RE: [CR]Classic Bent Fork - What to do?

(Example: Events:BVVW)

From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Classic Bent Fork - What to do?
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 22:35:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20020505.221552.-67067.0.grisha2@juno.com>


The Park FCG-1 is a clamp and alignment tool that's used to check fork/fork blade alignment. It's great, I have one and every time I get a new bike, I make sure to check the blade alignment when I have the fork off for headset maintenance. The blades can be adjusted using the Park FFS-1 (http://www.parktool.com/tools/FFS_1.shtml). Unfortunately the FCG-1 doesn't seem to be listed in Park's online catalogue.

I'd suggest calling around and seeing if any local shops have one of the FCG-1's to do the alignment.

David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Steven m
> Johnson
> Sent: May 5, 2002 10:16 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Classic Bent Fork - What to do?
>
>
> Got the Falcon back together, and took it for a ride. Nice ride but it is
> bent.
>
> When I take my hands off the bar, the fork likes to settle to the left.
>
> Now for the troubleshooting part.
>
> Dish on the front wheel is good, string test on the frame comes out OK.
> So I pulled the fork, and that is where I think the problem is.
>
> If I lay the fork on its' back on my alignment table (kitchen counter),
> and push the fork down tight against the flat surface, the right blade
> touches the counter, but the left is up above the counter at least 4mm.
>
> I tried pushing the left one down a bit to see if I could bend it back.
> (That was a joke, even though I did it. Didn't work)
>
> I plan to call the most experienced bike guy around here tomorrow, but
> was wondering if this is really a shop job with the right tool, or more a
> frame builder with a table kind of job?
>
> I am tempted to try and brace it, and give a little more force to see
> what I can do to convince it to move.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
> Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
> http://www.geocities.com/azubris/history2.html
> "Alison Gross, she's the meanest witch in the North country."