Power tools are never necessary, but they sure make things easy. Dremel with a grinding wheel will do the job in about 2 seconds per tab.
On Monday, September 5, 2016, ted <ted.ke...@comcast.net> wrote: > I filed off the lips on my SimpleOne fork the day I picked up my frame. I > used a hand file and it was easy and quick. I don't think a power tool is > necessary. > > On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 9:11:43 AM UTC-7, Tony DeFilippo wrote: >> >> My Saluki replacement fork I've been riding the past year or so can't >> from Waterford with some aggressive lawyer lips and in my haste to get the >> bike rolling again I missed the opportunity to get them removed before I >> had the fans and fork coated... It wasn't a big deal because I rarely >> removed the wheel but now that I'm using a fork mounted truck bed rack >> system it's getting to be a pain in the neck. >> >> I'm ok with having a touched up spot on the fork dropouts but was curious >> if anyone has done this to a Riv fork... Seems like the most cautious >> approach would be slow and steady with a file. A grinder of some kind >> would of course make quick work but potentially remove more material than >> I'm looking for. >> >> Any best practices out there? >> >> As an aside I really miss using my original (crashed) fork which was a >> bit slighter, less beefy looking, had a different crown and had splendidly >> lip-less dropouts. It starts at me mockingly from above my workbench all >> the time reminding me to always check/tighten my rack bolts! :) >> >> Tony >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Cheers, Scott Henry 937-607-4909 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
