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New carbon bike hole on forks

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  • February 14, 2017 at 9:21 am #26782
    clubman

    Hi,
    I have bought a new bike,but the forks have a small hole(2mm)on the inside.Its more like a cavity,as it has carbon behind it.
    Will this be ok,or should I send it back?
    Thanks

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  • March 20, 2017 at 9:41 pm #887149
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    clubman

    I ended up keeping the bike
    I ended up keeping the bike,as it was in the sale,so saved me £500,and I didnt want to miss out on it(they were almost sold out)
    Plus I couldnt be arsed packing it and all the hassle of returning.
    They gave me 20 quid back.
    It also has testing figures in the nanuak,so it should have passed the stress tests
    The frame is warranted for 3 years,so if anything is gonna go wrong,it will hopefully be within that time.
    Not had an problems so far.

    March 20, 2017 at 7:52 pm #887147
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    mikebelluk

    That looks like it there was

    That looks like it there was a bit of clag in the mould when it was made, which would be a cosmetic rather than a structural fault, however if you’re not 100% happy get it replaced.

    March 20, 2017 at 6:23 pm #887145
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    ttthew

    I just bought a Cube Attain

    I just bought a Cube Attain GTC PRO and found a similar hole on the inside of one of the forks when I got it home. How did you get yours sorted? 

    February 16, 2017 at 7:17 pm #887143
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    clubman

    Its a cube attain
    Its a cube attain

    February 16, 2017 at 6:42 pm #887141
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    CXR94Di2

    Those forks look to be poorly
    Those forks look to be poorly finished. It is probably a drain hole, or breather hole during manufacture. What make of fork are they? Another photo slightly further away.

    February 14, 2017 at 6:17 pm #887139
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    Swiss

    Send it back
    Send it back

    February 14, 2017 at 6:16 pm #887137
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    clubman

    It has threaded holes for mud
    It has threaded holes for mud guards,but this is one hole that is not unifotm…zoom in on photo,you will see that its clearly a flaw in manufacture

    February 14, 2017 at 5:48 pm #887135
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    flobble

    cjwebb wrote:

    cjwebb wrote:
    It looks like a drainage hole. I have similar on my Specialized. Do you have same hole on both forks?

    e.g. for mounting mudguards…

    February 14, 2017 at 5:08 pm #887133
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    clubman

    Swiss wrote:

    Swiss wrote:
    What bike is It?

    Its a Cube Attain

    Im pretty sure its not a drainage hole as its not uniform.Zoom in on photo to see what I mean.
    Plus its not actually a hole.As I said,its more like a cavity in the carbon.It has carbon inside,so im not sure if purely cosmetic.

    February 14, 2017 at 3:49 pm #887131
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    cjwebb

    It looks like a drainage hole
    It looks like a drainage hole. I have similar on my Specialized.

    Do you have same hole on both forks?

    February 14, 2017 at 3:28 pm #887129
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    Swiss

    What bike is It?
    What bike is It?

    February 14, 2017 at 10:24 am #887127
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    clubman

    Yeah,thats what I thought.I
    Yeah,thats what I thought.I will phone them and see what they say.
    Thanks

    February 14, 2017 at 9:55 am #887125
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    waynem1983

    100% return it. Not worth the

    100% return it. Not worth the risk and if you spent a lot of money you expect a perfect product. 

    February 14, 2017 at 9:45 am #887123
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    clubman

    Photo of hole
    Photo of hole

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