This is all really great advice. Thanks, everyone! I'm certainly
frustrated, but I also feel like I'm learning something new about bikes.
Your wisdom is appreciated.
Andy, the headset was not replaced. You ask great questions about the work
they did, and unfortunately, I don't know the answer. I'll probably reach
out directly to Waterford to learn more about what was actually done.
The plan is:
1) Get more info from Waterford
2) Replace the headset.
On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 7:30:05 AM UTC-5, ascpgh wrote:
>
> A bike that required frame and fork alignment from a front end crash
> deserves a new headset.
>
> Hopefully just an unstated part of all the work performed on your bike. I
> can't imaging clamping up a bike frame for cold set adjustment at a frame
> table with the pressed headset parts installed.
>
> Was the head tube re-prepped ("gaging" if no material removed?) prior to
> pressing the cup, race? Hopefully just assuring that the tool moves into
> the ends of the tube without slop or bind, and the mill faces quickly
> verify the ends to be parallel prior installing a fresh headset.
>
> Andy Cheatham
> Pittsburgh
>
> On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 5:27:06 PM UTC-5, John G. wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> First, a disclaimer: I may be crazy, and this may all be in my head.
>>
>> Backstory: Back in Oct, I collided with another cyclist while riding my
>> Atlantis. The fork and headtube were knocked out of alignment. Took the
>> bike to my shop, who sent it to one framemaker to get it realigned.
>> According to my shop, the framemaker did a decent job with the headtube,
>> but didn't quite get the fork right. So I'm told the fork went off to
>> Waterford, who realigned it and sent it back to the shop. There's no
>> documentation or receipts for any of this, but I have no reason to doubt
>> why my shop told me.
>>
>> Since getting the bike back from the shop, I've noticed that the handling
>> feels a bit off. Symptoms are:
>>
>> 1. The tracking feels wobbly, as if the bike has to work reaaaaaally hard
>> to hold a straight line. It's much more noticeable when I ride one-handed.
>> 2. This one is harder to explain, but a bit scarier: on long, gently
>> curving descents, the front end has a tendency to dip suddenly when I go
>> into the curve. There's then a feeling that the bike rights tries to right
>> itself, and it wobbles a bit more.
>>
>> Things I'm trying to rule out:
>> - front wheel is out of true. I'm 95% the wheel is true, but I haven't
>> put it into a truing stand.
>> - stem/handlebars are off-center. I'm driving myself crazy on this one,
>> but I'm pretty sure everything is centered.
>>
>> Any ideas? Any recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>
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