Originally Posted by
Santuri32
-The fork is made by Tange, this is only 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] year of uni-crowns, third if you include late 83 adaptation in some Ritchey-Fisher bikes. This was probably based on the Specialized “lost wax” (if someone can explain that term to me I will appreciated) uni-crown with the lugs. Coming from the crowned forks, the lugs probably were believed to be necessary on MTBs at the time (just guessing here).
Nutted Axles in 86 changed to QR’s in 87, also the roller-cam changed to U-brake.
Lost wax (IIRC) is a casting method where you model the part in wax, pack the wax model in a heat-resistant medium like sand or ceramic, heat it, drain the melted wax, and fill the resulting void with molten metal.