Originally Posted by
chalol
Thanks everyone.
Actually, this frame is special enough to fix. I'm going to have the fork bent. I've been told that it might be too bent, we shall see.
Chalol
Are you going to replace the bent tubes, paint the bike and restore it to showroom freshness? Or are you just going to ride it and hope that you never have to use your face for a brake pad? Trust me, using your face as a brake pad isn't as sexy as it sounds. Either way, when I say that the bike isn't special enough to fix, I mean that a true repair...i.e. replacing the bent tubes and painting...would cost more than the bike is worth. You can find Trek 760s for around $300, which is over priced. A frame builder won't fire up the torch for that much nor would a painter mix paint for that price. And you couldn't even get close to facial reconstruction for that price.
It's your face but a bent production frame is a dead frame.