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    Fork boots/gators for the lazy/cheap sob

    Go to supercrap and pickup a seat belt pad. This is nothing more than a fabric/foam pad that you zelcro around a seatbelt. Cut it in half and stretch it around both fork tubes. 4.99$ Done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgtp View Post
    Go to supercrap and pickup a seat belt pad. This is nothing more than a fabric/foam pad that you zelcro around a seatbelt. Cut it in half and stretch it around both fork tubes. 4.99$ Done.
    Will they maintain a modicum of integrity long enough to not get sucked into the seals?

    Are they vented to allow escape of condensation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Taylor View Post

    Are they vented to allow escape of condensation?
    Yep, wouldn't want anything that retains mosture to be clamped around my sliders...
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Yep, wouldn't want anything that retains mosture to be clamped around my sliders...
    At least not permanently - they'd wrinkle up like old prunes....

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    It's foam so doubt they'll be retaining too much of anything..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sable View Post
    It's foam so doubt they'll be retaining too much of anything..
    Yes, any moisture will go through the ''sponge'' and the chrome fork tubes ''will be soaking in it''.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Taylor View Post
    Yes, any moisture will go through the ''sponge'' and the chrome fork tubes ''will be soaking in it''.
    So it will sponge it down over every bump. It will get very clean!!

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    And your bike will look cute with half a Playboy bunny on each fork leg.

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    seems reasonable enough PROVIDED you take them off after each ride

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    I road my 80km communte for the first time in the wet today, I'll check them. They are not tight against the fork tubes, so the seals wont suck them in.

    If they get nice an wet underneath, I might try some silicone spray to waterproof them....and luckily I found one that did not have silly embroidered designs in pink thread. Thanks for the concerns, I was not aware that these problems can happen. I suppose even if I bought the 80 dollar neoprene ones, I'd still be taking them off alot to clean things up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sable View Post
    It's foam so doubt they'll be retaining too much of anything..
    It's not your brain we're talking about, OK?
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
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