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Does this bike have a bent fork?

I am intrigued by the possibilities of this frame, I’d love to have a bike I could nickname “Old Batty”, but I can’t help but feel that the fork looks bent. The other picture is from an early to mid ‘70s catalog, for comparison. Sorry about the links, I can’t seem to get photos to load.

CrazyCatLady asked in Bicycles 11 months ago | Report

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    It sure looks funny. What a rake. The thing is, usually when a bike lands back on the ground real hard from a wheelie- a common fork bender- it bends right up at the crown.

    It's hard to get it to bend from the middle out to the end, as this picture seems to illustrate.

    Basic law of the fulcrum.

    There are crazy rake jobs out there, though, and this may be an example of just that.

    Your comparison pictures, from the catalogs, are not the same model bike so the make a moot point.

    Ride it- does it dive to one side or the other when riding "no-hands"? if so your fork is bent.

    alexkostelnik answered in Bicycles 11 months ago | Report
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    Yeah, that's a nice looking bike! Unfortunately, the fork does look severely bent. Its weird, because they are usually bent in the other direction, from front impact. FOrks from bikes of that period are very easy to come by at places like Bike Works the Bikery or Recycled Cycles. Maybe you could find a fork with a cool color and swap it out for the bent one? It'd be fun!

    Davey Oil, of Bike Works and the Bikery answered in Bicycles 11 months ago | Report
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