Front end collision damage is overrated in my esteemed opinion. I rode a bike last summer, with a fork so badly bent that the front brakes couldn't be made to work. The goody goody bike shop recommended not riding it, but I put many miles on it in the two weeks I was there. And it rode straight as an arrow with no hands. It was one of the nicer rides I've experienced, actually, steel wheels and all. A 74 Araya.