Let's not forget our favorite: Bent forks.

Back to the 1952 Raleigh Sports:

In addition to the rear triangle kerfuffle, this bike had apparently met with a few hard walls in its life, leading to a slightly bent steerer tube. Seems to be more common on these Raleighs than anything else I've come across, and - unlike just about anything with high-end tubing - you can bend these back, provided you are careful and precise about bending it back in the correct direction.



My preferred leverage: A damaged piece of unmitered Reynolds 531 downtube slipped over the Raleigh's steerer tube, carefully shoved in the right direction.



Fixed!



You honestly didn't think we'd get off THAT easy, did you?

Everyone join in now: "Fork's bent!"



"Not anymore!"





Unfortunately, can't seem to find many pictures of the FFS-1 or FFS-2 in use. Probably because I can't take a photo when both of my hands are occupied.

-Kurt