New bling to brighten your MTB head tube
The experience of riding a Cove Mountain BIke is un equalled however with the great quality this small private frame building operation in Canada can make the best handling frames, they put little if any value on the graphics and they will often vanish at the first sign of an aggressive jet wash.Not that it bothers me too much but I always felt bikes should still come with proper metal head tube badges and not stickers or lacquered transfers. This is what Cove think a bikes head tube should be dressed like.
The head badge on my Stiffee 69'er
And after a few blasts of water my G Spot lost its identity and a quick rummage through a MBUK sticker sheet found a replacement to hide the bare patch.
Yes I found a Fox sticker that sort of fitted in the reduced gap
But still disgruntled at really wanting something in metal rather than blow another set of stickers off, I looked around and then a post on Singletrack Forum one day drew my attention to a thread on Bespoke headtube badge makers. The better known suppliers were American however I got talking to one of the British based posters, Geoff Moorhouse, who made badges in Pewter. He had never done a Cove before and we struggled to get the art work, but after all the wait the results were well worth the effort and I am glad my Cove is now better dressed to face the oceans of mud and filth I throw it through
A new work of art adorns my bikes head tube
Another view
For further details and prices contact Geoff Moorhouse at <<gemo at f2s dot com>>
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1 iPodista // Apr 1, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Just been asked to point out by Geoff although he can produce many such quality head badges for popular brands, Cove suggested he might like to cease production of one’s for their own range of bikes.
A gesture I personally think rather rude and unfair for a company who portray an image of being alternative and out there.. So any how Geoff is the tops for Pewter bike headbadges.. but not Cove.. Still I have mine and it’s neat and I would not swop it for one of Coves non stick stick-on plastic variety if it was the last head badge on the planet as long as we wash bikes with jet washes
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