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Old 08-11-18 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SJX426

Finding one in this previous condition in my size is like finding a needle in a haystack.
...there's a 60 cm Le Champion on the Bay Area CL for sale right now. But it has a replacement fork.
I've never had much luck cold bending a fork bent that far back, and I've never, ever managed to successfully straighten a bent steerer tube by cold bending.

Steerer needs such precise alignment because of the headset race issues that arise, I'm skeptical it can be done reliably.
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