I've installed the
bike pod as instructed but it skews the front wheel causing the brake to rub. My Reynolds Ouzo pro fork has a small lip on the inside where the wheel hub meets the fork. This protrusion causes the
bike pod to sit at an angle which, in turn, throws off the wheel alignment. As I understand it, most bicycle forks have this lip in order to prevent the front wheel from dropping out of the fork if the wheel skewer becomes loose.
Does anyone have a solution?
At first glance, I think it's a design flaw by
Suunto. Maybe an odd-shaped washer could be fabricated to complete the half circle of the fork "lip" and thereby create a flat surface for the
pod to sit against. Two potential drawbacks to this solution are (1) the wheel could be pushed to far to one side of the fork and (2) this safety feature of the fork would be negated.
Alternatively, the shape of the
pod could be modifed into an "L" shape that would allow the
pod to be installed on the outside of the fork but still give enough clearance around the fork to come in contact with the spoke magnet.
I suppose the lip could be filed off of the fork too but I'd rather not mess with that.