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This week I got given a late 60s Carlton that was otherwise headed for the tip/skip.
When I first saw it, it looked pretty good, but the front wheel was bent beyond all salvation (basically, some spokes went, and the wheel collapsed). This didn't bother me, as I figured it would be a great frame to build up as a fixed-gear/single-speed hack bike.
The only thing is, on putting a wheel in to set the bars and stem straight, it became pretty obvious that the forks are bent- the right hand side is about 1/2 an inch back. I want a second opinion on whether it's worth the risk to cold set them back to true. I've got access to a full workshop of bike tools, so the actual truing won't be an issue.
The only reasons I'm not just chucking the forks are that as far as I know, they're 531 (and I'm poor!), and they're nicely half-chromed, not too pitted.