Bicycle Mechanics - A cork in my unicrown fork?

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jeff williams
04-25-04, 02:36 PM
So i'm sanding this Ritchey Force Directional unicrown fork FOR THE SECOND TIME in a week.
Don't ask...
Anyway, the underside hole (over the wheel) had a cork jammed deep in it (unknown vintage).
I assume that Ol'Tom put it there, a water guard, or a luck of the Irish thing? ...Should I put a new cork in after the paint?
It IS very wet in my part of the country.

Wierd question i'll admit..anybody else ever find one?

Retro Grouch
04-25-04, 04:38 PM
So i'm sanding this Ritchey Force Directional unicrown fork FOR THE SECOND TIME in a week.
Don't ask...
Anyway, the underside hole (over the wheel) had a cork jammed deep in it (unknown vintage).
I assume that Ol'Tom put it there, a water guard, or a luck of the Irish thing? ...Should I put a new cork in after the paint?
It IS very wet in my part of the country.

Wierd question i'll admit..anybody else ever find one?

I wouldn't. If water ever finds its way into the steerer tube (and it will), it won't have a convenient way out till it eats a hole in the tube. The more you ride in the rain the more important drain holes become.