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I get a rubbing/buzzing noise when I'm out of the saddle and my right foot is going down.
This suggests there some flexing going on it doesn't happen on the left rotation and the wheels are fairly new. Initially I thought it was my old wheels flexing as I rode them for months after the wear indicators appeared.
The bike is my commuting bike (99 Kona Kapu) and although the carbon forks have been sprayed they are old carbon strut bonded to a alloy crown/steerer type things. The paint had a hairline crack in it since I bought the frame/bike but appears for have deepened a bit, see pic below.
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Sorry about the image quality and the general uncleanliness of the bike. 😳
Basically I think I need some new forks but where can a get a decent is pair (budget for about £100) with a 1" steerer?
Any/all advice will be greatfully received.
that crack woudl worry me, you have given it a good wrench to see what it does?
As for the rubbing - should be easy to work out where that's coming from, by the type of noise? Chain/front mech or brake pads would be my first guesses.
cynic-al - Member
that crack woudl worry me, you have given it a good wrench to see what it does?As for the rubbing - should be easy to work out where that's coming from, by the type of noise? Chain/front mech or brake pads would be my first guesses
That mudguard would be my guess.
A wtd ad or ebay would find a suitable fork well under budget I would guess.
I would NOT ride that. Not worth the risk for the price of replacing it.
That looks rather broken to me,
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is a good place to start looking for a replacement
Someone I knows forks snapped just exactly about there a few weeks ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickw3216/6890420830/
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Different material, but that's got to be a high stress point on any fork. Bin it now!
cyclistm: it is the mudguard.
The cracks have worsened initially they were hairlines in the powder coating but now they are starting to look a bit more serious.
Oh - and riding rims past the wear limit can have pretty severe consequences.
yes mate that's the metal bits debonding from the carbon bits and working loose enough to start to crack the paint.
wont necessarily go bang, but if it does it could be very nasty indeed.
new fork o clock.
druidh - Member
Oh - and riding rims past the wear limit can have pretty severe consequences.
Wasn't intentional, just a case of non existent maintenance, then one day 'oh what are those marks'
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Happened to me, steering got a bit vague at 30 mph, so I slowed down very, very carefully.
Trek replaced the fork under their lifetime warranty; the frame and fork were about 10 years old..