Re: [CR] Cinelli Sloping Fork Crown Origins??

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:15:52 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20090602213739.B3CF419D8D@ug6.ece.ubc.ca> <140F29482561462DA977600A8F4ABFA2@kevinPC>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Cinelli Sloping Fork Crown Origins??


kevin sayles wrote:
> The fork crown shown on the Raleigh [Davis I believe] is a very
> familular crown for me, it was a popular choice on certain Bob Jackson,
> and Woodrup frames......but if you saw one before it was actually built
> into a pair of forks you would realise the amount of work required to
> get it into shape!......usually by hand with a half round bastard file.

Yes, I have some Davis BB shells and crowns here. They're pretty rough castings and take a good bit of work to get into shape.

Speaking or rough, does anybody recognize this crown? I have a vague recollection of fishing it out of the scrap bin at Trek many years ago.

http://os2.dhs.org/~john/crown1.jpg http://os2.dhs.org/~john/crown2.jpg

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA