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This is from a print advertisement, likely from the 60’s or 70’s, promoting Mafac’s Racer Brakes. It really sums it up, doesn’t it?
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
AMBROSIO PIN
When I started watching pro bike racing, the best race of the year, Paris Roubaix, was a huge moment in the cycling calendar. Brands would roll out their Roubaix-specific bikes, and new tech. Riders would double-wrap their bars and put grip tape on their bottle cages. The Ambrosio Nemesis was the most common rim used in the peloton, and this decal was applied to it. I freakin’ love the way it looks so I made it into a pin.
Brass enamel pin with two butterfly pins on backside.
LARGE BLUE MAFAC PIN
Same as the other Mafac pin; the boxes Mafac made, some of them were neon blue and red. The colors on these pins aren’t quite they same, but they certainly have some pizzazz.
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
A label and designation made famous by Paris Roubaix, now makes a perfect pin to zhuzh up your outfit. It really looks like a nice gold pin, and it’s small size keeps it very incognito and fancy.
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
SUPER CHAMPION PIN
How I long for the days of gorgeous, simple, hand drawn logos, and clonk-to-the-head brand names. Had to make this one, right?
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
SIMPLEX PIN
The OG parallelogram derailleur also went HAM with an epic logo design. Speed lines, integrated “S” that references the product being sold, hand drawn typeface... What more can you ask for?
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
I mean, duh. I just want this pin and I cannot find it anywhere.
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
SMALL WHITE MAFAC PIN
Ripped this one right off the boxes Mafac brakes come in. I don’t even know if Mafac’s are good or anything, but dang, I love it. This one is called “Small White Mafac” in the menu.
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.
POOL PIN
This mondo pin is stolen right off of pinterest. I don’t even know how to search for Pool cycles, as any googling I do, shows me stationary bikes you put underwater in your pool. If you have any information on this brand, please share it with me, because they must have been bangers, based on how hard this logo rips.
Brass enamel pin with matching butterfly pin on backside.