Re: [CR]re: riv lugs

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:24:59 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]re: riv lugs
References: <441FA5F9.238D233F@earthlink.net>


Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> I was actually aghast when I first saw that crown.

Joe Starck wrote:
> I'd say "aghast" was how I felt when I first saw it
> too, Chuck. But I found a way to alter it sufficient
> to keep my blood flowing, and I came to understand
> more about its existence than those of you who aren't
> allowing more than a pea's-worth of dendrites to
> consider it. I think it's important that the top of
> the crown doesn't hold yet another silly crest or like
> brand emblem; that wing or sail is an inspiring form
> to pedal with. Below that, the crown is a solid
> hunk-o-metal, and that's inspiring too: it's manly as
> a Mack truck behind the caliper. The crown comes
> stock with side ovals, which I loathe; but I'm proud
> of my solution to my hatred there, because, CR people,
> there were cost constraints. For what you see on
> Grantersen's crown, it was only about fifty bucks. I
> challenge anybody to do better. The three circles or
> portholes or discs or saucers...can be thought of as
> three anything -- religion or baseball, whatever, but
> their position & size are intended to enjoin the manly
> space I set-off above the three dots with the open and
> unlimited wave below.

The best description of that fork crown I've ever heard is when someone used the phrase "willfully ugly" to describe it.

Chuck "don't shoot the messenger" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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