What ya reckon, too short?
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pink poodle
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That looks solved.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Not when he cuts it too short and on an angle.
pink poodle
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I haven't done that for years! I use a cutting guide now.
Ideate
Senior Member
pffttt.. cutting guide? Torque wrench? It's all in the hands M80s.
pink poodle
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I'm only good with a large blunt thing in my hand...so big a few mm here or there wouldn't matter anyway...
I can't saw for shit.
rangersac
Medically diagnosed OMS
Thread reboot. What's the brains' trust verdict on this one, rideable? After getting the lower race as tight to the bottom of the fork crown as possible my ruler measurements are 7mm from top of steerer to the top of the stem. Externally from stem top to middle of the top bolt is 8mm, which lines up with the Mark 1 eyeball of the middle of the top bolt overlapping with the top of the steerer.
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
+1. Rangersac - It's your life mate, but NO. Frikken NO.
pink poodle
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What are you doing on the bike? If you're riding it, then it is probably too short. If you are hanging it on the wall or gifting it to your mother in law, then it's probably perfect.
Time for a new low profile stem.
Time for a new low profile stem.
sufferthesinglespeed
Likes Dirt
Rode my last hardtail with a steerer something like the last pic.
Bought forks 2nd hand with the short steerer and that combined with a fairly tall headtube made it impossible to get it right height.
Tube finished somewhere very close to the stem bolt. Was a single bolt style too. I'm a big fella but I wasn't doing anything too extreme. Still jumping and the likes, few big stacks and all.
Had that fork in there for almost a year without issue before getting a new set. Actually forgot all about it until I replaced them.
But that's just been me, wouldn't advise others do the same.
Bought forks 2nd hand with the short steerer and that combined with a fairly tall headtube made it impossible to get it right height.
Tube finished somewhere very close to the stem bolt. Was a single bolt style too. I'm a big fella but I wasn't doing anything too extreme. Still jumping and the likes, few big stacks and all.
Had that fork in there for almost a year without issue before getting a new set. Actually forgot all about it until I replaced them.
But that's just been me, wouldn't advise others do the same.
rangersac
Medically diagnosed OMS
Thanks gents, yeah it's a piss off, I reckon I need another 3-4mm only and then I'd be fine. Using a replacement stem is a bit tricky as it's a 120mm job, and most of the low stack ones are short. One option is the current top cap on headset is pretty chunky at 8mm. Might head for the LBS and see if they have an orphan flat top cap, as that would get me what I need. Alternatively what's the lowest stack external top cup 1 1/8th headset anyone know of? Currently stack height around 19mm
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bear the bear
Is a real bear
Lower topcap or weightweenies favourite no topcap?
pink poodle
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Grip could press a new steerer in...
stirk
Burner
A different top cap will definitely fix the issue.
pink poodle
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Is that a metric or a imperial bee's dick?
rangersac
Medically diagnosed OMS
Everyone knows that dicks are always measured in imperial units