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Saint Lactose The Tolerant
CHRIS (chitown) ... you are right !!! ... those two forks DO look similar. It's difficult for me to understand if
the Mead truss fork has loose truss-rod bottoms, or if the truss-rod bottoms are attached to a plate like that
1918 H-D. On a Davis ... the Standard-Duty Truss Fork has truss-supports roughly one-eighth-inch thick, and
the truss-rods terminate ON TOP OF THE FORK BLADES ... just above the drop-out crush. On the Davis Heavy-
Duty Truss Fork, the truss-supports are roughly one quarter-inch thick ... and ... the truss-rods terminate at
the top of a triangulated plate .. shared with the bottom of the fork blades.
CHRIS ... with all of the documentation you presented .. it is very difficult for me to believe that Davis continued
to make bicycles .. under many badges .. including H-D .. in preparation for the war AND during the war. But,
Davis apparently did just that. JEEZ-LOO-EEZE ... it must have been a mad-house at that plant during that time.
IN ADDITION ... that Heavy-Duty FORK 1918 H-D pic is attached to the rest of a 1918 RESTORED H-D Bicycle
... the restoration orchestrated by SCOTT McCASKEY. SCOTT reports that he no longer owns the bicycle.
CHRIS ... what i really enjoy about these old bicycles is the labyrinth of information surrounding them. You have a
very, very good source of historical information and i am glad you are sharing it with the readers. This quality of
information would have rarely been shared ten years ago. A person might fone another, asking ... "Say, what is the
thickness of the truss-supports on a Davis heavy-duty fork ?" ... the response might be, "Well ... would'nt YOU like
to know ??!!"
Thank you for sharing .. CHRIS !!!!
............... patric
post scipt for BUD POE ... when i get some decent, close-up pics (from several different points of view) of a Dayton Fork
(truss and non-truss) .. i will post it on this thread.
the Mead truss fork has loose truss-rod bottoms, or if the truss-rod bottoms are attached to a plate like that
1918 H-D. On a Davis ... the Standard-Duty Truss Fork has truss-supports roughly one-eighth-inch thick, and
the truss-rods terminate ON TOP OF THE FORK BLADES ... just above the drop-out crush. On the Davis Heavy-
Duty Truss Fork, the truss-supports are roughly one quarter-inch thick ... and ... the truss-rods terminate at
the top of a triangulated plate .. shared with the bottom of the fork blades.
CHRIS ... with all of the documentation you presented .. it is very difficult for me to believe that Davis continued
to make bicycles .. under many badges .. including H-D .. in preparation for the war AND during the war. But,
Davis apparently did just that. JEEZ-LOO-EEZE ... it must have been a mad-house at that plant during that time.
IN ADDITION ... that Heavy-Duty FORK 1918 H-D pic is attached to the rest of a 1918 RESTORED H-D Bicycle
... the restoration orchestrated by SCOTT McCASKEY. SCOTT reports that he no longer owns the bicycle.
CHRIS ... what i really enjoy about these old bicycles is the labyrinth of information surrounding them. You have a
very, very good source of historical information and i am glad you are sharing it with the readers. This quality of
information would have rarely been shared ten years ago. A person might fone another, asking ... "Say, what is the
thickness of the truss-supports on a Davis heavy-duty fork ?" ... the response might be, "Well ... would'nt YOU like
to know ??!!"
Thank you for sharing .. CHRIS !!!!
............... patric
post scipt for BUD POE ... when i get some decent, close-up pics (from several different points of view) of a Dayton Fork
(truss and non-truss) .. i will post it on this thread.