Bicycle Head Badges: What to Know as a Framebuilder

[@ericmarth]

I really appreciate the bit around the 12:00 mark about jigging up head badges for bending the radius! I made a bending jig out of a block of old heart pine and with stock 1-1/4" and 1-1/8" dowels. Will allow me to bend brass plates for head tubes and seat tubes on old steel frames.

[@benjamingriswold179]

If you’re on a budget, go to your local sign/trophy shop. They usually will do that in house on aluminum or brass. Pretty quick turnaround and not super expensive.

[@frakafrocka]

you are the Calvin Jones of frame building. you are an amazing teacher. thank you so much for the education. it is priceless.

[@Mattebodra]

Hi! Great video, thank you. One question: aside from riveting, screwing or welding, how do you secure the head badge to the frame?

[@mom_im_losing_it]

Milwaukee bicycle co puts a foamy beer mug on their head tubes and alcoholism is bad but foamy beer mugs look cool. Also I like how you call it a seat stay bridge not a brake bridge.

[@lawrencegrace9302]

Could look like my favorite, Root Beer.

[@checkmyvevo]

Hey, I found your channel at the perfect time. I plan on making a cruiser style bike and I wanted to make it using my oxy acetylene setup. What kind of steel would you reccomend to build the frame out of?

[@cobraframebuilding]

I would recommend 4130 cromoly steel. Look at my video all about bike tubing for more info.

[@checkmyvevo]

@@cobraframebuilding I've seen your videos and have learned some good techniques, but reading some forums I read that you should not oxy acetylene braze 4130 chromoly because it can cause splintering. Do you have to normalize the steel beforehand?

[@DRMatt-zd4rh]

Man i still dont get how, with such complete videos in such quantity, you still have a small af youtube community.

[@cobraframebuilding]

Tell your friends :)

[@reubensteel4632]

Check out how old full plate armour was etched with acid I’d guess they mask the etched areas then spray on the protective substance before removing the mask and acid bathing. I don’t think they would use vinyl in the acid as it would melt the vinyl or the glue on the vinyl

[@coedcaes1thiccboi521]

You could use 2 part epoxy to stick on the logo

[@muhammadridwan6695]

Can i buy please?

[@adrianrobinson1336]

cobra is an old school bicycle brand from Australia, you obviously didn't research if there was already a cobra bicycle brand/company.

[@TPV07]

Nice badges,check out the badges on 18bikes, clendestine frameworks, btr fabrications.

[@williamking200]

Chess bishop

[@lawrencegrace9302]

Or a Spade on Bicycle Cards.

[@tarasbulba7114]

my friend i like what you do. could you do it for me?i can pay...