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MPLSdunk

i crashed my bike and did the same thing. i did a bar spin and replaced the fork.

Brewster650

Last night the forks survived a tough night of bar spinning, skidding, wheelies, a ton of keo spins attempts, stairs, and many falls and crashes.

Brewster650

Maybe I should start taking bets on how long they will last

helloamerican

you could do that, but then again we really would have no idea if you were in the hospital or morgue

maskednegator

You just work hardened the **** out of your forks. Congrats on being a dumbass.

alheim

hey pal, why don't you make a few useful posts in this forum before you come here and start talking trash. i can't believe you just said that in your first post ever.

i understand the 'risk' involved in straightening forks in this manner, and it seems pretty obvious that the OP did too. he only bent the forks a small amount, and i don't consider it to be a very dangerous operation in this case. bicycle mechanics often repair bent forks and frames by bending them back into shape (perhaps with a tool like the one suggested by lwkwafi). cold-setting (or 'cold-forming', 'cold-working') does make steel less ductile (more brittle) but in this case, probably a negligible and safe amount.

i would be more concerned with the welds.

iamthenoise

my issue with the OP is that he's trolling. what answer could anyone here possibly give that would make him stop riding that fork?

"careful dude, bending your fork turns it into a pipebomb"?

even if he hadnt bent the fork and asked the forum's opinion, he'd still likely do it anyway. he's gonnabust barspinz into the sunset either way.

to the OP: most of us here only have one bike. if this is a beater for you, then who cares do whatever you want. just accept the consequences. if this is your only bike, no one here is ever going to give you praise for choosing style over function. you've apparently been a member here long enough to know you should stop looking for it on a forum. you know well enough what you've done to the bike, and having a forum blow sunshine up your butt won't change the laws of physics. do what you're going to do, but don't be surprised if that fork fails sooner or later (and hopefully not when your bombing a hill and your fork tacos sending you and your bike parts sliding through an intersection).

also, please please please please dont ever sell that fork to someone without letting them know what you've done to it.

mangpress

with that kind of point-to-point force you've probably compressed the tubing, and i wouldn't ride them.
happened to me in a dooring at work two weeks ago in fact, which is why the idea is still fresh in my mind.

MPLSdunk

who cares, it's his face not mine.

K_phomma

Do it then post pictures of your crash