Originally Posted by
Flatballer
Looks more like a gouge from a rock than a crack, but it's hard to tell from a picture.
Have your LBS take a look at it. I think it's probably fine though. That area often gets scratched up.
It does, sort of. The problem for me is trying to figure out how a road tire could have picked up a rock, or whatever, and done that. The bike has seen only road miles (4,000 or so), never been crashed and if something ever got picked up and whirled around in there I've managed to forget that it happened.
Also, I want to ask how you guys post photos on this sight. I thought that I had done so but it seems not. If it can be easily explained, thanks.