What's Up with my Carbon Fork

[timwa]

Hi all,

so my newly arrived XMI 29er fork has a small blemish in the region where the bearing sits. See:



It looks like it is maybe a bit or carbon sitting on the aluminium that I need to scrape off, but then I wonder if the aluminium has been turned after production and it has been cut thru to reveal carbon underneath?  Not knowing how these are made, it is a little hard to say.

Anyone seen this before and can shed some light?

Thanks

[timwa]

So advice from XMIPLAY is to not worry about it.  Apparently all their forks look like that ??

[Oolak]

It honestly looks ok to me too. I say as long as the bearings seat correctly and everything, I wouldn't worry about it.