A long time ago I had a DeRosa Road bike. It did not have that flat topped fork crown that is on most of the DeRosa's presently for sale. Finally I wondered what was up and went out onto Ebay and was looking around at DeRosa's and discovered quite a few, I suppose newer models than the '86 catalog, that had the usual tapered fork crown. Perhaps this was an extra cost extra or perhaps they changed with the times and offered a head lug like everyone else (these tapered crown hide behind the brakes on most groups. While I don't believe in "Aero advantage" much beyond deep wheels, pros do ride at speeds where even a slight aero advantage might make a difference in the sprint finish.

Does anyone know about the drop fork crown and when they started using it?

On 11/21/2022 3:18 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> A long time ago I had a DeRosa Road bike. It did not have that flat topped fork crown that is on most of the DeRosa's presently for sale. Finally I wondered what was up and went out onto Ebay and was looking around at DeRosa's and discovered quite a few, I suppose newer models than the '86 catalog, that had the usual tapered fork crown. Perhaps this was an extra cost extra or perhaps they changed with the times and offered a head lug like everyone else (these tapered crown hide behind the brakes on most groups. While I don't believe in "Aero advantage" much beyond deep wheels, pros do ride at speeds where even a slight aero advantage might make a difference in the sprint finish.
>
> Does anyone know about the drop fork crown and when they started using it?
>

I don't know but this is a new USA web page on current
DeRosa products:
https://derosanorthamerica.com/

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On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 3:57:31 PM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote:
> On 11/21/2022 3:18 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> > A long time ago I had a DeRosa Road bike. It did not have that flat topped fork crown that is on most of the DeRosa's presently for sale. Finally I wondered what was up and went out onto Ebay and was looking around at DeRosa's and discovered quite a few, I suppose newer models than the '86 catalog, that had the usual tapered fork crown. Perhaps this was an extra cost extra or perhaps they changed with the times and offered a head lug like everyone else (these tapered crown hide behind the brakes on most groups. While I don't believe in "Aero advantage" much beyond deep wheels, pros do ride at speeds where even a slight aero advantage might make a difference in the sprint finish.
> >
> > Does anyone know about the drop fork crown and when they started using it?
> >
> I don't know but this is a new USA web page on current
> DeRosa products:
> https://derosanorthamerica.com/

I was think more along the lines of this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165596766668?hash=item268e5621cc:g:c~YAAOSwoPpi4AvE&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4MkwIl1VWPbVIBusS813Fwsb%2F3z78Vz1MvJsYIor8Hazd9UA2JRLyKDjCRzKMt3CStrkXLrAEDkRsgA84W29OlZ9E%2FOhyXjYGJxCPu3mggSTloCIXO6B7uLXAjg4rOK%2BPJidqGfaZTCktxf8MEVtclONAnEjXG%2FqBHs5PHkHurXeRVShEBMwyuSsHULLd4HkcUolTU%2B0QvpotQcXqAlePZZ4YuAxBbxm5aXDh9h4r1P2Ui1s1FII8N74BkbwrjUZVIBoQ3xfXjWS3H0P1pKsjaNADK2qBdusxD%2Ft4CZRPTgR%7Ctkp%3ABFBMrpr81pRh

vs. this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334319120047?hash=item4dd6f8eeaf:g:pwQAAOSw0IBhHHTw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoLU6rfXPGRB2ru9AhySxqXtTiB4clq0HprG2fzdxqq3fGLtpUFj0K9%2FZf5aLgu%2F2arAPHja%2Fd%2BoXuOEZzLxF%2BuErRRvEZMq70%2BxEdMqy6hP5XQ7wdhwpbS883nRYGsvw%2BnhrZbrcOWHjteWGjvw0mKHVTucuksk%2FCM1NBr88ic2OiJ1RxTNHUXASdZU1BSRxMei3ivy6qcmW9YfGLp2aq08%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9CPideUYQ