Following on from a previous thread, where the concensus was this was a crack:

I’ve now dropped the forks out and it looks like a deep scratch to me, thoughts?

On the back of my carbon forks there is also what appears to be a deep scratch, would have to be at a right angle to line up with the headtube (I assume these are fine):

Scratch.

+1 Scratch.

Sweet, should I be worried about the forks?

how do you manage to sctratch it there? plus corners are a weak point, and it starts on the corner.

im going with crack

Not sure, could of come from the bike rack at work?

Been in the car?

scratch, or crack on the lacquer. keep on riding.

Scratch

sand the lacquer back to make sure. does look like a scratch, tbh, but if it’s a crack it’s a big one!

Thanks for all the replies, its back together now and I’ll be riding it back to work on Monday.

I will keep an eye on it and mark the end of the scratch with a marker to see if it grows.

float – there is a mark on the forks AND the frame – how do you suggest that two cracks on two separate componants would crack in a similar place like that ?

scratch

Scratch