straightening slightly croocked front forks

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rapidblue · #1 Unread post by **rapidblue** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:41 pm

ok well I had a wee spill today thanks to the city of saskatoon and their lack of street sweeping. I was slowing down to stop at a corner and my front brakes lock on the gravel...anyways

as the title reads, my front wheel tracks a little croocked mow, easy fix?
or did i F UP and give myself a costly repair?

Thanks
Nolan

BuzZz · #2 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:21 pm

Suport the bike from underneath in some fashion and have someone brace the bike from falling.

Loosen everything holding the forks on the bike or attached to the forks. That means the front wheel axle, triple clamp pinchbolts, any fairing brakets or headlight brackets attached to the forks, fender braces, ect. Then stand in front of the bike, hold the front wheel between your knees and grab the bars. Also make sure the bottom triple clamp and the top triple clamp are inline with each other. Twist everything back to straight, then re-tighten everything you loosened off. That should get it, unless you bent hard parts, like the forks themselves.

rapidblue · #3 Unread post by **rapidblue** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:43 pm

sounds good, i doubt I bent anything because I wasnt going fast at all, it just caught me off guard

so you're basically saying I probably just moved everything at their connection points?

Would the centerstand be enough support underneath?

BuzZz · #4 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:46 pm

The centerstand is perfect for this. But you might still want someone to brace the bike as you twist on it..... just incase, ya know? It really sucks doing more damage to your bike while fixing it.... not that I would know, or anything......

BuzZz · #5 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:48 pm

rapidblue wrote:

so you're basically saying I probably just moved everything at their connection points?

Oh yeah...... yes, that's probably what happened.

rapidblue · #6 Unread post by **rapidblue** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:08 pm

well I sure hoe thats all it it cuz this bike is not worth any expensive fix

so hopefully I can salvage to keep leaning on

rapidblue · #7 Unread post by **rapidblue** » Tue May 24, 2005 3:36 pm

well all it took was steadying the front wheel with my legss and giving the handle bars a good reef in the right direction

Voila perfecto. So I took it out for a nother 2 hours today, I love riding. I am glad however that the fall didnt stop me from riding again.

BuzZz · #8 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Tue May 24, 2005 3:45 pm

rapidblue wrote:well all it took was steadying the front wheel with my legss and giving the handle bars a good reef in the right direction

Voila perfecto. So I took it out for a nother 2 hours today, I love riding. I am glad however that the fall didnt stop me from riding again.

That's good... but.... there still might be some stresses trapped internally at any or all of the fixed pionts, waiting to spring back to crooked with a less sever hit next time.

It might never occur again, but if it does, do the loosen-straighten-tighten-thing.

Telesque · #9 Unread post by **Telesque** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:07 pm

BuzZz wrote:It might never occur again, but if it does, do the loosen-straighten-tighten-thing.

That's what makes you so good, Buzz.

Your technical finesse.

(Hey, nice bike in the sig.

Pretty nice colo- wait a minute... is that... ?

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