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Originally Posted by jethin
I have a frame that needs the same treatment. I’ve been trying to think of a suitable pole type apparatus that I’d find on your typical urban street where I could attempt the procedure. Any idears?

The combination of a racy replacement fork in the slightly steeper head tube seems to have created a *very agressive* geometry. I’m sort of tempted to try it that way. Alternatively maybe I could try to source a fork with more rake. Also alternatively I could put the whole thing in the trash and buy beer instead.
Well, I had success with this brute-force-and-massive-ignorance method -



The gory details are here. And cudak888's earlier photo displays exactly the right spot to pull on.
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