Belfast City Bike Tours Logo

Yeah, it might be tough to reduce it, but not every logo needs to be reduced much. Although have you checked out it's reduction to Facebook, since most companies use that now?

Beyond that, I really like it. The only problem I had was that the "tours" part was a bit tough to read right off the bat. It might be a little too bubbly for the size.

Dynamic, bycicly. Nice.

If you like detailed logos then I can not point on that issue but you should keep in mind almost all logos need to be used in various media where they get scaled too much small and in such case your logo may die. Although type in logo is good and can work but that wheel behind it suck everything.

From word "bike" i assume bicycle, correct me if I'm wrong because this wheel looks like bicycle wheel. The ribbon has too sharp edges, I suggest you to reduce the edges so make it more elegant.

I liked, you could improve "City bike" font and "tour" size.
The band tips could be standard or other than these.

Too many detailed that will be lost upon reduction. It's a borderline illustration. Simplify! Good comp though.

It's a nice piece. But with the outlined text and all the detail it's a little hard to read for a logo. Minor issues... the T in "tours" should be capped, the City Bike needs more curve to it (banner, text, everything), and the backside of the banner is a little strange. But it's interesting and far ahead of most beginners imo.

Did you draw that tire yourself?

I've worked in the bike industry for the last ten years, so I'm pretty familiar with cycling graphics. I think you've definitely captured that vintage look and spirit, so bravo there. I can see people's points about reduction, but the complexity here is in service to the concept and doesn't bother me as much.

Maybe for contrast's sake I'd try increasing the size of the white around "Belfast" and "tours" before adding the final black outline. I'd also make sure that "Belfast" and "tours" are on the same angle; right now it looks like "tours" is just slightly more towards the horizontal, and it's messin' with my eyes. That "T" should be capitalized, and I think "city bike" might need a different font. Lastly, I'd try making the upper part of the ribbon distinctly longer; because it's so symmetrical it looks like the ribbons draped over a static wheel as opposed to a rolling wheel cutting through the ribbon.

Seriously though, despite my rambling I really really like this. It would look flippin' sweet as a vintage-styled bike jersey. Nice job!

Sweet, thanks for all the help guys.

This particular project is for a friend of mine.

He knew I dabbled with design in my spare time and asked me to do a logo for him, but I suggested he post the project on StockLogo's, (which he did) as he needed it quickly, and being untrained, I didn't feel comfortable taking the project on.

Nonetheless I decided to try and come up with something, (the above result) and luckily for me the competition wasn't too stiff, and he picked mine, so I have my first payed job! :]

I will be taking on board the suggestions above and tweaking it this weekend.

One question: These fonts came with my Illustrator, I presume I still need to by them?