Having seen lots of Crescents--I live in the region where most of them were
sold--I can say that the fork is original. A friend of mine bought one last
year to turn into a rain bike and had me build him a new fork, as the old
one had a dropout cracking out with the little tippy-tab of the Campy
dropout the only part brazed inside of the blade.
DF
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>From: Joseph Bender-Zanoni <jfbender@umich.edu>
>To: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]Big Crescent Frame on eBay
>Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2000, 5:27 PM
>
>I looked again and I don't think that is the original fork. The fork I
>remember had all the rake at the bottom, the way I like them.
>
>Joe
>
>At 11:05 PM 12/12/00 -0600, KCTOMMY wrote:
>>Saw a pretty Cresecent (sweedish) frame on eBay today. It had been
>repainted, but looked fine. The only info I have on these is Sheldon
>Brown's and Mike Kone's vintage bike thumbnails, where Crescent/Monarks are
>discussed. The dominant theme was poor finishing work and toe clip
>overlap. Did the toe clip overlap apply to all frames, even the big ones?
>(this is 62 cm.) The URL for those who are interested is
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>owTutorial=0&ed=977506333&indexURL=0&rd=1 .
>>
>>I haven't decided how far I will pursue it. Much depends on the
>intelligence supplied by you, my G-2 section.
>>
>>Tom Adams, in Snow Bound Kansas City, where the Cirrus 7 sits waiting and
>begging for a test ride.