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Diadrant forks, Bates proprietrary design.

https://www.classiclightweights.co.u...s/bates-cycles

I didn't weight the frame before I built it up, but the frame seemed pretty light and the fork felt heavy. It rides really nice; compliant yet stiff.

There is a theory that Bates (diadrant forks and cantiflex tubes) and Hetchins (curly stays) made distinctively shaped frames so that you could tell what a racer was riding by the silhouette of the frame.
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