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The fork is very interesting, the blades are perfectly round in cross section, 22mm in diameter.
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I've done a few of these. They all looked about like that if what I'm seeing is not a mirage.
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...are we looking at the same photo ? If you disregard the camera angle distortion, it looks like a classic straight on front wheel impact bend. Assuming it is, the most effective way to straighten it is to attempt to reverse what happened. IOW, with a hub or axle in the fork ends, to straighten by bending both legs in the same motion, in the reverse of the original bending force.
I've done a few of these. They all looked about like that if what I'm seeing is not a mirage.
I've done a few of these. They all looked about like that if what I'm seeing is not a mirage.
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Back before the acceptance of a non-heliocentric universe, we used to do these by leaving the fork in the frame, but taking off the wheels. Then inserting the fork appropriately (with an axle or hub in the fork ends) upside down in between the steps or rungs of a wooden ladder, and using the frame as the bending lever. It worked a lot of the time, but you'll get much better and more controllable results with some kind of fork alignment jig.
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