Does this fork look bent?
03-14-09 | 12:38 AM
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No pic?
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
03-14-09 | 07:05 AM
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03-14-09 | 07:30 AM
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Hmmm. There is a very slight bend to it, but it could be the picture. The wheel is turned slightly to the left.
03-14-09 | 07:38 AM
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Can't tell.
Bring a straightedge with you when you go to look at it.
Also feel under the top and down tubes near the head lug for 'wrinkles' as this is crash damage.
Bring a straightedge with you when you go to look at it.
Also feel under the top and down tubes near the head lug for 'wrinkles' as this is crash damage.
03-14-09 | 08:06 AM
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Not bent.
The forward sweep of the bottom of the fork puts the angle of the fork at the top of the tire in the relative angle to make it look like the fork is bent. If you put a straight edge along the head tube in the picture (like I just did on the computer screen), there is, if anything, a slight forward angle to the fork.
Cameras have a way of making a fork look bent. Part of it is that in a flat projection the eye looks at the wrong visual cues to determine whether the fork is straight or not. In real life, your eye tends to focus on the line down the head tube; in pics it tends to focus on the spot where the fork crosses the tire, and if there is any rake at all on the fork it gives the illusion of a bent fork.
The forward sweep of the bottom of the fork puts the angle of the fork at the top of the tire in the relative angle to make it look like the fork is bent. If you put a straight edge along the head tube in the picture (like I just did on the computer screen), there is, if anything, a slight forward angle to the fork.
Cameras have a way of making a fork look bent. Part of it is that in a flat projection the eye looks at the wrong visual cues to determine whether the fork is straight or not. In real life, your eye tends to focus on the line down the head tube; in pics it tends to focus on the spot where the fork crosses the tire, and if there is any rake at all on the fork it gives the illusion of a bent fork.
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03-14-09 | 09:42 AM
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Hmm -- I'm surprised that cudak888 hasn't dropped into this party. He's the resident steely-eyed missile man regarding bent forks diagnosed from blurry photo. And he seems to have a high on-target percentage score, too.
03-14-09 | 10:07 AM
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You gonna eat that?
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Yes. Yes, you did.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
