Re: [CR]What's a Twin Plate?

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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:03:14 -0400
To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]What's a Twin Plate?


Is this what is meant by a twin-plate? (...whoa, is this a beautiful bike!) http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Masi_RG-Trk2.htm

Roy "had a Masi once" Drinkwater Lititz "getting ready for the Cinelli", PA


>... Masi came up with a different crown consisting of two
>plates, one above the other. It looks like one made a traditional fork, and
>then machined most of the middle away, leaving just a top and a bottom.