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10-03-16 | 08:16 AM

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fishboat

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From: SE Wisconsin

Bikes: Lemond '01 Maillot Jaune, Lemond '02 Victoire, Lemond '03 Poprad, Lemond '03 Wayzata DB conv(Poprad), '79 AcerMex Windsor Carrera Professional(pur new), '88 GT Tequesta(pur new), '01 Bianchi Grizzly, 1993 Trek 970 DB conv, Trek 8900 DB conv

Forkend bent

We'll gloss over how it happened, but a mishap with fork-mount bike carrier while traveling along at 70mph yesterday resulted in a moderately bent fork-end.

The bike is steel(Columbus SL, 1980 build), steel fork, Campy forkends. I bought this bike new and have been riding it for decades(never in winter). See the pics below. I've looked at the fork from about every angle. I see no evidence the fork blade itself is bent or misaligned. I'd like to fix it..naturally. Is it as simple as a pair of large slip joints and bend it back or is it better to support the fork blade with a jig of some sort and then bend? Heat it and then bend?

What's the best option? I REALLY don't want to take any chances on damaging the fork. I'll take it to a shop/builder somewhere if I need to.

Last edited by fishboat; 10-03-16 at 08:20 AM.

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