Angel, Round fork blades everywhere All track Dick Power 3 Drydsdales of assorted vintages 2 Brennans Bob Berghino Durkopp Nagasawa Holdworth Ephgrave Pop Perry Bastide and counting....... Not rare at all especially on 20's - 50's bikes
Edward Albert Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does the use of round fork blades fall in the category of "rarely used"?
> Or,
> are they more common than that? I gather from Greg's note that Hetchins is
> known for them. Are there other builders that are regularly identified with
> round forks?
>
> I know dave moulton used them on his Criterium model.
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
> Hi list members. The recent couple of obscure builder information requests
> reminded me that I have an English frame that I know nothing about. Nor
> have
> I been able to discover anything about it on the web. It's a H.R. Daycock
> frame. The headstock transfer states an address of "Roman Road London E 2".
> It's built with Nervex pro lugs, and Campy long eyeletted dropouts {the
> fairly early ones with the extra little hole on the derailleur side}. The
> number 1312 is faintly stamped on the B.B. shell. It appears to be a
> nicely
> built; quite conventional , road frame , The only real departure from
> normal
> form is that it uses round fork blades like a Hetchins . I believe it dates
> from the late 1950's to early 1960's. Can anyone provide any information ?
>
> Thanks!
> Greg Lone
> Langley B.C.
> Canada