Re: [CR]RE:RIFLED STEER TUBE old question answered

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:15:34 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: CLASSICS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE:RIFLED STEER TUBE old question answered
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David Feldman wrote:
>
> I can also remember an admonishment in a 60's Brit cycling book to take
> those plugs out if you ride in the rain; the author had some idea that they
> could swell with water and split a steerer!
> David Feldman
> VAncouver, WA

What I have seen happen with plugs in the steerer is the tube rusting through at the top of the plug where the water collects.

Also, there are two styles of plugs: One, a 3" section of wood dowel inserted at the bottom of the steerer to keep the fork together if the steerer breaks at the fork crown or two, a piece of cork in bottom of steerer to keep grit from collecting inside that flies up from tire.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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