is this fork bent?
11-28-20, 10:27 AM
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3alarmer, the Lemington, Ontario question was referring to tomatoes, cuz Lemington is the tomato capital of Ontario. I don't see it now, but coulda sworn that your user name had "tomato king" or something beside it, unless I'm losing it? Who knows, maybe I am.
I'm not sure how to take your comment though to be honest. The fork in the photo sure looks just like the kids bike on our street years ago, very close to the frame tube...... but hey, maybe I was wrong.
and why I asked the person if the head set was damaged when the replacement fork went in.
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I'm not sure how to take your comment though to be honest. The fork in the photo sure looks just like the kids bike on our street years ago, very close to the frame tube...... but hey, maybe I was wrong.
and why I asked the person if the head set was damaged when the replacement fork went in.
cheers
What matters on a fork is the rake and trail that was originally designed into the bicycle, and where the fork ends sit to position the wheel. Is this one bent ?
11-28-20, 07:14 PM
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...I do live n the Big Tomato. Canneries were a big thing here for years. You can't judge fork "bentness" from distance of tyre to downtube unless you have some idea of what the bicycle looked like in this regard originally. Which eventually came to light as a googled photo of the bike from a catalog shot.
What matters on a fork is the rake and trail that was originally designed into the bicycle, and where the fork ends sit to position the wheel. Is this one bent ?
What matters on a fork is the rake and trail that was originally designed into the bicycle, and where the fork ends sit to position the wheel. Is this one bent ?
re teh fork , dont forget, there was the other photo showing an aligned red line going down the headtube and the fork certainly looking bent.
and of course, its not just wheel to downtube, but the bike in question was a lady sit up bike, not the px10 or whatever your nice Peugeot road bike is. Also your bike wont have an aligned drawn red line end up with the axle position of the front dropout be behind said line, thats why to me it was clear the other bike was borked.
but hey, you'd think that a bike with a bent fork like that would ride pretty darn weirdly.
11-28-20, 10:21 PM
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...I do live n the Big Tomato. Canneries were a big thing here for years. You can't judge fork "bentness" from distance of tyre to downtube unless you have some idea of what the bicycle looked like in this regard originally. Which eventually came to light as a googled photo of the bike from a catalog shot.
What matters on a fork is the rake and trail that was originally designed into the bicycle, and where the fork ends sit to position the wheel. Is this one bent ?
What matters on a fork is the rake and trail that was originally designed into the bicycle, and where the fork ends sit to position the wheel. Is this one bent ?
The OP bike was bent LOTS.
11-29-20, 08:47 AM
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[QUOTE=djb;21808458]headset were okay , also the bearing.
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Yep ,in the pictures of other bike posted seems hard to understand if is by the photo angle or is really bent. My advice is to disassembly and take the right measure or try to fit a new fork. In the bike i posted the fork were a lot bent... if needed i can show more photos
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12-06-20, 12:37 AM
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Kinda hard to tell when it's in backwards and the fork is turned a bit. I have a collection of photos of bikes with the forks on backwards. I once stopped on the local trail to assist a young woman having trouble riding her bike. her feet kept catching on the front tire because the fork was backwards but she wouldn't listen to reason. Some times you just can't counter stubborn ignorance.
12-06-20, 12:55 AM
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Early 1970s Peugeot PX-10 race bike built with Reynolds 531. Raced professionally throughout Europe for years. Exact same fork blades used on millions of comparable bikes like Carltons, Raleighs and Schwinn Paramounts and countless other makers and copied in millions of Japanese bikes. Most road bike fork blades were and still are tapered. A tapered fork has more flex closer to the axle and helps absorb road shock.
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Early 1970s Peugeot PX-10 race bike built with Reynolds 531. Raced professionally throughout Europe for years. Exact same fork blades used on millions of comparable bikes like Carltons, Raleighs and Schwinn Paramounts and countless other makers and copied in millions of Japanese bikes. Most road bike fork blades were and still are tapered. A tapered fork has more flex closer to the axle and helps absorb road shock.
12-06-20, 12:30 PM
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The green eastern European bike certainly does have the brakes in the wrong position
I'll be getting the fork out of here now
I'll be getting the fork out of here now
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I think my fork is bent but it might be the significant angle of the picture......
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I think my fork is bent but it might be the significant angle of the picture......
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