chip in Carbon fork

Okay I drove into the garage with the bike on the roof rack and my Coda
carbon fork showed surface cracking at the crown. Although I couldn't get
the fork to creak, click, deform, or budge, I decided to have it replaced
("the wages of fork failure is death"). My LBS installed a Kinesis fork and
when I picked it up it had a small (1mm) chip out of the black paint or
clearcoat on the crown bend. What do you think? IS this acceptable or
would you bitch? The shop always gives me good service and when I pointed
out the chip the mechanic shrugged and said, "Hmm, I musta nicked it with a
tool or something... Ok, your total comes to ...."
Mark Atwell
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Snake -o-m wrote:
: would you bitch? The shop always gives me good service and when I pointed
: out the chip the mechanic shrugged and said, "Hmm, I musta nicked it with a
: tool or something... Ok, your total comes to ...."

Well, a nick in the clearcoat isn't a great problem, but any decent LBS
would replace the fork under their insurance.

Arthur

Snake- My LBS installed a Kinesis fork and
when I picked it up it had a small (1mm) chip out of the black paint or
clearcoat on the crown bend. BRBR
Not a structural problem but the response-" the mechanic shrugged and said,
"Hmm, I musta nicked it with a
tool or something... Ok, your total comes to ...." BRBR

Is not satisfactory...

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Thanks boys, I'm thinking of just using a black marker or black gloss paint
to cover up the ding... The LBS manager is a buddy and gives me great deals
on everything I want and I don't want to gripe about something cosmetic...
Snake
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Okay I drove into the garage with the bike on the roof rack and my Coda
carbon fork showed surface cracking at the crown. Although I couldn't
get
the fork to creak, click, deform, or budge, I decided to have it
replaced
("the wages of fork failure is death"). My LBS installed a Kinesis fork
and
when I picked it up it had a small (1mm) chip out of the black paint or
clearcoat on the crown bend. What do you think? IS this acceptable or
would you bitch? The shop always gives me good service and when I
pointed
out the chip the mechanic shrugged and said, "Hmm, I musta nicked it
with
a
tool or something... Ok, your total comes to ...."


Having very recently sanded out a clear nick and resprayed a carbon fork
myself, I think you paid for a pristine fork.

If they offered you the choice of a good one or this dinged one, at what
differential value would you take this one? If you are going to pursue
this
with the owner of the shop, do it right away so there's no issue of where
that ding came from.

And it isn't just carbon, either. If the same paint were gouged out of a
new steel frame you'd be right to ask about an adjustment.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

"Snake" -o-m wrote in message . net...
Thanks boys, I'm thinking of just using a black marker or black gloss paint
to cover up the ding... The LBS manager is a buddy and gives me great deals
on everything I want and I don't want to gripe about something cosmetic...
Snake
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If its just a "chip" in the clear coat and the carbon is now showing,
just put some clear nail polish on it and ride....

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"Snake" -o-m wrote in message . net...
Thanks boys, I'm thinking of just using a black marker or black gloss paint
to cover up the ding... The LBS manager is a buddy and gives me great deals
on everything I want and I don't want to gripe about something cosmetic...
Snake
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If its just a "chip" in the clear coat and the carbon is now showing,
just put some clear nail polish on it and ride....

I would not worry about it, especially since it is such a small 1mm
nic. Now it it was a gauge in the carbonfiber that is something else.
I build custom bikes all the time and somethimes stuff like this
happens. In a couple you will probably have a rock chip or two and not
even notice it is there.