kevin sayles wrote:
> The fork crown shown on the Raleigh [Davis I believe] is a very
> familular crown for me, it was a popular choice on certain Bob Jackson,
> and Woodrup frames......but if you saw one before it was actually built
> into a pair of forks you would realise the amount of work required to
> get it into shape!......usually by hand with a half round bastard file.
Yes, I have some Davis BB shells and crowns here. They're pretty rough castings and take a good bit of work to get into shape.
Speaking or rough, does anybody recognize this crown? I have a vague recollection of fishing it out of the scrap bin at Trek many years ago.
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