Spider removal from steerer tube

^ Cuban Pete, lol.

Find an Australian. They know how to deal with these things.

I did think about this, but as it is not the size of a dinner plate I thought they might have trouble finding it.

place the fork near a bright light that shines into the tube. Leave it for a while and the spider will leave to find somewhere dark to hide.

This idea sounds remarkably practical.

@Pifko, doesn't Gary mind the movement? My concern is that by having to remove the web to get the front wheel back in I have destroyed Cuban Pete's food source, so his long term outlook is not so good.

I did think I could leave the bike out in the rain, and the rain might wash the spider out. But the key learning from Itsy Bitsy Spider seems to be that this is a waste of time, because as soon as the sun comes out he'll be back up that steerer tube faster than you can say Jack Robinson.