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In case anyone cares, my understanding of the idea behind the Diadrant front forks was that having two bends in the blades instead of the single curve that every other conventional bike has was as follows: the soaking up shocks ability of front forks happens not on the straight bit, but at the bend. So having two bends means twice the soaking up. Not convinced myself, as I've not noticed any difference. But hasn't stopped me liking Bates. I'm of the view, as expressed above, that it showed the frame maker without having to write the name. I've seen two other frames of this pattern: all three share identical lugwork and the same Chaler track ends, so yes, the ones in the fotos are original.