to like Colnago too....

This was kind of annoying, but just a minor setback :)
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showpost.php?p=166111&postcount=9

--j

[inGobwetrust]

This one's kinda cool.

http://www.antbikemike.com/images/steeringhead.jpg

[shinomaster]

This was kind of annoying, but just a minor setback :)
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showpost.php?p=166111&postcount=9

--j


did you ever get seatpost?

[Argos]

Go ahead and Flame me, but these used to mean something, and I like 'em!

http://www.clarksallsports.com/images/company_logos/schwinn_logo.gif

http://www.waterfordbikes.com/images/pdgteam70s.jpg

[Elefantino]

Looks good on bananas, better on wheels.

[jeh]

did you ever get seatpost?

supposed to be here tomorrow. crossing fingers! :beer:

-j

[dave thompson]

.......favorite logo is my own :banana: check it out at www.fatcatbicycles.com .......I think it looks pretty....
AAAAAHHHH MY EYES!!! Too much pink!

[Grant McLean]

http://www.raydobbins.com/masigcbike/photos/photo27.html

http://www.raydobbins.com/cinelli_b/photos/photo13.html

just two more of the all time greats


-g

[shaq-d]

http://www.bikersbest.dk/FileExplorer/fetchfile.aspx?file=Billedbank%2FLogoer%2FGiordana .JPG&width=220

[bironi]

How could I not be with you on those two. Yeah baby!

[slowgoing]

There has only ever been one.

[inGobwetrust]

I also like this one from the Steelman site.

http://www.steelmancycles.com/Photos/ST-CAR-E-h.jpg

[yim]

There has only ever been one.

I vote this too.

[The Spider]

Ingob...that is wicked! I thought it was the headbadge....and the flamejob on the bike is brilliant. White bikes = pure class!

logo:

castelli scorpion

lightweight wheels - even the font looks light and gracefull!


worst: The big L on Litespeeed....wow...bloody genius, guess who slept in and hadn't done their homework!

[William]

logo:

castelli scorpion

!

That's one you can recognize from a long way off.

http://www.idyllium.it/images/Alice%20In%20Piedi%20Logo.jpg

Whoops!, wrong Castelli. ;)

Here we go.

http://www.flandersbros.com/pics/castelli.gif



William

http://www.archeologiaviva.it/images/cinema/agrigento/Logo-Regione.jpg

[slowgoing]

William - that second is the Sicilian flag. It has changed over time depending upon the occupying country, but I believe that may be the current one.

I was thinking of putting one of them on my downtube, a la dehoopta - grandparents are from Messina.

[chrisroph]

In headtube badges, I like the one with a picture of eddy.

[ClutchCargo]

I also like this one from the Steelman site.

http://www.steelmancycles.com/Photos/ST-CAR-E-h.jpg

stem's too short

:D

[columbusslx]

Columbus is the best ever. RS is close second. Serotta spelled out on tubes is timeless.

[manet]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/easterncaster/IMG_0356_1.jpg

[cpg]

[QUOTE=jerk]headtube badges are mp. they may help italians sell bikes to americans...but they're still mp. (the exception that proves the rule is pegoretti's headtube badge, because he gets the joke. for a long time the american market demanded headtube badges from pinarello long after they had stopped using them in the home market....anyway. his badge is fun and funny and poking fun at the whole business the jerk supposes.)






I think a little look back in history would show you you're assumption about head badges is way off the mark. Virtually all bikes (regardless of origin of manufacturer) before the bike boom had head badges.

Curt

[Kevan]

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cokenfuss1/Images/ibisHeadTube.jpg

[manet]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/easterncaster/IMG_0258.jpg

[stackie]

I'm afraid I'm missing out on this jerkism.

Please fill me in.

Jon

[manet]

I'm afraid I'm missing out on this jerkism.

Please fill me in.

Jon

maximus puerile

[William]

William - that second is the Sicilian flag. It has changed over time depending upon the occupying country, but I believe that may be the current one.

I was thinking of putting one of them on my downtube, a la dehoopta - grandparents are from Messina.

That would be cool. I posted it because I enjoyed the design.


William

[derek]

nm

[derek]

nm

[Litespeeder]

http://mtbr.com/author/moots/Moots-head-tube-badge.jpg

:bike:

[manet]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/easterncaster/IMG_0357.jpg

[YO!!!]

http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=136341868&photoID=1136364441040060935&security=quWJcP

[YO!!!]

Head Badge (http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=136341868&photoID=1136364441040060935&security=quWJcP)

[Catulle]

Head Badge (http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=136341868&photoID=1136364441040060935&security=quWJcP)

Here you go. I had my first Legnano over forty years ago. Legnano is part of my DNA. The badge represents Alberto from Giussanno, commander who fought and won over Federico Barbarossa (I just picked this bit of information from the Internet). :beer:

[jerk]

[QUOTE=jerk]headtube badges are mp. they may help italians sell bikes to americans...but they're still mp. (the exception that proves the rule is pegoretti's headtube badge, because he gets the joke. for a long time the american market demanded headtube badges from pinarello long after they had stopped using them in the home market....anyway. his badge is fun and funny and poking fun at the whole business the jerk supposes.)






I think a little look back in history would show you you're assumption about head badges is way off the mark. Virtually all bikes (regardless of origin of manufacturer) before the bike boom had head badges.

Curt


curt bro-
that's what the jerk is saying.....all bikes had'em before the bike boom...modern italian bikes from then on don't....any attempt to resurrect the head tube badge was solely driven by capitalist nostalgia market tendencies....imagine if pinarello and colnago and derosa and the like started importing bikes in the seventies, eighties and nineties with glass bidons because that's what americans thought bikes should have....
modern race bikes don't have headtube badges.


jerk

[Catulle]

Head Badge (http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=136341868&photoID=1136364441040060935&security=quWJcP)

More Legnano...

[e-RICHIE]

Here you go. I had my first Legnano over forty years ago. Legnano is part of my DNA.


i am not going to ask for a picture of your children.

[andy mac]

ever since i was a kid i've loved the "P.K. Ripper" logo.

i don't think i've ever seen a logo in quotation marks before. and the 'landing gear' logo on the forks and the 'SE Racing' logo on the HT totally don't go together. but they do.

[Catulle]

i am not going to ask for a picture of your children.
Tell you what, you finish my red bike quick and I'll get you Leno's gig now that he is retiring. You'll get to wear your Assos on the set too, wise guy. :beer:

[billrick]

From the brilliant mind of Steve Stickel. He provides the "frame" and the customer supplies the "art."


:D

[Kane]

My town bike is a 1960's 'Robin Hood', complete with logo and head tube badge. As if perfection could be found.

Cheers,


Kane

[Russell]

Both from http://www.jen-green.com/Portfolio.htm