headbadge fetish? - Page 10

MaraudingWalrus · #**136** 12-03-2018, 09:12 PM

Here's a photo of it on the bike. The attempt to link in the previous post failed.

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Jad · #**137** 12-03-2018, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mosca

That's ANT, or Alternative Needs Transportation. The builder is Mike Flanigan, but I don't think he's building under the ANT name anymore.

I have always loved the ANT headbadge--for the actual ant, but also the way he finished it. When I started getting into bikes, I would pore over pictures on Fixed Gear Gallery and I think that's the first place I saw an ANT. I also saw a huge ANT CX bike at the first CX race I went to. He built some great stuff. Mike Flanigan's story seems to be at the root of a lot of New England frame building.

Here's a 2012 write up on his headbadges from Lovely Bicycle:
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/...in-making.html

I think he was welding for Seven most recently, but stopped and I don't know if he's building for sale anymore. Hard to tell on his blog, but I could be missing it.

Pic from the write up:
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Making an ANT Headbadge by Velouria, on Flickr[/IMG]

XXtwindad · #**138** 12-03-2018, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jad

I have always loved the ANT headbadge--for the actual ant, but also the way he finished it. When I started getting into bikes, I would pore over pictures on Fixed Gear Gallery and I think that's the first place I saw an ANT. I also saw a huge ANT CX bike at the first CX race I went to. He built some great stuff. Mike Flanigan's story seems to be at the root of a lot of New England frame building.

Here's a 2012 write up on his headbadges from Lovely Bicycle:
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/...in-making.html

I think he was welding for Seven most recently, but stopped and I don't know if he's building for sale anymore. Hard to tell on his blog, but I could be missing it.

Pic from the write up:
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Making an ANT Headbadge by Velouria, on Flickr[/IMG]

Fantastic write up! Thx for sharing. Had to look again to see the letters spelled out...

donevwil · #**139** 12-12-2018, 03:14 PM

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XXtwindad · #**140** 12-12-2018, 03:43 PM

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Cool. Who's that. Looks like an Escher painting.

donevwil · #**141** 12-12-2018, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Cool. Who's that. Looks like an Escher painting.

Comare Cycles in Petaluma, it's the alternate headbadge for those not wanting his standard one which I will not post here

. He's a longtime friend who recently retired and moved to Italy.

XXtwindad · #**142** 12-12-2018, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by donevwil

Comare Cycles in Petaluma, it's the alternate headbadge for those not wanting his standard one which I will not post here

. He's a longtime friend who recently retired and moved to Italy.

Whoooo Nelly! Just looked it up. I have no idea why you wouldn't want to post that here

cgolvin · #**143** 12-12-2018, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MaraudingWalrus

Here's a photo of it on the bike. The attempt to link in the previous post failed.

Gorgeous headbadge, also the treatment on the headset. Assume that is not paint but some treatment of the metal? Who did it?

XXtwindad · #**144** 12-12-2018, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cgolvin

Gorgeous headbadge, also the treatment on the headset. Assume that is not paint but some treatment of the metal? Who did it?

Agreed.

joosttx · #**145** 12-16-2018, 03:30 PM

Gaulzetti.

so cooool.

XXtwindad · #**146** 12-16-2018, 04:29 PM

I could look at this stuff all day long ... from a boutique jeweler.

metalheart · #**147** 12-21-2018, 01:13 PM

Besides Jen Green, are there other custom head badge makers who might be able to construct a badge similar to the one below? I would like to have a new head badge that would fit on my carbon bike that has some curvature in the head tube and needs a badge that can be attached with epoxy or similar. I have contacted Jen about the project and she has not replied to a couple emails so she is either too busy or traveling or something, so I am looking for other options in case she is not interested. The only other option I know of are the folks at Velocolor.

Hawker · #**148** 12-21-2018, 01:18 PM

Metalheart, seems to me that I have seen other people advertising head badges on Itsy.

XXtwindad · #**149** 12-21-2018, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by XXtwindad

I could look at this stuff all day long ... from a boutique jeweler.

Hey Metalheart -

This badge was done by Holly Henderson (hollygobikely) out of Portland, OR. Looks like she does great work.

froze · #**150** 12-22-2018, 10:09 AM

I only have two headbadges that are not fastened to a bike, one is a Schwinn badge I took off a Traveller I disposed of; and the other is not really a badge for a bike but it was modeled exactly after a Lynskey badge, the only difference is the separate badge is not curved like the one designed to go on the head tube. Lynskey sent me that badge free upon request so I could mount it to a piece of cherry wood that I use as a paper weight.

I have a couple of bikes with decal headbadges which I really don't like because it looks cheap as if the company is saying they don't really care about their brand, I think the companies should all use some sort of badge...but I'm weird what can I say.