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My Diamondback does, but the only picture I have at the moment is this:
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Pinarello:
Aluminium Miyata FatMax >>
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/FatMax_Aluminum
Steel Gazelle unicrown >>
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/FatMax_Aluminum
Steel Gazelle unicrown >>
A 1985 Haden pressed steel crown on my Overbury's Crossfell:
And a nicer cast Haden ( or maybe Cinelli as per the Ferraroli above?) with Reynolds tandem blades on the 1986 Pioneer:
1985 Highpath, fillet brazed from plate, not lugged, but still very nice:
The early 90s bridgestone crown was very similar to the new Pacenti one...but IIRC neither had any direct input from Ritchey. His plate crowns were fillet brazed, the he moved on to unicrowns. Of course they are all influenced by all the lovely old track and road plate crowns, both cast and brazed.
All the best,
And a nicer cast Haden ( or maybe Cinelli as per the Ferraroli above?) with Reynolds tandem blades on the 1986 Pioneer:
1985 Highpath, fillet brazed from plate, not lugged, but still very nice:
The early 90s bridgestone crown was very similar to the new Pacenti one...but IIRC neither had any direct input from Ritchey. His plate crowns were fillet brazed, the he moved on to unicrowns. Of course they are all influenced by all the lovely old track and road plate crowns, both cast and brazed.
All the best,
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The crown on your Highpath is marvelous Danson. 
24Pouces:
I'd seen that Bridgestone ad...but it didn't explicitly say that the Bridgestone had direct design input from Ritchey, (just that he had tried to make a cast crown in the past) so I wrongly assumed he didn't.
However, you're right on the '93 Bridgestone MB crown having input from TR (from Bridgestone via Sheldon Brown):
Ritchey's own mid-80s crown is a brazed plate build
The Bridgestone/Ritchey is a '93 cast cromoly version, with long points on the inside faces:
And the Pacenti is a 2008 (?) version based on the Bridgestone/Ritchey but with curled points:
From Kirk Pacenti himself :"An instant classic! This crown was modeled after the very rare and highly sought after crown Tom Ritchey designed for Bridgestone many years ago. Kirk Pacenti updated and improved this crown for 21st Century framebuilders."
So your MB-1 fork hasn't got any Pacenti in it, but is the much rarer Bridgestone/Ritchey
All the best.
I'd seen that Bridgestone ad...but it didn't explicitly say that the Bridgestone had direct design input from Ritchey, (just that he had tried to make a cast crown in the past) so I wrongly assumed he didn't.
However, you're right on the '93 Bridgestone MB crown having input from TR (from Bridgestone via Sheldon Brown):
Ritchey's own mid-80s crown is a brazed plate build
The Bridgestone/Ritchey is a '93 cast cromoly version, with long points on the inside faces:
And the Pacenti is a 2008 (?) version based on the Bridgestone/Ritchey but with curled points:
From Kirk Pacenti himself :"An instant classic! This crown was modeled after the very rare and highly sought after crown Tom Ritchey designed for Bridgestone many years ago. Kirk Pacenti updated and improved this crown for 21st Century framebuilders."
So your MB-1 fork hasn't got any Pacenti in it, but is the much rarer Bridgestone/Ritchey
All the best.
