Ordered a cheap pipe cutter from ebay to cut my steerer. Noticed you can spend quite a bit of money on these tools.

Anyone have experience of them? Is a cheap one likely to cause problems?

carbon steerer?

Anyone have experience of them?

Yes.

Is a cheap one likely to cause problems?

Yes, unfortunately….

It doesn’t give a nice cut, and ‘rolls’ the edge in.

I binned mine – I get a better cut with a sharp hacksaw and some patience…

DrP

I binned mine – I get a better cut with a sharp hacksaw and some patience…

+1

+ another. An old stem acts as a good guide.

Once you’ve done a few it’s a piece of cake with a hacksaw.

So you better buy a couple more forks to practice on first.

I bought one, used it once and never again. A cutting guide and hacksaw is miles better.

Cheap pipe cutters have always worked fine for me, but they do flare the end of the tube slightly and the inside needs a bit of cleaning up. You have to load up the cutting wheel very gradually. Hacksaw’a probably quicker.

cutting a steerer was one of those jobs i was too scared to try for ages. eventually went for it with a decent hacksaw and was quite ashamed at how easy it is. 😆

it literally takes less than 10 seconds to do once measured, no point messing around with pipe cutters. i’ve done three now, all went smoothly. 😎

johnners + 1

Cutting guide makes the job much easier and quicker. Still best to finish with a file though

Superstar are cheap

Park and others more expensive

Neither stop you forgetting to put the stem on when you measure and cutting the tube far to short for anything. d’oh.

I use a proper cutting guide and it really is a case of the right tool for the job making it easy.

always best to measure from the crown up not top of steerer down if just transferrign dimensions from old fork onto new one…

Is a cheap one likely to cause problems?

I’ve seen (on other pipe, not steerer tube) the cutter not staying in the same place and almost cuts a helical thread down the steerer tube.

I use this type. Good for Steerers, handlebars and seat posts.

johnners + 2

always used a pipe cutter – just file down the flare afterwards….

Ive got a yellow one of those, works great