Re: [CR]Question: Columbus octagonal forks

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

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Subject: Re: [CR]Question: Columbus octagonal forks
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:55:52 -0500
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<< ...chromed front fork, that was rather peculiar. The upper halves of the fork legs have an octagonal shape, i.e. 8-sided. Presumably for stiffness. Is this a Columbus (rare) specialty, or something done by the framebuilder? >>

I should wait until a more prolific frame builder responds, but I am fairly certainly that these fork blades were "squished" by a builder seeking to make his product special, and that they are not a product regularly made by Columbus. It's like Colnago's "Gilco" tubing and many other builders squeezing and crimping their tubing (mostly in the 1990s) to add unique qualities to their brand..

Functionally, these stylistic affectations are hard to defend; do not believe all the marketing hype! Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA -----Original Message----- From: khun.freek@gmail.com To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: faro@cistron.nl Sent: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 8:14 AM Subject: [CR]Question: Columbus octagonal forks

Hi everyone,

While visiting the shop of mr. Zieleman in Amsterdam, I picked up a chromed front fork, that was rather peculiar. The upper halves of the fork legs have an octagonal shape, i.e. 8-sided. Presumably for stiffness. Is this a Columbus (rare) specialty, or something done by the framebuilder? Haven't been able to contact mr. Zieleman unfortunately, the son-in-law who is running the shop now, doesn't know. The steer tube doesn't give any info too, so my claim that it's Columbus, is because of the stickers (!) and the fork-ends: Columbus, not Campy. Interesting pictures anyway: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Freeks-racefietsen/octagonal/

thanks,

Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands

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