Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

From: "kevin sayles" <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <john@os2.dhs.org>, Sarah Gibson <sadiejane9@hotmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:23:03 +0100
Cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

John Tompson wrote> You can always make your own from 22mm round chainstays.
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You could do, but I suspect the chainstays will be a lighter guage than the 'proper' 22mm round fork blades, and they will almost certainly have a ovalised section too.......

Whilst on this topic of round fork blades, anyone remember Merckx using round forks, with a Eklar crown, on what I assume to be a Masi built frame in the 70 TDF [team Faemino].........pic now on my flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_sayles_bikes/

Cheers
Kevin Sayles
Bridgwater Somerset UK

----- Original Message -----
From: John Thompson
To: Sarah Gibson
Cc: classicrendezvous
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

> Sarah Gibson wrote:
>> addendum to that
>> last time i ordered round blades from nova
>> who has their own made
>> they informed me tange has quit making theirs
>> not sure if there is anyone else still making them????
>> in this diameter anyways
>
> You can always make your own from 22mm round chainstays.
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA