Traumatic Trail Adjustment
 

Funny story: Had a moderately bad crash on my steel single speed commuter. Trued my wheel, buffed out the scratches, healed up, and got back on the bike. Was noticing a weird unsteadiness, a shimmying feeling at mid-speeds, and noticed my feet kept contacting the wheel when I was turning. Rode it a while more and then took a look at my wife's bike from the same maker... and realized that I had hit the fork hard enough (and straight on) to reduce the rake by probably 1.5 inches! Instant conversion into twitchy crit bike at low cost!

Before:
http://i.imgur.com/uPky2Rj.jpg

After:
http://i.imgur.com/1jjVBFy.jpg

That must have been some crash. It was hard enough to reverse all the decals! :)

And it scared the chain so badly that it turned white!

And shift the drive train to the left side of the bike. I'm assuming that was the "after" photo.

Gentlemen: I am here to reveal to you that my bicycle's geometry is the same from the left or the right. Apologies for flipping to photo to assist your comparisons.

You can easily bend it back.
Just turn the fork backwards, then crash again in the same place.


Really though, easy to fix, lay a big ladder on the floor, hook the fork legs between the rungs, stand on the end of the ladder and push using the frame as leverage.
When the fork tubing reaches its original shape, resistance will increase, so stop then.

I see a bent frame. The top and down tubes look bent just behind the head tube, as is typical in a front end collision.

No need to apologize for giving us something to have a bit of fun with. :)

Yup, that's what thought too.

Think long and hard about making the frame wall art.

I thought so too. Definitely bent.

That's probably a $450 bike. Looks like it has some upgrades though. I'd strip the parts and look for a used Soma Rush frame or something like that.

I rode with a guy who had a Tribe Knox. Looked nice in terms of style and workmanship. He also crashed his on a ride but didn't bend it.

Glad the OP wasn't hurt. That's the main thing.


-Tim-

Best you take the fork out for an exam of the fork/steerer junction. If this is bent, a replacement might in part
solve your problem. OTOH if the frame buckling is the explanation then the bike is toasty.

The frame is bent, and the steerer has been bent and is no longer safe to ride. Start stripping components, and look for a new frame and fork....