Timeline for Can this bent (after crash) rigid steel fork get repaired?
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| Jul 23, 2017 at 12:46 | vote | accept | Tooniis | ||
| Jul 23, 2017 at 12:38 | comment | added | Tooniis | Thats a great Idea for recycling! But finding a donor bike would be a problem, since everyone around here rides broken bikes without caring about their safety (no one even wears a helmet). I guess I will just get a new fork and hope for the best. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 12:26 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @Tooniis you could use the old dead fork as a front wheel truing stand, by mounting it in a vise upside-down, and fitting some kind of indicators. I use a couple of cable ties (zip ties) for rough truing of front wheels and I have a separate old fork which has been cold-widened to accept rear wheels. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 12:24 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @Tooniis thank you - I'd say the fork is dead/dead. What you want to do now is get a donor bike that has some other fault (ie its got a good fork with the same 1" threadded system, and enough length to get through your head tube) and put all the good stuff on one bike. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 12:02 | comment | added | Tooniis | Yes the front wheel was bent and needs straightening and truing or just replacing. Money would be a problem for me so keeping the frame would be great if possible. | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 23:39 | history | answered | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |