Originally Posted by
Dirtdrop
What can you tell me about the "ubiqitous wood plug"? Was it just a French thing? What's its function? I discovered that my PX10 has one when I disassembled it for painting and I'm very curious
Beautiful bike!
There's one in my 1915 Pierce track bike, so an American thing too. I think it adds strength to the steerer, or keeps any failure there from being catastrophic?