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Old 02-04-11, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Road Fan
LW, what I meant was, that some writers here are well-known builders or will at least refer to the frames they have built, or the business they have building frames. None or them have raised the issue you did. Not that fatigue of steel is not real when bent repeatedly past its elastic zone, but I would presume others did not immediately see it as a problem. I would assume someone on this forum who says "I build frames" is a framebuilder. I would not know about anyone who doesn't.

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That might be because you didn't initially mention how old the fork is and the fact that this would be it's third time being raked.

Sorry that I don't have any forks that I've bent back and forth three times to refer you, but like I said, the risk is yours and I hope it works out for you.
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