Lower fork steering cap

[Frirish]

Hi everyone,

Do you know where I can find a cap to put in the hole at the bottom of the steering tube?
The idea would be to add a tracking device as there is lot of bike theft lately.

I found this "cork": Fork Cork by Miles Wide Industries by Obeswinney - Pinkbike

Any other ideas?

 

[slippery pete]

One Up EDC top cap kits come with a steerer plug. £23 and you throw all the top cap stuff away, so not the most cost effective.

 

[steve_sordy]

Those plugs that anglers use to protect the end of their glass fibre (or even carbon fibre) fishing rods. (What I used on my last mtb). They come in a huge range of sizes, just call in at any fishing tackle shop and they'll have a box of them.

The flip tops that come on the end of large packets of Smarties. (What I'm using on my Focus Jam2).

In short, anything round and with a modicum of resilience. If it won't stay in place, use an adhesive. On the mtb I used PVA adhesive which is a strong glue for absorbent materials but quite weak on plastic, rubber, metal (therefore perfect). I never lost one.

But I wouldn't rely on them to retain a tracking device.

 

[Tim1023]

Or get a motocross-style front mud guard:

Although, I can see that may be a personal taste thing.

 

[B1rdie]

Thinking of risk management, all forces of nature will act to drop anything you stuff there onto the front wheel, then, the impact or consequence of something hitting and loking the front wheel of a bike is the worst possible.
Only on pinkbike this kind of idea could be sold as a reasonable idea, thats why I quit my account on that site, they seriously endanger peoples lifes by marketing BS.

 

[steve_sordy]

I've just had another idea. If all you want is to keep the muck out, stick some helicopter tape across it.

 

[Mcharza]

Just take it easy. Drink one bottle of champagne and save the bottle cap