I think I cut my carbon steerer too short.....

gtvlusso

Bollox!!

Thought I would "lo pro" my position - however, I was sick of having a ton of spacers on top of the stem....suffice to say, I measured, measured again....checked it - then broke the angle grinder out and cut the steerer on the wrong side of the tape - schoolboy error. I can still use the fork, but it means I have no adjustment at all....as I cannot place any spacers between the headset and the stem.....Lo pro forever! Hope there is enough steerer for the thing not to snap on a sprint!

Doh! :-(

Feltup

nicklouse

i would be more concerned if the stem top clamping bolt is below the top of the steerer.

mountainroadie

angle grinder !!!!!!!! :shock:

steerer guide
hacksaw
mask
was all that it needed :roll:

gtvlusso

mountainroadie wrote:

angle grinder !!!!!!!! :shock:

steerer guide
hacksaw
mask
was all that it needed :roll:

Why make a mistake over 20 minutes, when you can make it in a second.......

New fork on order....still, gave me a bike spend for this month....Cannot believe I did it, had it nicely set up in the work bench - even put away the TIG welder to make some more space to access cutting the fork better......

Allot to be said for angle grinders.....thats how my fixie got built!

mountainroadie

yeh but an angle grinder is overkill is it not

like an f-16 fighter jet dropping a 1000 lb bomb on a man to kill him ....

gtvlusso

mountainroadie wrote:

yeh but an angle grinder is overkill is it not

like an f-16 fighter jet dropping a 1000 lb bomb on a man to kill him ....

If it's good enough for America.......;-)

Nice clean, straight cut.......wrong fecking place.

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RedJohn

Oops ... but you could just have turned your stem upside down to get the rise ...

woodyonthebeach

I like the sound of your shed. Does it have a beer fridge as well.

But an angle grinder on carbon fibre........urm.......

jrduquemin

mountainroadie wrote:

yeh but an angle grinder is overkill is it not

like an f-16 fighter jet dropping a 1000 lb bomb on a man to kill him ....

That's how the yanks killed Al-Zarqawi, right?

mountainroadie

jrduquemin wrote:

mountainroadie wrote:

yeh but an angle grinder is overkill is it not

like an f-16 fighter jet dropping a 1000 lb bomb on a man to kill him ....

That's how the yanks killed Al-Zarqawi, right?

who is he :? if he was taliban he deserved a 50000lb bomb :twisted:

fossyant

It will be fine.....you'll just need to stretch that back a bit more.....arse up, head down..

gtvlusso

woodyonthebeach wrote:

I like the sound of your shed. Does it have a beer fridge as well.

But an angle grinder on carbon fibre........urm.......

I do - and an arm chair!

My beer fridge is a 1960 LEC fridge with locking door - it is sprayed Hotrod red with white "Shelby" stripes......how kitsch!

Pic of bike post new fork fitting - angle grinder used again, just made sure I cut the right mark!:

gtvlusso

Next job - rebuild wrecked sus forks from mtb (dog accident - seal blew open!):



Rest of bike hanging in the shed....:

redvee

Too tidy to be a shed! Looks like you bought in bulk the bar tape. If you like it why not, when you try and buy another roll you find you can't buy it

nicklouse

gtvlusso wrote:

My beer fridge is a 1960 LEC fridge with locking door - it is sprayed Hotrod red with white "Shelby" stripes......how kitsch!

Pics of fridge NOW.