Your opinions about the following please..

Hi,

The following link will show you a small carbon part that replaces a "heavy"
compressor in a carbon fork pipe by a lightweight carbon cap:

http://www.schmolke-titan.de/carbon/...Kleinteile.htm

This part is said to avoid the fork being damaged by tightening the stem to
a given torque, by replacing the compressor (or something similar) by a
lightweight carbon cap and thus saving weight.

This part goes only into the carbon fork pipe to half the heighth of the
stem, so when tightening the upper bolts the fork has this part supporting
the fork walls. But the lower bolt of a stem is not suported by it.

Do you think this will be enough to avoid damage to a carbon fork?

TIA! Derk

I just found out there's an English article also:

http://www.schmolke-titan.de/carbon/...ndex_c_uk.html

I just found out there's an English article also:

http://www.schmolke-titan.de/carbon/...smal_parts.htm

Derk wrote:

Hi,

The following link will show you a small carbon part that replaces a "heavy"
compressor in a carbon fork pipe by a lightweight carbon cap:

http://www.schmolke-titan.de/carbon/...Kleinteile.htm

This part is said to avoid the fork being damaged by tightening the stem to
a given torque, by replacing the compressor (or something similar) by a
lightweight carbon cap and thus saving weight.

This part goes only into the carbon fork pipe to half the heighth of the
stem, so when tightening the upper bolts the fork has this part supporting
the fork walls. But the lower bolt of a stem is not suported by it.

Do you think this will be enough to avoid damage to a carbon fork?

That's a non-structural part. You could ride with no top cap on any
Aheadset and it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference, except
that water would run down the inside of your steerer tube. Once the
stem is tightened any preload device is redundant, and I think that's
what they're getting at on the webpage.

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

That's a non-structural part.
It's there to keep the fork from being damaged by the stem while tightening
it's bolts.

Once the stem is tightened any preload device is redundant, and I think
that's what they're getting at on the webpage.
Yeah, but is this short device enough to protect the fork while tightening
the lower bolt of the stem, since it doesn't go so deep inside the fork
that it will reach the level of the lower bolt of the stem.

Greets, Derk

Yeah, but is this short device enough to protect the fork while tightening
the lower bolt of the stem, since it doesn't go so deep inside the fork
that it will reach the level of the lower bolt of the stem.

I guess you answered your question here. Also it should be a very tight fit and it looks like the rubber ring is what keeps it in
place instead of a tight fit. It's almost impossible to have a tight fit on all forks because of varying wall thickness between
brands.


"Derk" wrote in message ...
Zog The Undeniable wrote:

That's a non-structural part.
It's there to keep the fork from being damaged by the stem while tightening
it's bolts.

Once the stem is tightened any preload device is redundant, and I think
that's what they're getting at on the webpage.
Yeah, but is this short device enough to protect the fork while tightening
the lower bolt of the stem, since it doesn't go so deep inside the fork
that it will reach the level of the lower bolt of the stem.

Greets, Derk

Ronald wrote:

I guess you answered your question here. Also it should be a very tight
fit and it looks like the rubber ring is what keeps it in place instead of
a tight fit. It's almost impossible to have a tight fit on all forks
because of varying wall thickness between brands.
No, there are a lot of various diameters available (.2mm increments). So
that's not the problem.

I just wonder if it shouldn't be necessary to have the whole thing cover the
complete stem heighth range.

Greets, Derk