Re: [CR]Nervex Lugs... BB and Fork Crown Fan

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From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:51:56 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Nervex Lugs... BB and Fork Crown Fan
To: vrgeckos@ite.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 4/19/02 1:53:56 PM, vrgeckos@ite.net writes:

<< Not true in my experience, I've got an old one that is great and my 2001

Eisentraut has one beefy Nervex Pro BB that couldn't be nicer or stiffer.

Several months back there were several threads that touched on why the

Nervex BBs weren't always used with the lug sets, my take on what was said

was that availability (lack thereof) was a key reason.

Back in the 70s it was just as easy to get Nervex shells as it was to get lugs. And the shells were pressed, not cast, and could in no way be described as beefy.

As far as the fork crown, I believe it's the NICEST ever made. Here's the

link to my frameset:

>> They were nice when you got through with them but not when you started. And we'd fill the cavity between the blades and steerer with brass to add some stiffness. They were pretty (B'stone copied them for the OX-1) but not the
nicest ever made.
Phil Brown