Forks

Simonb256

HI all,

Two questions.

It looks lie I've bent the steerer on my forks due to not noticing the odd pothole (I add that I mainly ride when it's dark at the moment due to so little daylight at the moment).

They are OEM carbon forks with an alloy steerer.
Im guessing that this is a bit silly to still ride on? Thoguh they have to last me til the end of the month.

Anyway can someone suggest me a decent replacement fork sub £100?, assuming that the road I ride on are not tof the best condition. Ie lots of potholes etc

redddraggon

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Simonb256

I doubt they'd work too well with 700C wheels TBH.

I assumed I wouldnt have to state that being in the road section. Also brakesmight be an issue.

redddraggon

Simonb256 wrote:

I doubt they'd work too well with 700C wheels TBH.

I assumed I wouldnt have to state that being in the road section. Also brakesmight be an issue.

I was just thinking that if you've managed to bend a steerer by hitting potholes, you need something designed a bit more for the rough stuff.

You sure you had the fork set up right? It shouldn't have had enough play to be able to bend.

I've hit a car, which has destroyed the front wheel, but the fork didn't get damaged.

Simonb256

I do need to look at it properly, and some of these pothole are about 7inch or more deep, but when its dark and the potholes are full of water its a little hard to see them, so I have to try and remember where they are. Then imagine hitting them and over 20mph.

I did try to take my MTB to work yesterday but that killed as its a 7inch FR bike and theres a lot of climbing.

They are nasty cheap OEM thingy though... (the current forks with seemingly bent steerer)

SDP

i'm with RD ...be surprised if you had bent a fork steerer...