tyre rub and carbon forks

[e-rider]

whilst cleaning my bike recently I noticed some fairly deep scratches on my carbon forks.

they are under the fork crown and align with the tyre - I can only guess that due to my enormous power (and weight) the wheel has been flexing and on occasion, rubbing - the wheel is central though but it is pretty close clearance.

should this damage worry me? it's a fairly new bike so I don't want to be buying new forks!

 

[ianrauk]

Have that on my Roubaix. Though wouldn't say deep. Just looks like lacquer scratch. I think it's all the raod crap that is continually thrown up and out from the tyre rather then any sort of tyre rub.

 

[e-rider]

the strange thing with mine is that the lacquer looks to be fine - almost as if the scratches were already there and painted over!?!

It definitely lines up to where the tyre 'would' make contact.

I would actually like some new carbon forks as my steerer tube is quite short (cut at the factory) - I'd really like an extra 15mm. So although I'm not going to rush out and buy some now, perhaps something to think about over the winter ready for next summer

 

[Alien8]

I had these on my Allez and they seemed to be aligned with the little sticky-out bits from the tyre moulding making contact with fork. I wouldn't have thought there would be enough friction to mark the fork but I trimmed them off the tyre anyway and that was that.