I’m not sure what this symbol is and it’s hard for me to describe. I couldn’t draw it in paint very well at all, but I made an approximation. Thisimage is kinda close but instead of two “arms” there are three equally spaced. I have no idea why but it reminds me of a bike part or something from the 90’s.
Anyone know what this is? I saw it on a bumper sticker if that helps.
Was it a triskelion? That’s the symbol of the isle of Man, among other things.
With 3 arms it would like a 45rpm record adapter insert.
Seconded - that’s the first thing I thought of too.
Perhaps they’re Klingons. Sorry, I can’t see the imgur site due to the prudery sensors at work. Also, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation uses the same three-armed curvy thing. Coincidence? I think not.
Same here.
Zardoz?
Thirded.
There was a similar pinwheel patch used in the US Army Air Force during WWII.
http://www.saundersinsignia.com/images/products/detail/detail_416L.jpg
The triskelion is also used by some neo-Nazi groups as a truncated swastika:
http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=107962&stc=1&d=1280022294
A quick search for “bicycle brand logos” doesn’t turn up any triskelion-type figures that I can see.
As an aside, there’s a commercial for some retirement program that goes “If you’re over fifty, you probably recognize these…” One of the things they show is a neon-green 45-rpm record adapter. I asked my daughter (age 20 at the time) if she knew what it was. She said, “Some kind of symbol?”
The thing I saw was slightly more minimalized but that has to be it.
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The triskelion, BWT, is an old heraldic charge sometimes used on coats of arms, that of Man being perhaps the best known:
That’s actually more precisely the official logo of the AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) I hear some American groups have adopted the logo, but it’s originally the AWB’s. While Wiki characterises the AWB as Neo-Nazis, that doesn’t really fit in the South African context - more like plain old White Power, Apartheid and anti-Black.
Why would it be on a bumper sticker?
Apparently the TV show Teen Wolf uses a triskelion symbol in it somewhere.
If you looked really close, was it actually the cover of a Black Crowes Album?
That picture is common enough that people associate it with the band.
If you were in Wisconsin it’s the logo for a particular style of a certain brand’s beer (longshot, I know).
Neither of those? Someone (hipsters!) just thought it was a cool picture, but I’m going with the Black Crowes thing.
I’ve seen the 45 adapter used graphically as a nostalgia symbol, especially among vinyl enthusiasts. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it on a bumper sticker, given how easy it is to have short-run graphics made online today.
Interestingly (or not) if you cut off the bottom 25% of your two armed image it looks a little like a bike derailleur part.
Well, it does exist in both sticker and tee shirt form. I would assume a vinyl enthusiast, DJ, or hipster myself.
That makes sense.
