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Meh.

My old Mercian had round forks and it was drilled. My current beater had round track forks until I switched to carbon threadless. As I recall they both worked fine from a braking POV.

It's just the theory as I understand it, it's not something I've ever tried/experienced. Same reason chainstays are ovalised in the direction they take the most stress. It's just stiffer that way.

Many people have drilled track forks and not died, of course.

As they are the original forks it seems a shame to fuck about with them from a history POV, as it's not ever going to be a "proper track bike" again. Plus the fact that you can get 1" chrome drilled forks fairly easily. But equally drilling a hole isn't the end of the world if it means you'll use it more.

Yeah, I agree.