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I noticed this crack in my carbon road fork, it feels like it's just the laquer/finish that is cracked.
What do you think?
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As it's on a fork I personally wouldn't risk it
There's a couple like that on my road forks. Hasn't made the slightest difference to their performance
Nick, do you think it's the laquer that has cracked rather than the fork?
I have not crashed or hit the fork and it has only covered about 1000km.
Could be the lacquer but it could also be your collar bone, jaw and three teeth along with a possible compound fracture of your wrist.
Personally I'd pay £100 to avoid any of the above.
It'll be the lacquer. Do you know what caused the scratch?
Isn't the crown of many carbon forks aluminium?
if that were my fork I'd be thinking that the backing of the brake blocks were hitting it and the leverage between them and the crown is causing a crack - they'll flex back a bit when you brake heavily and there doesn't appear to be much clearance there.
if it looks and feels liek a scrtach then I might risk it but if it looks like it's propogated from inside the laquer not outside it then I'd be nervous.
Chances are that they'll be 3 layers, carbon, laquer then some kind of coating, paint or gloss. So it could* be the lacquer. Just going off how my carbon frame is layered up
*Just as much as it could be something else ..