Lever on frame below the stem - any ideas?

jembo28
jembo28 Posts: 4
in MTB workshop & tech


Can anyone tell me what this lever does please?
It’s on a 2016 Cube Aim SL 27.5 if that helps

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  • steve_sordy
    steve_sordy Posts: 2,453
    edited September 2020
    I have never seen that before. Every bike I have ever seen just has a gaping hole there which is just the entry to the inside of the fork steerer. I tend to plug that hole with something plastic to stop if filling with mud. The best thing I found was what anglers use to protect the ends of their fibre glass fishing rods during transit, like this:

    And fits like this:

    I drilled a small hole in the plug to let air in to avoid condensation forming.

    As you can see,yours looks like a easily removable version of mine (mine was glued in). Just move the lever and it should fall out or at least be easily pulled out.

    Let us know if I was right.

    But of course it could be a new tension device to preload the headset bearings by exactly the correct amount. (I don't know I'm guessing). :)
  • reaperactual
    reaperactual Posts: 1,185
    I'll hazard a total guess too as, like Steve never seen anything like that before.

    A fitting for a removable mud guard perhaps?🤔
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    tool storage? ie something like a fork cork
  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    Take it out and see what's inside.
    “Life has been unfaithful
    And it all promised so so much”

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,853
    What happens if you push, pull or turn it?
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  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    I too haven't seen the like
    Being curious I had a look around and could not find another of your model/year with the same device...

    image

    I wonder what a Cube dealer would have to say?
  • jembo28
    jembo28 Posts: 4
    Lots of good ideas here... will have a more detailed look tomorrow and report back!
  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    It looks a bit like a camera quick mount. It’s similar to the mount I used to use for my VIRB camera, but I never mounted it there.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    perhaps it's a secret storage space used to import heroin into Germany from the far east.
  • reaperactual
    reaperactual Posts: 1,185
    I think darkhairedlord is on the money! Sounds so obvious now you mention it!🤣
  • karljeff72
    karljeff72 Posts: 64
    Not showing up on the stock photo.

  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    It's a protective plug left in from the manufacturing process. ?
  • mankybianchi
    mankybianchi Posts: 117
    Well done reaperactual, it's the quick release part for a Topeka defender mudguard

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