|   steerer tube length problem | toad
Sep 27, 2001 12:19 PM | | I did a boo boo! I cut down my steerer tube because I had three spacers stacked on top of the stem and zero spacers underneath. I recently installed a new stem with one 5mm spacer underneath. This left the top of the stem about 3-4mm above the steerer tube. Not a problem. However, I was thinking of adding another 5mm spacer underneath but realized that the stem would then be too far above the steerer tube to be safe ( top of steerer tube would be below the top bolt on the stem).
The headset I'm currently using is a dia-comp "aheadset". I'm thinking of getting a "king" or something better than the dia-comp. What headsets out there have the lowest stack height (lower than the aheadset)? I have a feeling it will be hard to find one 5mm lower! |
| re: steerer tube length problem | Jake Gilchrist
Sep 27, 2001 1:30 PM | | Icyclesusa.com has a closeout Cane Creek SL5. Supposedly the SL5 has a 21.8mm stack height which is the lowest I know of. It also uses sealed bearings, but Cane Creek has stopped making this headset.
Incidentally, Marzocchi charges $70 parts/labor/shipping to press in a new steerer tube to your crown. I sent my Z2 to them yesterday.
Good luck. |
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