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Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
(Bike rescued from a river!)
cheers ~PB
Bent
"Pete Biggs" <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
news:bmuhpt$qjfou$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
> These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
>
> (Bike rescued from a river!)
>
> cheers ~PB
In article <bmuhpt$qjfou$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de>, Pete Biggs
<pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote:
>Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
>These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
No chance. Bike has been in a head-on collision.
--Paul
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:35:29 +0100, "Pete Biggs" <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> may
have said:
>Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
>These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
>
>http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
>
>http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
>
>(Bike rescued from a river!)
Yes, they're bent. Look how close the wheel comes to the frame.
The rear wheel rim shows signs of impact as well.
I would recommend reporting your find to the local police. There is a good chance that the condition
of the bike indicates a traffic accident was involved, and there is reason to suspect that they will
want to see the unit.
--
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don't respond to something, it's also possible that I'm busy.
"frank121" <frank121@cox.netNOSPAM> wrote in message news:l1Akb.3321$B_2.347@okepread02...
> Bent
Yup. Have to agree.
Scott..
"Pete Biggs" <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
news:bmuhpt$qjfou$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
> These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
Look bent to me, I can imagine some piece of exotica having fancy forks but don't think it applies
in this case. As a test fit a tyre and see if there is front wheel/feet overlap, a dead giveaway.
Pete
Werehatrack wrote:
> I would recommend reporting your find to the local police. There is a good chance that the
> condition of the bike indicates a traffic accident was involved, and there is reason to suspect
> that they will want to see the unit.
It's probably just been dumped...if it had been in an accident I doubt anyone would have bothered to
unbolt the front wheel (don't think these things have QR) and take the tyre off!
"Peter B" <peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:bmul4s$e94$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> As a test fit a tyre and see if there is front wheel/feet overlap, a dead giveaway.
?? My custom built tourer has had wheel/feet overlap from new. I'd agree that the forks in question
are bent but your test doesn't prove anything.
Tim
In article <l1Akb.3321$B_2.347@okepread02>,
"frank121" <frank121@cox.netNOSPAM> wrote:
> Bent
it's called "rake"
are these forks bent?!
is the pope a catholic?! They're bent as bent as bent. absolutely bent. don't ride on them- when
forks go, you really know about it.
--
-- Chris
"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bmuo3e$r0fmj$1@ID-81538.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Peter B" <peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:bmul4s$e94$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > As a test fit a tyre and see if there is front wheel/feet overlap, a
dead
> > giveaway.
>
> ?? My custom built tourer has had wheel/feet overlap from new. I'd agree that the forks in
> question are bent but your test doesn't prove anything.
>
> Tim
Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
Reply from u.r.c.
Bent as a nine bob note :-)
--
Mark (MSA)
Bike shop assistant... "We couldn't repair your brakes, so we made your horn louder"!
Rake goes forward. These forks have that, in addition to the bend that goes back. They're both raked
and bent. The same thing happened to my fork and they look just like these. I've been told that I'd
be risking life, limb and face by riding these, so they've been retired.
--
Kovie kovie@earthlink.netizen
"Swampy" <no@email.com> wrote in message news:no-2E5EDD.15400119102003@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
> In article <l1Akb.3321$B_2.347@okepread02>,
> "frank121" <frank121@cox.netNOSPAM> wrote:
>
> > Bent
>
> it's called "rake"
"Pete Biggs" <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
news:bmuhpt$qjfou$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
> These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
Downright priapistic. (If it ain't a word it oughtta be :)
Bill "and that rear wheel seems a tad askew, too" S.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:28:45 +0000, Peter B wrote:
> As a test fit a tyre and see if there is front wheel/feet overlap, a dead giveaway.
Lots of bikes have front wheel/foot overlap, without being bent. This bike was crashed.
--
David L. Johnson
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From every corner of Europe, hundreds, (_)/ (_) | thousands would rise up to take our places.
Even Nazis can't kill that fast. -- Paul Henreid (Casablanca).
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:40:01 +0000, Swampy wrote:
> In article <l1Akb.3321$B_2.347@okepread02>,
> "frank121" <frank121@cox.netNOSPAM> wrote:
>
>> Bent
>
> it's called "rake"
No, that is called the result of a head-on crash.
--
David L. Johnson
__o | The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're _`\(,_ | still a rat. --Lilly
Tomlin (_)/ (_) |
"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bmuo3e$r0fmj$1@ID-81538.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Peter B" <peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:bmul4s$e94$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > As a test fit a tyre and see if there is front wheel/feet overlap, a
dead
> > giveaway.
>
> ?? My custom built tourer has had wheel/feet overlap from new. I'd agree that the forks in
> question are bent but your test doesn't prove anything.
Agreed. My road bike has about 3 or 4 inches of overlap and the forks are very not bent.
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:48:37 -0400, "David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:40:01 +0000, Swampy wrote:
>
>> In article <l1Akb.3321$B_2.347@okepread02>,
>> "frank121" <frank121@cox.netNOSPAM> wrote:
>>
>>> Bent
>>
>> it's called "rake"
>
>No, that is called the result of a head-on crash.
Perhaps because of a carelessly placed rake?
"Pete Biggs" <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
news:<bmuhpt$qjfou$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Hello r.b.t readers from u.r.c,
>
> These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
>
> (Bike rescued from a river!)
>
> cheers ~PB
Dear Pete,
Did you rescue this bike from the river by trolling?
(Sorry, couldn't resist it. Put the poor thing back.)
Carl Fogel
"Zog The Undeniable" <ggg@hhh.net> wrote in message news:bmukjm$v7v$2@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Werehatrack wrote:
>
> > I would recommend reporting your find to the local police. There is a good chance that the
> > condition of the bike indicates a traffic accident was involved, and there is reason to suspect
> > that they will want to see the unit.
>
> It's probably just been dumped...if it had been in an accident I doubt anyone would have bothered
> to unbolt the front wheel (don't think these things have QR) and take the tyre off!
It does have a QR on the front wheel actually. Simon
Pete Biggs wrote:
> These forks look well bent to me but is there a chance that they are supposed to be like this? :
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana.htm
>
> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zbanana1.htm
Well bent. But then it *is* a Raleigh Team Banana...
(dies)
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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