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Old 03-12-15 | 08:59 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

I have two bikes with Easton carbon forks that are 100% carbon, even the dropouts, and they have no metal reinforcements. I have always tightened the qr skewers (Shimano and Campy internal cam type) to the same tension as I do for aluminum and steel dropouts and have never had any problems. After 33,000 miles on one bike and 29,000 on the other, if I was going to damage the dropouts I believe the problem would have shown up by now.
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