Beauticious day in Portlandia! It started overcast and cool, but dry. @
ollo_ollo was first to arrive, bringing his art noueau fork for attempted straightening.
One side mostly straight:
That's a lot of bending. The steerer was straight, most of the "unbending" seemed to occur in the upper fork blades. From the ease of cold setting, this was obviously a lower strength steel. I was able to cold set to a offset of about 50mm. The dropouts were parallel and in-line before it left the shop.
One by one the riders met up at Atelier Gugie:
Front left to right: @
vitaly66, @
jyl, @
Aggiegrad, @
Insidious C., @
Andy_K and @
ollo_ollo
As usual, Andy will post the real left to right info soon after this hits I hit save.
We got to the cafe in Scholls quickly.
The backside of the ride was done at a quick pace. The unseasonably "warm" weather kept us quite comfortable - the temperature topped out at 59F! We got back to the Atelier, some headed back home by car, others by bike, @
Aggiegrad and I rode down to the local pub for a pint. Those who attended last year's Neal Lerner Tribute ride will be happy to know that the British Bombay IPA was in stock, so of course I ordered it. Not bad, not bad at all...