Amit. Look down the barrel of your headtube. Do your upper fork legs kick forward? Or are they parallel with your headtube?
If parallel--done, not bent, camera trick If not parallel--look further On Thursday, September 13, 2012 9:00:01 PM UTC-7, Amit Singh wrote: > > A good friend took the time to search through my flickr stream and found > this: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amisingh/6314859575/in/set-72157626396224998 > > Straight as an ----------> > > On Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:10:35 UTC-4, Amit Singh wrote: >> >> You know what? It tracks perfect, rides straight and true, even no >> hands. I'm going to just ride it. :) >> >> On Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:52:48 UTC-4, Amit Singh wrote: >>> >>> Aiight. I'll hit up Doug Fattic in the morning. In the meanwhile I'll >>> continue riding BombaLove through the weekend. >>> >>> On Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:39:37 UTC-4, Jeremy Till wrote: >>>> >>>> I also hate to say it, but that was the first thing that crossed my >>>> mind when I saw the first photo. I let it go because it's always hard to >>>> tell from a single photo, but now that I've seen another, I have to >>>> agree...that thing is bent man. >>>> >>>> The fact that it's bent forward is interesting and concerning. Forks >>>> are usually bent backwards from some type of crash, in which the front >>>> wheel is stopped by an obstacle and the weight of the bike bends the fork >>>> backwards under it. Bending forward means that the bending force was >>>> solely vertical--like hopping off a curb carrying a lot of weight. In any >>>> case, I'd be wary about loaded touring with that thing. Chances are that >>>> now weakened, it would keep bending or even worse, crack at the crown. >>>> >>>> Send it back to Riv, or else get the correct fork rake specs and have a >>>> framebuilder or well-equipped (i.e. with fork jig) LBS bend it back for >>>> you, and then keep an eagle eye on it. Or just get a new fork. I >>>> >>>> On Thursday, September 13, 2012 6:07:11 PM UTC-7, Amit Singh wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Bubba !!! Why'd you drop this idea in my mind?! >>>>> >>>>> Here's another photo: >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amisingh/7983927516/ >>>>> >>>>> Can someone else tell me the fork is perfect and not to worry about >>>>> it? GP, you'd be the supreme authority here, of course. >>>>> >>>>> So ... what are the implications if a fork is not perfect? This >>>>> bicycle tracks perfect no hands, anything else to worry about? >>>>> >>>>> Amit >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, 13 September 2012 18:51:39 UTC-4, William wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope that's just a photo illusion but the forks look bent. The >>>>>> upper fork legs are not parallel with the headtube, in the photo. Maybe >>>>>> in >>>>>> real life they are. Careful! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:07:58 AM UTC-7, Amit Singh wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amisingh/7980699538/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Another Bombadil w/ 60mm tires and fenders. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Converted from mountain bike to touring bike duty for my upcoming >>>>>>> C&O Canal / Allegheny Passage tour. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Excited! >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/_H7DUhWLJuEJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
