Guessing my gravel fork needs replacing ? .. or is it ok ?

Had a very muddy day out on the Arkose yesterday , cleaned it today and found out the mud and rubbish had rubbed slightly more off than just the paint inside the fork legs ! … clearance isnt the best as its a 2014 arkose , so not massive clearance like modern forks, but always been ok up till now ….. Its more a Gravel only clearance !!
so question is .. ok to ride still or source another fork with more clearance ?
any recommendation’s on forks ?

I’d still ride that but I would keep an eye on it over the next few years/decade.

Personally I’d ride it still and down size to a CX mud tyre rather than fat gravel in  the winter.

2nd pic looks like it took just the paint off, 1st pic its cirtainly down to the carbon but doesn’t look too bad in my unqualified, just glance at a photo, opinion.

Helitape it twice and ride it? Worth keeping an eye on, but I have a similar thing with a seat tube on an xc bike.

Sand it and few wraps of epoxy and carbon? Then smaller tyre!

I’m not an expert.
But I’d paint over that and keep riding.
Maybe fit a narrower tyre.

I don’t know whether you can just add some more epoxy to replace the material that’s worn off.[Edit, I see someone has already also suggested this] Then helitape as above.

I’m usually in the “just ride it, it’ll be fine” camp, but this one is making me uneasy. Hopefully someone with actual knowledge can chime in.

I’d be replacing it, but only so I had a fork that worked with the setup I want (rather than fear of sudden rapid deconstruction)

Here’s my Arkose fork, as you say clearances aren’t quite to latest trends. I posted this on the Arkose thread asking the same question as you, and Jameso (the designer) posted to say the forks were pretty overbuilt in that area so might be ok.

As others have said, protective tape to stop more wear and keep a (regular) eye on it but I’d keep riding it. Have to confess I ended up upgrading to a later Arkose with much better tyre clearance soon after, and recently got a rigid 29er with clearance for 29×3″ rubber!

I did the same to my Arkose 2 over a couple of winters, similar scuffage as the Arkose SS (splatter paint) above. The forks are a stock spec from a supplier and I’m wary when anything has gone through carbon past the outer layer.
They are thick in that area, yes. I have some cross-section photos somewhere. I can’t remember if those particular forks were 1-pc or bonded crown and legs. Both have a lot of material there though. I’d keep an eye on it for sure, it’s carbon after all and if it goes… : /

The forks are 395mm A-C and 50mm offset if you want to get a replacement. Evans binned all theirs a while back.

Cheers all ..@ JAMESO .. Binned them all .. wow ! … cheers for all the advise