Bianchi with bent forks **********?
08-20-15, 07:41 AM
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Bianchi with bent forks **********?
Does this geometry on this bike look OK to you guys (& gals) ???
$200 bike ??
To me, the front tire looks very close to the tube.
$200 bike ??
To me, the front tire looks very close to the tube.
08-20-15, 08:09 AM
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Definitely worth $200 if everything is OK. Might be some parallax error going on. If its close by check it out in person.
08-20-15, 08:23 AM
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If everything is ok, $200 is a screaming good deal.
I think you're seeing an optical illusion in the picture. To me, it looks like the bars/wheel are turned slightly to the left making the front tire appear unusually close to the frame.
I think you're seeing an optical illusion in the picture. To me, it looks like the bars/wheel are turned slightly to the left making the front tire appear unusually close to the frame.
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Looks to me like a bit of an optical illusion, created by having the bars tipped a bit to the right, placing the wheel, closer to us than the down tube. I think it would serve you and us all well, to have a dead on shot from both sides and a dead on from the front, to see if the wheel sits centered between the fork blades.
If fork is carbon, it is likely not bent, unless bent in the steering tube. Course, I could be wrong. Here is my Bianchi, a full racer (so I am told) to compare to ( I am switching it back to the original fork set - not fussy on carbon fibre forks)...
If fork is carbon, it is likely not bent, unless bent in the steering tube. Course, I could be wrong. Here is my Bianchi, a full racer (so I am told) to compare to ( I am switching it back to the original fork set - not fussy on carbon fibre forks)...
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Looks like the stem is slightly out of alignment causing thing to look out of wack easily corrected with a allen wrench in about a minute.The frame and fork look fine these had real tight geomtry the wheels almost touch the frame. I would say go take a look if there is nothing major wrong with the bike it is worth at least twice the asking price maybe more depending on which groupo it has components wise.
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Wow. Stolen? Ridiculously cheap.
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What a steal. People try, and sometime success, to sell gas-pipe bikes for more than that in Toronto.
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