Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
>
> > Sometimes a manufacturer's team bikes had decals on
> > the headtube instead of headbadges like their production
> > bikes of the same period, for whatever reason.
> Perhaps because the frames are actually built by a contract
> frame builder?
Yes, the frames might actually be built by a different builder than the name on the downtube, but I assume if they could get decals then they could get the headbadge as well.
Maybe a more likely reason would be that the headbadge wasn't "necessary" and a decal would do just fine? Needless ornamentation and weight for a race machine?
Chuck Schmidt
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