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Old 08-16-09 | 05:36 PM
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This is easy to fix. Clamp the steerer tube in a vise.

Make some sort of gauge out of a stick that you clamp onto the steerer tube, and keep it parallel to the steerer tube so that it comes down to between the fork tips.

Measure the distance between each fork tip and the gauge-stick-thing. Bend as necessary. You may be surprised at how much force this requires.

This is what the bonehead should have done in the first place.

All other bends on forks are tricky, but this one isn't.
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