My right foot slipped off my pedal and got sucked in between the spokes & fork. Completely stopped the bike & bent the fork bad. Kinda can’t believe my foot did this much damage. Any hope bending this back or am I in the market for a new fork?
by isurvivedy3k
7 Comments
Goddamn dude, is your foot ok??
If it’s a steel fork, I’d take to a bike shop and ask if they could gently bend it back. I’m pretty sure a licensed bike shop would say no for liability reasons, but you never know. If it’s aluminum, buy a new fork.
There’s no guarantee that this fork will be straight, ever. Just get a new fork. Is cheaper, easier and much more **straight**forward.
I had a friend who did this; The bike was fine but he snapped his ankle, broke the bone. He had to be picked up by an ambulance.
be thankful you don’t have an Exhaust!
Either you and your wheel are made of adamantium or this fork/bike is cheap material. I can’t imagine a fork bending like that whatever material it is, very lucky for your foot but as people say consider changing the fork or the bike if it’s going to bend like that next time you fall. Saw a bike been rolled on by a car last time and the fork wasn’t even close to yours haha
Wow. A new fork should be fairly easy to replace. A new ankle, not so much. I’m glad you’re ok.
Swap the fork out, it will never be right again as tubes will not be round and could fail there when you least want it to. We can assist in advising correct forks etc for the frame I’m sure. Local bike shop may have a parts bin too