John,
Dave may have used those crowns a little bit; perhaps on some of the contract built frames. But the true Tesch crown is the Stump. Dave was not the Importer of those lugs and crowns; it was Bill Davidson doing that. Dave got them from Davidson.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Wow, I, like others, knew of the 3Rensho-built Allez, but I didn't
> know Dave Tesch bult them as well. But one of the photos on the
> forum link shows an Allez Team with a TT decal with Dave's signature,
> so that's pretty definitive evidence. Does your bike have the Tesch
> signature decal? I have a Tesch-badged Tesch and the workmanship is
> second to none. Mine has a very slender full-sloping fork crown that
> almost looks like a unicrown from 20 ft away. Although I hate
> unicrowns, I came to really like the Tesch crown on closer
> inspection. What crown does your Allez Team have?
Is it this Takahashi crown? http://os2.dhs.org/
Tesch was the importer for these for a while.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org) Appleton WI USA _______________________________________________
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