I was gonna buy new forks on my stopover in Greece, but the store was closed. I plan to ride for the next two months (light park and street) but where I'll be has no chance of buying bmx parts – in the Middle East.
How risky does it look? No cracks. But I realize the integrity of the forks are affected by such a dent
by TheDuckDucks
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i have a frame with a top tube dented in a similar way, it has lost all rigidity.
I wouldn’t take the risk with a fork.
Look up cold hardening to learn a little bit about the metallurgy and why this may be dangerous.
I’d say it’s fine for the 2 months. I’ve had a dent on my frame for years and I still use it lol
Just remember, when your forks snap, your face is hitting the pavement
Its fine for what you’re doing.
Everyone acting like they peformed FEA failure analyis and metallurgy of this fork over Reddit and determined its faulty.
It’s fine, never seen a fork crack where that dent is and even if it did the likelihood of it cracking completely on the dent then a cracking completely on the non dented side simultaneously and you eating concrete is next to nothing. Forks generally go on steerer tube welds when you see sudden instant failures