I was under the impression that Waterford dropouts were always stainless. Paint not necessary.
I've done it in the past with a file, but after having a bike fork slide out of a fully clamped but old Thule roof top fork mount rack I keep them on. -Dave J On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 12:11:43 PM UTC-4, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > My Saluki replacement fork I've been riding the past year or so can't from > Waterford with some aggressive lawyer lips and in my haste to get the bike > rolling again I missed the opportunity to get them removed before I had the > fans and fork coated... It wasn't a big deal because I rarely removed the > wheel but now that I'm using a fork mounted truck bed rack system it's > getting to be a pain in the neck. > > I'm ok with having a touched up spot on the fork dropouts but was curious > if anyone has done this to a Riv fork... Seems like the most cautious > approach would be slow and steady with a file. A grinder of some kind > would of course make quick work but potentially remove more material than > I'm looking for. > > Any best practices out there? > > As an aside I really miss using my original (crashed) fork which was a bit > slighter, less beefy looking, had a different crown and had splendidly > lip-less dropouts. It starts at me mockingly from above my workbench all > the time reminding me to always check/tighten my rack bolts! :) > > Tony > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
