Tomato Headset Cap

If no one here has an extra, keep an eye on eBay. I picked one up last week there for $10 shipped.

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I sent an email to them with images. I’ll let you know what they say.
 

Dan Shust from kustomcaps emailed back and will make the tomato caps. He says he has the artwork, just order them under “fully kustom caps”.
 

I was going to order 10 for a better price , 5 red and 5 black. I can let you have one for cost once shipping is factored in. I’m not going to order until next week. 
 

Count me in 2-red, 2 -black

OK, I will make the order later this week. I will keep you updated.

This is the red cap I got before. Pretty close to original. I will order 6 black and 6 red. that’s 2 of each color for us.

Here’s the black repop cap. 

Here’s the update on the stem caps. I have been going back and forth a few times with the design because the guy ended up not having the artwork. He has the design pretty close, but I am sending him an original stem cap so he can dial it in. This is taking longer than  I wanted but, hopefully it’s going to be worth the wait. I will keep you updated.

I’d be in for at least one black one if it’s not too late. Maybe red too.

Mrenner54, check out Fastenal or McMaster for anodized aluminum bolts. Some auto places might have ‘em too, but metric could be a challenge for them.

I’ll add you to the list and keep you updated. I ordered a few extra. 

Guess which one is the repop and which one is the original.

I’ll let you know when I receive them. The guy still has to make them and ship them to me. He sent the photo to me to get my approval before making them. The one on the left is the original.

The guy has the artwork now, so he advised he can make more, but the price will be more than the ones we’re getting now. I think they are $16 each, but not sure.

I agree.  I couldn’t tell the difference between the original and the reproduction.  I agree that getting other colors would look pretty bad ass.  

99 Homegrown 4-banger all mountain

I would love to be able to source some of the original style seat post clamps and find someone to laser etch the little tomato on them.

I believe they came on the 2000 and 2001, but not sure. My wifes 98 HG Pro came with one just like the pictured clamp but without the tomato. John might know what years they came on. I can tell you there were 2 slightly different sizes. I have an 01 Limited, and my son has an 01 black anodized Factory and those clamps were slightly smaller than the HGs with the painted frames. I know that because an 01 Rocket 88 frame I bought  came with a tomato clamp and it was ever so slightly larger in clamp size than the one I finally found for my gold anodized Limited frame. I put it on my Limited frame and tightened the clamp all the way and it didn’t clamp the seat post securely. I found a guy on this site that had a tomato clamp that was slightly too tight for his painted frame and we ended up swapping and it worked out for both of us. 

Here’s a picture of 4 of the repop caps I got today. 

Hey guys Kustom Kaps updated their website to reflect the avaiability of the Homegrown logo. Nice to be ahead of the curve thanks to livernose.

http://kustomcaps.com/products/schwinn-homegrown-tomato-cap

Dan Shust the owner emailed me and told me that he was putting the tomato cap on his site and to point people in his direction. Plus the price is better than I thought with all the colors available. $12.99 each

All the caps went out in the mail today. Hope you guys like them. Let me know when you get them.

I ordered a blue one. With shipping it was $15.49. I will post a photo when it arrives.

It’s not as dark as I would like. This is the dark blue option. There is a lighter blue option but I can’t imagine a lighter blue than this.

Just listed this clamp  

https://totallyvalid.com/

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&toolid=11800&pub=5575444501&campid=5338413762&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F113601637572

Wow!