Swiss made George Fischer crowns were used on top end Italian bikes like Masi, De Rosa and others.



From this crude casting came this sleek beauty. A lot of filing and sanding.



As mentioned above, Davis cast crowns were used on a lot of British bikes. There were several other small British companies that made cast or forged crowns that looked similar. Before picture.



Raleigh Pro with a Davis crown.



I spent a number of hours grinding, filing and sanding this Davis crown on the off road trekking frame that I built back in 1992.



Bocama (BCM) investment cast crowns.



French made aero design Arcor Microfusion investment cast crown. These were used on a lot of the top quality French bikes in the mid to late 80's.



Selection of cast crowns from various manufacturers sold by a frame building supplier in the US.


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