Originally Posted by
mtnbiker66
If that thing has taken a lick bad anough to bend it the whole thing should be replaced as well as the frame checked for cracks. Damn dude, your stupid advice is gonna get someone hurt.
...come back down to reality, if he wants to keep the bike and cannot find replacement parts for the steerer he has to use the old one, common sense dictates an examination for cracks, the steerer tube is braced by the head tube, the point that the fork bent at, is a higher stress point than the steerer tube to crown connection (which is why that broke rather than the stanchions) the answer to a problem is not always to trash everything and start over. Its likely that the rest of the frame is fine (depending on material) (if it is Al i would begin looking for a new frame soon, after about 10 years aluminum frames develop stress fractures from common use)
Stop gunning for me, and act mature.