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It’s one of the most obvious places on your bike to decorate, sitting there at the top of your headset always looking back at you.  Although it’s centered bolt performs an important role of pulling things together where your headset and bicycle fork all come together, the cap itself is really more of a finishing touch.  It is called a cap after all, but who needs to settle for standard or even tolerate boring when it is such a canvas for artistic expression.  There’s a few different sizes with the most common being the 1 1/8 inch diameter and for all those other sizes, Purely Custom pretty much has all of them.  If your bike appears to have a unique sized headset cap, just run it past your local bike dealer, they’ll give you the specs and you can find the right headset cap on the purely custom web site.

Not All Headset Caps Are Created Equal

If you’re familiar with Purely Custom, you’re probably aware that we are part of a larger company known as Seastrom Manufacturing.  Seastrom has been manufacturing quality standard and custom hardware since 1928.  It’s a company that grew up in the military and aeronautical industry and later made it possible for Purely Custom to come about with some specific ideas for the cycling industry.  So these headset caps you get from Purely Custom are aircraft grade aluminum made right here in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA with probably a little more quality than they really need, but that’s how we do everything around here.   The bolts are made just a few hours down the road from us in Boise and when they come in, we machine the head of the bolts to match the radius of the cap for a smooth finish.

These Caps Are Purely Custom

The great thing about our caps lies in the fact that they really are custom in the purest sense of the word. You’re able to pick any color, design and engrave it just about any way you would like.  If I could throw a headset cap straight, I could probably hit Tyler across the office, he’s our professional graphic designer who’s been handling the design and even the engraving of our caps for nearly ten years.  Tyler can take your own design and make it a reality on a variety of bicycle accessories, including a headset cap.  You submit your artwork, he’s the one working with the design and completing the laser engraving.  Although we’re a little jealous that he’s the only one that gets to play with the laser, it’s the best way for us to always maintain quality.

Bike Shop Branding

A custom headset cap is an excellent and classy way for a bike shop to display their name on every bike that goes out the door.  It amazes me on how many shops put a sticker on the frame when it is so simple to put their logo on the headset cap.  I just bought a road bike and the headset cap is in green, tying in with the subtle green accents of the bike, and right smack dab in between my left hand and my right hand is the logo of the bike shop proudly on display.  That cap looks great and they’re getting plenty of free advertising every time I show somebody my new road bike.  Purely Custom has created several headset caps for bike shops, charity rides, and even large promotional events, sometimes just a few are needed; however, if you need a couple of thousand they can handle that as well.

One Is Not Enough?

The headset cap is so easy to swap out that many people are creating several to display seasonally or pending events.  We’ve made headset caps with Halloween designs, St. Patrick’s Day, and even Christmas.  We’ve seen caps with motivational messages and some just embrace a clever design like this mosquito from Patrick Pedersen.

It’s time to get creative and personalize your bike with the cap that fits your personality.  Imagine setting out on your next bike ride with your sweetheart and she discovers her headset cap has been swapped out with a marriage proposal.  You’ve tied in your proposal with one of your common interests and you’re golden.  I’m inclined to think she shows off the headset cap more than the engagement ring and everybody thinks you are obviously wonderful.   Well, we can all hope it plays out like that.

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