Originally Posted by
rustystrings61
Nope. I literally grabbed the frame by the chainstays right in front of the rear dropouts and pulled upwards. Once. I was actually shocked to discover that was all it took. The frame came right back into alignment. The frame is built with Mercier's "LuxTube" generic gaspipe tubing and it might have taken a bit more force with 531, but maybe not.
I will note that when I did that, I had made sure the headset cups were squarely in place ot prevent any ovalization of the head tube - they're loose in the photo.
Wow , I am surprised that worked given the impact it takes to bend one of these. I had a friend that t-boned a car causing him to "fly" over the car to the pavement on the other side. It was a full Columbus Tube , Tange fork bike. I looked it over and no visible damage to the frame! It just bent the wheel in half and I figured the front wheel absorbed the full impact. A year later , while riding his bike , the head tube cracked open. I never saw that coming!