Hi Steve
It depends on what the original customer ordered in terms of mudguards and wheels. If they ordered 650 wheels Norman would have definately used a tandem sized fork crown and set the front dropouts to chosen hubs. If they preferred 27" then a standard crown could have been used (just) although he usually also used a tandem crown on 27's, and 100mm dropouts used for front forks. Rear clearance also on number of gears required etc.
Hope this helps. It depends on what clearance you have on the frame really. Trial and error is the order of the day. Norman Taylor always built to customer spec.
Regards Derek Athey Honiton, Devon UK
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Stephen Reker <stevereker@yahoo.com> wrote:
> - Did Jack Taylor use the same Fork & rear wheel spacing for both 27'' &
> 650 Wheels with the wide Lefol fenders.
> The only defferance was the spacing for Mafac stems ?
> does anyone have the answer ?
>
> Thanks - Steve