|
|
Photo Credit: VeloBase User daveross
|
|
| Name: | Clark - Kent Headbadge |
| Brand: | Clark - Kent |
| Badge Type: | Painted or Decal |
| Frame Types: | Vintage Lightweights |
| Country: | United States |
| Years: | 1980's; 1990's |
| Added By: | daveross on 12/10/10 |
| Updated By: | daveross on 12/10/10 |
| Additional Photos - click for full size |
|
|
Pat Clark and Dean Kent founded Clark-Kent in 1989. The firm was an early builder of Greg Lemond branded road and mtb frames in steel and titanium. Clark-Kent sponsored the Coors Light domestic pro team and the elite junior Horsetooth Racing Team in 1993. C-K's early output is generally considered good, but later (especially outsourced Ti frames) frames were reputed to have failure problems. Both steel and titanium frames were TIG-welded, in the beginning by Ivo Vinklarek and Don Herr, later outsourced. Steve Soderman was the regular painter for early frames. The head badge in this photo is of a steel Europa model from early production, welded by Don Herr.
More informaiton about Clark-Kent can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark-Kent_(Bicycles).
|
