[CR]Do my eyes deceive me? (Is this fork bent?)

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From: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 02:23:00 -0400
Subject: [CR]Do my eyes deceive me? (Is this fork bent?)

A member on another forum posted this pic of a Rossin track bike:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2907537886_d56640673d_b.jpg

It appears to my eye that the fork is a wee bit bent...The owner insists th at it isn't. The tire clearance between the downtube and front wheel also looks suspicio usly close. Rossin track bikes are known to have steep headtube angles (74-75 degrees). ..Can anyone confirm that such a tight geometry is in fact a standard featu re of Rossin pistas? Or has the geometry of this bike been "altered"?

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