Crash-damaged steel frame / bent steerer / dinged tube / dead forks

Yep - that's dead. If there is some sentimental / financial value attached, take it to SuperTed. If not, stick it on freecycle, collect some money from the person who killed it, and get a new frame.

It will go and you dont want to be on it when it does

i thought we was all cool reckless fixed skidders?

possible fork fail is not really funny. happened to me this year:

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while traveling through romania and bulgaria, about 90% of the bikes seen there had bent forks, made me shudder each time...

Whether you keep it depends on how close to the edge you ride. If you like going fast and close I'd get a new frame but if you are careful it will probably last for years. Try taking the part of paint which has cracked if there is cracking below then replace but if is just a little bent don't worry. the paint job looks like powder coating this paint tends to be fairly brittle. The forks are a defo for replacement as the only way to get them to steer well again is to bend them back this work hardens the steel and makes it more brittle.

Zebs

I'm looking to buy this frame, but looking at it the downtube clearance seems a bit tight. Are the forks bent or am I seeing things?

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The forks look well bent backwards to me, and looks like a massive ding in the top tube too.

If I were to guess; somebody's ridden that into something which has bent the fork backwards and the bars have turned and hit the top tube.

If it hasn't had a crash, it's tighter than a fourteen year old.

Crashed I'd say.

Dirtily so.

C.r.a.s.h

Out of interest, how much were they asking for it?

New forks and a good beater that'd be.

Frame looks bent near the head tube.

New forks and a good beater that'd be.

If you replaced the front fork and the frame, yep.

Yup, bent.

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i did a diy straightening job on some slightly bent forks today by clamping in a vice , putting a strong metal tube over the steerer and applying some brute force. im quite happy with the outcome but but while searching the subject on here i saw that the general concensus was to bin bent forks?
so the question is use or bin !?

use ... but don't go out on the road and keep it under 10mph

nice one , i was expecting an answer like that!
if you could be bothered to explain it a bit more id appreciate that !

If they are steel, and they were just slightly out line it shouldn't be a problem. If they were carbon, or if they were bent from hitting a skip at 30 miles an hour, it will be a massive problem.

The other thing is if they were steel was how you know they are now properly straight ?

Bent mine back ito shape after the left fork blade was at a 45 degree angle the wrong way. They are not very straight. but have got me around for half a year and survived the guinness ride. Still, i am dubious of the 'structural integrity' and when i find some to replace i will. Steel is "quite" bendy.

Idonotrecomendthiscourseofaction

Also. dont lean.

sorry should have said they were steel. im not sure if they are good as new now but they seem a lot better , im ok with how they look , i just got a vibe from reading other threads that it could be dangerous to ride on them.

that 'vibe' could be correct. ride at your own risk.

im really wondering why its dangerous, sorry if this is a stupid question but is the risk that they could break /crack , obviouly im not clued up on this but doesnt seem logical to me that slightly bending it would make it that structurally comprimised ?

we can't see what damage has been done, we don't know what caused them to be bent, so how would we know if they were safe or not?