Timeline for Carbon steerer with expander plug under the stem, should I be worried?
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| Jun 11, 2020 at 18:23 | comment | added | Carel | Ideally the plug should be just in that position with the steerer tube between the plug and the stem. The plug keeps the tube from being crushed by the stem. | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 3:40 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 11, 2020 at 1:13 | comment | added | mattnz | Here was thinking the spacer above the stem was purely because people like me are scared of ruining new forks by cutting too short so leave a bit extra just in case... :) | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 22:39 | comment | added | abdnChap | @Lucero79 Some manufacturer recommend putting a spacer above the stem on carbon steerer. Not just for adjustability. Obvs, that doesn't apply here. | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 22:30 | history | edited | Argenti Apparatus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 21:47 | comment | added | Lucero79 | No, you should not be worried. Why would you put a spacer above the stem? In most cases, placing a spacer on top is what bike shops do to retain some degree of adjust-ability. Normal practice from people that know about building bikes is to top cap straight to the stem. | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 21:23 | answer | added | abdnChap | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 20:33 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | I think some do it that way. My bike came like that. I only moved one spacer above later. I had a suspicion that it slightly deformed the stem by getting the bolt and the nut at thhe top closer together than at the bottom. But maybe it was just my impression. See also youtu.be/E_W4p_YmycU?t=112 | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 19:45 | history | edited | Rizki Hadiaturrasyid | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 19:39 | history | asked | Rizki Hadiaturrasyid | CC BY-SA 4.0 |