Missing Screw connecting frame to fork?!?! What to do?
 

This screw is randomly missing after a storage period and now the fork and frame don't hold together. Whats it called and how do I get another? Thanks

http://i.imgur.com/MnCcYbL.jpg

Maybe so but what is this a picture of?

labeled for you

You are missing a fork mounted cable stop. Go to a bike shop.

Or change to a fork steerer (headset spacer) cable stop, and leave the fork alone. To do that, go to a bike shop.

That's what I was afraid of. Glad you turned it right side up. Much easier to see. A screw in that screw hole doesn't hold the frame and fork together. On your type bike it is where the cable stirrup (hanging?) that operates the brakes along with the levers is fastened. Um, I wonder if your local bike shop (aka LBS) would have a screw for that. Hard to tell. I guess you had better ask them. And if your fork is loose, it isn't because of that.

The baby bike bolt thief strikes again.

The hole you reference has nothing to do with holding the fork and frame together. If you don't know that I strongly suggest you take your bike to a shop so they can address the problem for you.

Getting this wrong would be catastrophic.

Are your stem and handlebars also missing? If they are, go to a bike shop.

If the fork and frame are not "holding together", it's not due to a lack of screw in that hole.

I think we need a new term for this kind of stuff: pseudo-troll. I mean what is going on here? Despite being a member for several years, this is my first winter of real activity on the 41. Maybe this is just what happens when the weather gets bad.

That hole looks way to low to be a cable stop.

Go to Cannondale's web page, and check out there cyclocross brake mounts. There is a goofy gooseneck mounted there, which is why the OP needs to go to a bike shop.

yes this looks familiar. Once I accidentally my whole front brake. Bike was never the same again

So there is. I stand corrected.

Yeah, it could just be there in case the fork is used with caliper brakes. Honestly I don't know. I can't see enough to know where the cable stop/stirrup would go, so I just figured it was there. What we know for sure is the hole has nothing to do with fixing the fork in the head tube.

I have no idea what you are saying, but how do locals pronounce the name of your location? I only ask as I am from McLean, NY, and I hear the name get butchered by every non-local. For us, proper is Mic-Lane. Others default to Mac-Leen.

I'm pretty sure the mispronunciation is due to the erstwhile fast food sandwich of the same name. The Mac had to be pronounced Mac because it referred to Macdonalds. The Lean had to be pronounced Leen to signify the low fat patty. Have you no appreciation for the cultural implications of finer cuisine? I am disappointed in your lack of culture (that's pronounced cultcha BTW).

...has anyone yet said, "go to a bike shop" ?

whats a goofy gooseneck, confused??

I used to have a 'cross bike as my main ride (a Lemond Poprad). It had a headset-mounted housing stop but it caused a lot of shimmying in the front wheel when I'd brake hard, so I replaced it with a fork-mounted housing stop. Something similar to this:

http://harriscyclery.net/merchant/37...arge/cah60.jpg

OP, it doesn't look like one was mounted there on the your bike, as there's no wear or scuffing around the screw-hole. There's probably a headset-mounted housing stop on your bike, something similar to this:

http://harriscyclery.net/merchant/37...arge/brh28.jpg

If that's the case, you don't need anything else to hook up your front brake. If that's not the case, you'll need to get one of either type of housing stop and install it along with the cable from the brake lever.

Of course... given your original post I think that's probably well beyond you and you should probably go straight to your local bike shop to have them fix it. No offense intended.

fork crown cable hanger

often colloquially called a "crack pipe" for reasons I don't understand

http://www.cannondale.com/catalog/pr.../category/916/ Check out the cable stop mount.

http://www.cyclocrossworld.com/asset...rjg4dkz8_b.jpg

Oh, well. Late again...