Visible Crack in Fork
08-21-21, 10:06 AM
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You't think, right? I can imagine seeing socks over shoes from this person.
08-21-21, 10:28 AM
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It's great that you spotted this, and you even investigated it further. You know you are going to replace it. If nothing else because you put the MoJo on looking into and posting this thread. So now comes another decision and that is...
Do I replace it with another one just like it?
Replace it with Steel or Aluminum?
Either way its replacement is going to bring ya much relief...
Note: I don't have a Carbon bike, but its not because I don't want one... Ha
Do I replace it with another one just like it?
Replace it with Steel or Aluminum?
Either way its replacement is going to bring ya much relief...
Note: I don't have a Carbon bike, but its not because I don't want one... Ha
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08-22-21, 01:27 AM
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If this were my fork, I'd replace it.
Not because it's cracked... it isn't. The line is where the aluminum dropout fitting was glued into the carbon fork blade.
Not even because there's been structural damage to the carbon fiber tubing... there probably hasn't been. (Although I have no confidence in my ability to sand carbon fiber without damaging it.)
I'd replace it because, while I often have conversations with the voices in my head while riding, I wouldn't enjoy it if one of them occasionally whispered, "Hey... what about that fork? You know, if it broke right now, you'd totally die..." just as I'm braking into a hard downhill right-hander. (Yeah, yeah, I know. Sometimes they lie, and they're often wrong. But they don't always lie, and sometimes they're right.)
--Shannon
Not because it's cracked... it isn't. The line is where the aluminum dropout fitting was glued into the carbon fork blade.
Not even because there's been structural damage to the carbon fiber tubing... there probably hasn't been. (Although I have no confidence in my ability to sand carbon fiber without damaging it.)
I'd replace it because, while I often have conversations with the voices in my head while riding, I wouldn't enjoy it if one of them occasionally whispered, "Hey... what about that fork? You know, if it broke right now, you'd totally die..." just as I'm braking into a hard downhill right-hander. (Yeah, yeah, I know. Sometimes they lie, and they're often wrong. But they don't always lie, and sometimes they're right.)
--Shannon
But if not taken to the limit, chances are very good that you will spot something is developing before it actually fails totally. I mean, we all need our lucky star, guardian angels, else nobody would survive to old age.
