Re: [CR] Cinelli Sloping Fork Crown Origins??

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From: "David Bean" <beandk@rcn.com>
To: "CR List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 02:17:00 -0400
Cc: gillies@ece.ubc.ca
Subject: Re: [CR] Cinelli Sloping Fork Crown Origins??

I noticed that the Raleigh catalog blurb refers to their sloping-crown fork as forged. I've understood that most (at least more modern) crowns are cast. How unusual is a forged crown? Is the Cinelli crown forged or cast?

David Bean
Arlington, MA USA
beandk at are-see-enn dot com