# Head badge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Head_badge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Head_badge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_badge > Source revision: 1339804485 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Manufacturer's or brand logo affixed to the head tube of a bicycle A **head badge** is a [manufacturer's](/source/List_of_bicycle_manufacturers) or brand [logo](/source/Logo) affixed to the [head tube](/source/Head_tube) of a [bicycle](/source/Bicycle).[1][2][3][4][5][6] Head badges may be made of [metal](/source/Metal) or [plastic](/source/Plastic), and they may be held in place with [adhesive](/source/Adhesive), [screws](/source/Screw), or [rivets](/source/Rivet). Some are simply [stickers, apparel](/source/Label), [decals](/source/Decal), or [painted](/source/Paint) logos. Head badges for a single brand may change from year to year or from model to model, as demonstrated by the variety (5) of **Trek** head badges pictured in the gallery below. ## Other uses The term **head badge** has also been used to describe other logos: - An emblem on the cowl of an aircraft.[7] - An emblem on a military uniform hat.[8] This article may contain excessive or irrelevant examples. Please help improve it by removing less pertinent examples and elaborating on existing ones. (September 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) ### Gallery - Araya[9] - Beacon[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Bianchi](/source/Bianchi_(company)) - [Bike Friday](/source/Bike_Friday) - [Burley](/source/Burley_Design) - [C. Itoh](/source/C._Itoh) - [Cannondale](/source/Cannondale) - [Cinelli](/source/Cinelli) (1947–1979) - Cinelli (1979–) - [Colnago](/source/Colnago) - [Columbia Bicycle](/source/Columbia_Manufacturing_Inc.) - Columbia Bicycle - [De Rosa](/source/De_Rosa_(bicycles)) - [Diamondback](/source/Diamondback_Bicycles) - Diamondback - [Ellsworth](/source/Ellsworth_Handcrafted_Bicycles) - [Falcon](/source/Falcon_Cycles) - [Felt](/source/Felt_(bicycles)) - [Flying Pigeon](/source/Flying_Pigeon) - [Fuji](/source/Fuji_Advanced_Sports) - [Fyxation](/source/Fyxation) - [Gary Fisher](/source/Trek_Bicycle_Corporation) - [Gazelle](/source/Gazelle_(bicycle)) - [Giant](/source/Giant_Manufacturing) - Giant - Giant - Giant - [GT](/source/GT_Bicycles) - Heron[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Humber](/source/Humber_cycles) - Humber - IRO[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Iron Horse](/source/Iron_Horse_Bicycles) - [Jamis](/source/Jamis_Bicycles) - [Kabuki](/source/Bridgestone#Bridgestone_Cycle_Co_LTD_-_Anchor_Cycles) - Krystal[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] by [Nissan Cycles](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nissan_Cycles&action=edit&redlink=1)[10] - [LeMond](/source/LeMond_Racing_Cycles) - LeMond - LeMond - [Lotus](/source/Lotus_(bicycles)) - Manta[11] - [Milwaukee Bicycle Co.](/source/Milwaukee_Bicycle_Co.) - [Miyata](/source/Miyata_(bicycle)) - [Mongoose](/source/Mongoose_(bicycles)) - Mongoose - [Motobécane](/source/Motob%C3%A9cane) - [Nishiki](/source/Nishiki_(bicycle)) - [Peugeot](/source/Peugeot_(bicycles)) - [Phillips Cycles](/source/Phillips_Cycles) - [Puch](/source/Puch) - [Raleigh](/source/Raleigh_Bicycle_Company) - [Rudge](/source/Rudge-Whitworth) - S&M[12] [American Bicycle Company](/source/American_Bicycle_Company) - [Salsa Cycles](/source/Quality_Bicycle_Products#Brands) - [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz_Bicycles) - [Schwinn](/source/Schwinn_Bicycle_Company) - [SE Bikes](/source/Scot_Breithaupt) - Sekai[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Shogun](/source/Shogun_(bicycle)) - [Stelber Cycle Corp](/source/Stelber_Cycle_Corp) - [Surly](/source/Surly_Bikes) - [Takara](/source/Takara) - Takara - [Trek](/source/Trek_Bicycle_Corporation) - Trek - Trek - Trek - Trek - [Triumph](/source/Triumph_Cycle_Co._Ltd.) - Volkscycle[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Western Wheel Works](/source/History_of_the_bicycle#The_Bicycle_Craze) - [Wittson Custom Ti Cycles](/source/Wittson_Custom_Ti_Cycles) - [Yankee Bicycle Company](/source/Yankee_Bicycle_Company) - Zebrakenko[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - Zebrakenko ## See also - [Builder's plate](/source/Builder's_plate) - [Label](/source/Label) - [List of current automobile manufacturers by country](/source/List_of_current_automobile_manufacturers_by_country) - [List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies](/source/List_of_bicycle_brands_and_manufacturing_companies) - [Nameplate](/source/Nameplate) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Litespeed WebShop - Detail: Litespeed Head Badge-riveted"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061210052059/http://www.litespeed.com/shop/detail.aspx?ID=12). Archived from [the original](http://www.litespeed.com/shop/detail.aspx?ID=12) on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Brown, Sheldon](/source/Sheldon_Brown_(bicycle_mechanic)). ["The Raleigh International"](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/international.html). Sheldon Brown. