Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Hi!
Can you:
1. Attach the files as an image here using the "Go Advanced" button as most of us aren't going to cut and paste the URL from a Google Drive
2. Can you let us know where you're commuting?
I can't cuz it says I need at least 10 posts to be able to share links.
I commune in a new suburb near Cairo egypt. alot of roads aren't well asphalted and so they are more of dirt, holes and unfinished layers of road work around.
Originally Posted by
JonathanGennick
Does that left stanchion rub against anything when you park the bike? Or when you store the bike? Hitting bumps in the road seems unlikely to cause scratches like those in the photos.
the bike came with a stand when I bought it, your question is interesting because I was asking myself the same question, I did have a small accident last week and fell of the bike, no damage happened except for ascratch on the brake lever. the left one so it's the same side of the scratched stanchion, it's a possibility but the stanchion is recessed and if so the fork body would sustain the scrub instead of the stanchion!? I'm not sure. it's really hard to see the scratches under normal lights, I don't think I would even have noticed them if I wasn't shining my headlamp on it.
Originally Posted by
Aubergine
Can you feel the scratches if you run the edge of a fingernail over them? If not, I would get some metal polish and smooth it as much as possible.
ok I just went and did that and the feeling on the my finger nail seems consistent and the same between the 2 stanchions fingertips and fingernails.
I have another question, will the aspect 960 last, I ride 4-5 times a week 20km each, and I maintain the chain and lube once a week. is it a good bike overall for a beginner?
thanks