CF Fork Dropouts?

I have a carbon fork with the carbon going all the way to
the dropout. I've never seen another fork like that - every
other CF fork I've seen uses aluminium dropouts. I make a
point of not using extreme quick release pressure and the
dropout has shown no more then slight cosmetic damage.

Bruce

"Shawn Amir" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The blurb for Cannondale's new frame says they have carbon
fiber dropouts

on

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the forks. I had not heard of this before... (I suspect
these might be Time forks since that is what the Caad7
had.) Can people in the know comment on this?

I am ok with Carbon forks, steerer, frame, stems, and
handlebars, but dropouts seem to get a little scary. I
would guess the normal mode is one of

compression

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due to the QR skewers, but my Al ones have indentations
worked in them from my zealous tightening. Won't this just
crunch and crack CF dropouts in short order--perhaps
removing surface chunks with each application?

Cheers, Shawn

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I have a carbon fork with the carbon going all the way to
the dropout. I've never seen another fork like that - every
other CF fork I've seen uses aluminium dropouts. I make a
point of not using extreme quick release pressure and the
dropout has shown no more then slight cosmetic damage.

sounds scary. Trying to balance enough pressure so that your
wheel doesn't pop out with too much pressure that might
damage the dropout. How much weight can these drop outs
save? I can't see the weight savings making up for the risk.
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Alex

Bruce Frech said:

I have a carbon fork with the carbon going all the way to
the dropout. I've never seen another fork like that - every
other CF fork I've seen uses aluminium dropouts. I make a
point of not using extreme quick release pressure and the
dropout has shown no more then slight cosmetic damage.

The carbon-legged fork on my Giant TCR2 seems to have carbon
dropouts. tinyurl.comjwebOpen ↗

I also have no more than slight cosmetic damage, and I also
make a point of not using excessive force.
--
Rick Onanian

Perhaps they are just as strong or stronger. And perhaps
weight is not an issue, but durability. When you use
continous fibers then you don't have to worry about the
junction and the glue.

I'm not scared, I just don't use excessive force. I use
similar force that I usually use for front wheel skewers.

Bruce

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I have a carbon fork with the carbon going all the way to
the dropout.

I've

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never seen another fork like that - every other CF fork
I've seen uses aluminium dropouts. I make a point of not
using extreme quick release pressure and the dropout has
shown no more then slight cosmetic damage.

sounds scary. Trying to balance enough pressure so that
your wheel

doesn't

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pop out with too much pressure that might damage the
dropout. How much weight can these drop outs save? I can't
see the weight savings making up for the risk.
---------------
Alex