Kinesis recall urgent help

[macp]

As you may or may not know I am selling my kinesis Racelight and the recall issue has just been pointed out to me of which I was completely unaware. So with some urgency I dropped the forks out to check them. I can see no stickers and although the steerer tube is black its my opinion that its some kind of plastic wrapping as the tube sounds metallic to me giving off a metallic "ting" when tapping it and you can see alloy at the top of the tube. I assume then that its alloy and not carbon. Your opinions please folks.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

You could contact the suppliers Upgrade Bikes. They were very helpful when I faced the same problem, supplied new forks in just 2 days. They provide what looks like a comprehensive diagram here - http://shop.upgradebikes.co.uk/Cata...CELIGHT-T-CARBON-FORK-2003-2009-RECALL-NOTICE

 

[macp]

Im pretty certain the tube is alloy as you can see from the top of the tube and the metallic sound.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

They encourage you to raise any queries with them. The worst that can happen is that they send you a new pair of forks.

 

[S-Express]

Im pretty certain the tube is alloy as you can see from the top of the tube and the metallic sound.

It appears to be a carbon steerer, not alloy. The thing you can see in the top of the tube is the steerer expander bung, which is not a component part of the fork.

 

[macp]

It appears to be a carbon steerer, not alloy. The thing you can see in the top of the tube is the steerer expander bung, which is not a component part of the fork.

But how do you explain the metallic sound when tapping the shaft ?

Surely a carbon tube would give off a dull hollow sort of sound ?

 

[Venod]

Has it got one of these Star Nuts fitted, if so it will be alloy, a Star Nut should not be fitted to a carbon steerer.

If it has something like this below fitted, its probably carbon, but you can fit them to alloy, they are easily removable, so f it is one of these take it out for further investigation.

 

[S-Express]

But how do you explain the metallic sound when tapping the shaft ?

If it looks like carbon, it probably is carbon. Unless you can upload a file of the sound it makes, your impression of what sounds like alu might very well be different to others.

Has it got one of these Star Nuts fitted, if so it will be alloy, a Star Nut should not be fitted to a carbon steerer

He's already posted a pic which shows a carbon steerer bung installed in the top of the steerer tube.

 

[Venod]

He's already posted a pic which shows a carbon steerer bung installed in the top of the steerer tube.

Yes I had difficulty deciding what was fitted, hence my post
I think you are right with " if it looks like carbon it probably is" I have never seen a black alloy steerer.

 

[vickster]

Contact Kinesis for new forks if there is even a teeny bit of doubt. Someone died if I recall as a result of a Kinesis fork failing