A method of forming a claw portion of the front wheel journal fork of a bicycle, including the steps of axially squeezing a metal pipe, having one end of reduced section, between a pair of chuck electrodes, the electrode seating said reduced section end of the pipe having a die cavity of a desired shape for an intermediate form of the claw portion, while simultaneously applying an electric potential to said electrodes, whereby to soften and form said reduced section end of the pipe to a shape conforming to that of the die cavity, pressing said shaped end of the pipe to flatten said end, shearing said flattened end to a desired claw contour, and punching a hole and a slot in said flat and contoured claw portion.