> From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] twin-plated fork crowns
> My understanding is that Faliero Masi used the twin plate design for a
> couple of years in the early 1970s as a way of making his frames (Gran
> Criterium) different than that of the rest of the Italian builders. It
> was supposed to be a style thing.
If Faliero Masi wanted his bikes to look different from all the other Italian bikes, how come they all ended up looking just the same? ;-)
I have two Flying Scots with twin plate fork crowns. That feature is my favourite part of the bike. However, even without them, the Scots would still be easily identifiable. Maybe Faliero should have worked his passage to Glasgow and learned a thing or two.
Chuck continued,
>From what I've heard he (Faliero) discontinued
> the twin plate because it made for too much additional work to construct
> a fork.
Fiat are also guilty of such cost-cutting in the construction of their cars. (extra big smiley here)
Bruce
Dundee
Scotland