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hill, Robert. ["Just Another Holy Grail"](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/holygrail.html). Sheldon Brown. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kernan, Dean. ["Falcon Bicycles"](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/falcon.html). Sheldon Brown. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Kone, Michael. ["Wild Guesses of value for Selected Vintage Lightweights Geminiani to Motobécane"](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-g-n.html). Sheldon Brown. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Rother, Mike. ["Whole 'Lotta Brazing Going On, The Story of Schwinn Fillet-Brazed Lightweight Bicycles 1938-1978"](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/schwinn-braze.html). Sheldon Brown. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["IPMSStockholm.org Camouflage & Markings Early Focke-Wulf Fw 190s"](http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/08/stuff_eng_profile_fw190a4.htm). Retrieved 2007-05-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Spartacus Educational Waffen-SS"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070424180329/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERss.htm). Archived from the original on 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Araya](https://www.araya-usa.com/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Nissannnnnn Cycles](https://www.google.com/search?q=Nissan+Cycles&oq=Nissan+Cycles&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i10i22i30j0i22i30j0i390l4j69i60.24139j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Manta](https://manta5.com) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [S&M Bikes](https://www.sandmbikes.com/) ## External links - [flickr Bicycle Head Badge gallery](https://www.flickr.com/groups/bicycleheadbadges/) v t e American bicycle manufacturers Current American Star Bike Friday Bilenky Bohemian Brooklyn Calfee Cannondale Catrike Centurion Co-Motion Columbia Cortina Cruzbike Cycle Force Dahon Diamondback Dynacraft Electra Ellsworth Handcrafted Felt Fuji Fyxation Gendron GT Haro Head Huffy Hutch BMX Ibis Independent Fabrication International Surrey Italvega Jamis K2 Sports Kent Kestrel Kona Litespeed Magna Marin Masi Milwaukee Mongoose Moots Next Niner Nishiki Novara Pacific Pope Priority Pure Quality Quintana Roo R+E Rans Razor Redline Richard Sachs Ritchey Design Rivendell Rhoades Car Roadmaster Salsa Santa Cruz Santana Schwinn SE Seven Shinola Detroit Softride Solé SOMA Specialized Surly TerraCycle Terrible One Torker Trek Turner Suspension Univega Van Dessel Villy Volagi Waterford Wilderness Trail Worksman Yamaguchi Yeti Yuba Zigo Defunct American AMF Chicago Clark-Kent E. C. Stearns Eagle Fat City Gary Fisher Gormully & Jeffery Indiana Iron Horse JMC Klein Kogswell LeMond Lotus Melon Merlin Monarch Murray Overman Pocket Rambler Ross Serotta Shelby Stelber Sterling Stover Western Wheel Works Wright Components Bell BTI Bontrager Burley Coker Fox Fyxation Giro Hayes L.H. Thomson Lezyne RockShox SureStop Speedplay SRAM Zipp Category v t e British bicycle manufacturers Current A-bike Bickerton Boardman Bootie British Eagle Brompton Campion Condor Dawes Defiance Dolan Ellis Briggs Factor Falcon Frog Bikes Genesis Halfords Hetchins Holdsworth Islabikes Lotus Mercian Moulton Muddyfox Pashley Pedersen Phillips Planet X Raleigh Reynolds Ridgeback Robin Hood Saracen Strida TI Group Whyte Defunct Ariel BSA Carlton Claud Butler Chater-Lea Coventry-Eagle Coventry Premier Elswick Hopper Flying Scot F.W. Evans Freddie Grubb Harry Quinn Hercules Humber Norman Perry Roberts Rover Royal Enfield Rudge-Whitworth Sun Sunbeam Triumph Uppadine Viking Witcomb Components Brooks England Dunlop Hope Technology Middlemores Saddles Sturmey-Archer v t e Canadian bicycle manufacturers Argon 18 Brodie CCM Cervélo Devinci Norco Rocky Mountain v t e Japanese bicycle manufacturers Current Bridgestone Kuwahara Miyata Panasonic Nagasawa Fuji Nishiki Yamaha Defunct Koga Miyata Lotus SunTour Components Bridgestone CatEye Inoue Rubber Shimano Sugino SunTour Tange International Co. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Head badge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_badge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_badge?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.