Originally Posted by
jPrichard10
I think the most surprising thing is the fork looks pristine. I have checked it up and down. It has the reinforcement tangs in the inside of the blade; not sure how much they helped.
Original bars and levers looked good too. Replaced front wheel and obvious front end crash damage on the frame.
In my bike store days, the frontal-impact damage I saw sometimes included frame, fork, and wheel, but often it consisted of any two or one of those. Small frames are probably a bit more prone to having the fork bend rather than the frame.
FWIW, Cino Cinelli said that he came up with the fully sloping crown design because riders have a better chance of being able to get back on and ride a bike with an undamaged fork and a bent frame than the other way around.