Backwards forks

[Rhythm Thief]

This was donated to Enviroability earlier this week. It's obviously been built with the forks fitted backwards and must handle like a cow on skates. How many kids are put off riding by being given something set up like this, I wonder? It's a shame because these are pretty good kids' bikes when set up properly.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Riding on a cycle path I came on a family walking but with a young boy who'd just fallen off: bike on ground. I stopped 'to help' and looked at the bike. Its fork was back-to-front so the handling would have been a nightmare but father couldn't reasonably know (looked newish).
I told him and suggested that the bike not be ridden till sorted.
I hope the young lad wasn't put off.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

All fixed now! Actually needed very little work other than rotating the forks. It'll make someone happy!

 

[wafter]

Great work

I vaguely recall years ago happening upon a kid riding a bike in a similar state.. IIRC after he appeared a bit perplexed / suspicious of my attempts to understand what was wrong I told him just to get his parents to take it to a bike shop and ask them to sort the forks out.

 

[biggs682]

Look how many you see on marketplace or Flea bay for sale with forks the wrong way

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336266107167?_skw=bike&itmmeta=01K9ZN34YJH09RT7MNTNX0V7H5&hash=item4e4b05991f:g:Ad8AAeSw71lpB5P4&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eCD+RZumFAHEbjlnRaIpU2272scPCQmwYSBMeLCOO8nlmnhOhsWiL9BQUiUiY3aVYtU+nWrQJzKfNksk0FNm2BOIt4MbyYtui2zkaH150QiDTE/ff7uiKtPW6pKBcx58AZk2wDetGQOph0eey3Ov4L0oZ3J6rfJaztORgLoq68BHl7b/owJcSaFpoLBXdmLT+qjyRF/c78sjjfUuJmf3iftJrDOx1212PU9qK41sJ86w==|tkp:Bk9SR8DPjPXPZg&keyword=bike&sacat=177831&relatedSearch=true&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000|10

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33624692...atedSearch=true&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000|10

 

[figbat]

I was staying on a campsite a couple of years ago and the family next to me had a kids bike with a backwards fork. I was going to offer to fix it (I had tools with me as I had my bike too) but I don’t think it would have been well-received. I contemplated fixing it on the quiet but thought better not.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I used to have a Marin MTB with the Pace RC36 suspension forks with the brakes on the rear.

I had quite a few people tell me my forks had been fitted backwards, and I'm not sure they believed my explanation.