Retro-modern fusion gravel build madness. The new Superb!

[Mickeyspinn]

@Guinessisgoodforyou - how's your sphincter?

Just noticed in the video the bike looks French - Mafac brake levers and a very French looking headset

I think woz there's a little rich retirement vein you could tap into in France.....

 

[M_Chavez]

@Woz @Guinessisgoodforyou - for a mass produced jobbie I would agree - that's the best way to sort out a bent fork.

But my latest acquisition deserves to be repaired, restored, repainted and licked every evening before going to bed

The extent of the damage is quite severe unfortunately. Will create a new thread for it once I confirm that at least the frame is salvageable...

 

[M_Chavez]

or which plane the damage is on

All of them by the looks of it.
Does that make things easier?

 

[M_Chavez]

In other news, I got the only cantis that should ever be installed on a French bike.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

All of them by the looks of it.
Does that make things easier?

Er no

 

[Woz]

All of them by the looks of it.
Does that make things easier?

 

[M_Chavez]

@Woz

Initial assessment - sideways impact that has bent the crown(!). Steerer appears straight, as do the blades. They probably ain't, but most of the damage seems to be around the crown area.
Will need a reasonably accurate jig to check everything.
*Probably good idea to build a jig anyway, as my bojack doesn't track - not enough to stop me from riding him, but enough for me to want to correct things.

Will finish stripping the bike tomorrow and if there's any chance of resurrecting it, will start a thread.

 

[Imlach]

@Woz

Summoning demons, is that what it's got to?

 

[M_Chavez]

PS the fork is aluminium, so should be safe once bent back, surely?

 

[M_Chavez]

Nah just kidding.
Steel of course.

I thought that with steel if it bends back then it's safe? If it snaps, then it snaps.