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spud-face · January 2010

wotcha all,

i don't suppose anyone knows the minimum length steerer you can fit on a claud butler cape wrath do they? left my bike at work so can't measure it. just wondering whether 183mm would fit, as bidding time's running out.

cheers for any help
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delcol · January 2010

look on cb website for the lengh of the headtube and go from there..

mrfmilo · January 2010

You can't really say yes or no unless you know this info:

Stem stack height
number of spacers and their height
headtube height
headset stack height

And then add all that together...

Johnny Napalm · January 2010

Just been out an measured the headtube on my 2003 Cape Wrath, which is approx. 115mm.

spud-face · January 2010

cheers all,

problems being i can't find any measurements on the interweb. got the tape measure out a while back, but for the life of me can't remember the results - so was hoping someone had one and had chopped down a steerer before. thanks loads johnny napalm - i hadn't expectected anyone to actually get out of their comfy spot and measure! mines a 2007, but from eyeballing your pic seems they didn't change it, good stuff. the seller's put a note on the fork in question that when he bought it it was too short for his bike, just put the paranoia into me.

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delcol · January 2010

i have cut steerer tubes before, you have to when you buy new forks..

i always just measure it to the bike i fit them to though..

theres a cb capewrath in the shed here but it to dark to see now to measure that and i don't have a torch here,,, (at my missus house)

spud-face · January 2010

well,
was going to play safe and get something else, but got gazumped repeatedly. once the cheque book's out though, it ain't going away till something's been bought - at least if it goes wrong i can flog it again and recoup some cash i suppose.

in the mean time: Woo! my first impulse buy of the year

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