RE: [CR]For the bent Raleigh International Headtube??

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]For the bent Raleigh International Headtube??
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:42:19 -0800


Aldo Ross wrote:
> This might help - directions for using Park HST-1:
>
>http://membres.jexiste.org/docvelo/barnman/bar_ch8.pdf8

Aldo - I couldn't find any instructions for using the tool in that article - all I found was the advice NOT to use it at all:

"The Park HTS-1 is designed to push the head-tube angle back, but it does not repair the damage. The real problem with these buckled tubes is not the change of head-tube angle, but the buckling itself, [snipped] The only legitimate repair, consequently, is to have the damaged tubes replaced by a framebuilder. This option is rarely financially sensible. When buckled tubes are detected, always advise the customer the bike is unrideable and unrepairable."

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA