Lugged forks
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danson67":1vhuta1s said: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.
Interesting
And you are right, my fork is a Bridgestone MB1 won on ebay.
Later, I have bought a pacenti crown but I'm looking for sweet legs for making a cool fork.
Your Ritchey is very… sexy
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24pouces:
If you're looking for some good elegantly curved fork blades...have a look at the Reynolds EB716. 30mm rake in a fairly long curve, 1.0/0.5 wall, so standard road weight, but not stupid light. I'm not sure what specification the original MB-1 Ritchey blades were, but there were some failures reported, before the change to the Logic Unicrown for '95.
Otherwise everybody makes straight blades in the 28/20 oval around 1.2/0.7 wall as a standard steel fork...True Temper Verus, Columbus Cromoly, Reynolds 631/853 they can all be bent to the radius and rake required.
All the best,
Sadly, not my Ritchey, just a picture from oldmountainbikes.com. :cry:
If you're looking for some good elegantly curved fork blades...have a look at the Reynolds EB716. 30mm rake in a fairly long curve, 1.0/0.5 wall, so standard road weight, but not stupid light. I'm not sure what specification the original MB-1 Ritchey blades were, but there were some failures reported, before the change to the Logic Unicrown for '95.
Otherwise everybody makes straight blades in the 28/20 oval around 1.2/0.7 wall as a standard steel fork...True Temper Verus, Columbus Cromoly, Reynolds 631/853 they can all be bent to the radius and rake required.
All the best,
velomaniac
MacRetro Rider
I had a 1980's Orbit with a lugged Unicrown fork, somehow it felt nicer and neater than the welded version
