Originally Posted by
surreal
these are all excellent tips. i've been obsessively checking my fleet, and it looks like they're all unbent, or at least "not bent enough to matter".
Thank you, everyone. I hope others learned something from this thread, too.
-rob
ps- it may be helpful to lay off the gratuitous "fork's bent" jokes. Maybe i'm the only one, but im starting to develop a complex...
A bent fork only matters if it is:
1) far enough out of whack that it affects handling
2) made of Aluminum or Carbon fibre
3) a rare or unusual fork
4) the frame is also affected
5) a bike you just bought
These days you can buy an inexpensive steel fork for very little and replace a bent one.