Good point - I've got my mudguards and a 'free' Sturmey Archer wheelset into the bargain. I'll just put the rest on my neighbour's scrap van.I'd worry about a face plant myself.
Why not, they seem to want to get into everything themselves.No need to bring the Russians into this, as bent as per a politician would suffice
Before choosing this option, I'd try riding it no hands and see whether you're comfortable with its 'quicker' steering. The offset has been significantly reduced by the fork being pushed back.On the other hand I might just . . . run it around as a pub bike, the bent forks don't seem to have affected the handling.
It's a bike that I bought for spares and have only tried riding in a straight-line to see if the gears worked. I won't risk riding it again.The fork may just be badly built. I've seen a Holdsworth fork where the steerer just wasn't brazed into the crown straight. There is a bit of wiggle room before the brass goes in, which can translate to several degrees.
Does the bike have unusually slow, "stiff" steering?
"Saturday Night Sunday Morning". Arthur Seaton on a capstan lathe creating pure scrap in the guise of cotter pin axles and his workmates using setting tools to haul gaspipe frames into alignment.I was reading a post on Facebook by somebody whose father used to work at Raleigh. Apparently after the forks had been welded they were 'cold set' by burly men bending them straight