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SideshowBob
@falconvitesse
Its been a tale of good and bad over the last month in terms of my Gillott stable.
Firstly I have finished this, for anybody that missed my charity thread;
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/374932/?offset=25#comment16549887
However no sooner had i finished '946171' then i literally followed through with this.!
The shredded white stuff wedged in-between the front wheel and forks is toilet roll. I was holding the toilet roll in one hand and braking with the other hand and somehow managed to get the toilet roll caught up in the spokes, dragging it through the forks.
I went right over the handlebars. Im fine, the fork crown on the other hand is not.
All my own fault.
Note the rip in the crown, its definitely a right off.
The paint work is ruined unfortunately, I have another similar crown, incidentally from another Gillott which along with this set of forks i have sent back to Argos. Hopefully it can be repaired without having to replace the steerer tube as this has the all important frame number stamped into it.