Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

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To: <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>, <john@os2.dhs.org>, <sadiejane9@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:02:30 -0400
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Subject: Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

<< 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/?? >>

Kevin:

Do you think that was a Time Trial special bike? Not sure but that occurred to me as a possibilty... Notice the radically cut out BB shell too!

Thanks for posting that pic...

Dale

Dale Brown

Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: kevin sayles <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk> To: john@os2.dhs.org; Sarah Gibson <sadiejane9@hotmail.com> Cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 6:23 pm Subject: Re: [CR] Speaking of round fork blades

John Tompson wrote>?

You can always make your own from 22mm round chainstays.?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ?

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?
?

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From: John Thompson

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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.?
>?
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> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)?
> Appleton WI USA?
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