Arrrrrrgh…. Ive cut my steerer too short.. help please.

Just to distract from missing frame deliveries Ive gone and done it.
Cant believe i managed that one… brand new carbon forks.
Distracted by kids, the dog and a shitty headache ive ballsed up my steerer cut.
It might just be savable with…
A low stack headset cover.. (Ive got an integrated FSA headset 41.8 upper)measures 16mm in stack height.
A single bolt low height stem such as the truvativ XR 3D.. the one ive got is 41mm.

I need about 17mm to save it… whats the lowest headset cover i can get ?
Help me please.
I dont have any other options as i cant get replacement forks.

17mm!?

Sorry to hear that but that might be ambitious

What frame and forks is it?

Tell me this ain’t the Tripster!

Anyway, can you lose a few spacers? Or did you really do yourself a mischief?

Syntace Flatforce stem?

Otherwise, can you get an new CSU?

How long a stem are you using? If it’s short, the 50mm Tioga/bikehut ones are really low stack and might work.

can you get an new CSU

I assume they’re rigid forks?

Jamie – Member
Tell me this ain’t the Tripster!

Yup.

17mm is a lot to lose,

A stem may lose you 7mm going to a 35mm one. Headset top cap may lose you 5mm, so you are stumped if you have no spacers to remove.

Need a stem with stack lower than 41mm.
Need a headset cover lower than 16mm.

do smaller frame sized tripsters have a shorter headtube?

Can you find someone with a smaller frame and uncut steerer to swap with?

One of these fit?
http://metallicpoutine.com/shop/headset-bearing-cover-caad10/

7.5mm cover

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headset-Carbon-Cone-Spacer-Top-Bearing-Cover-1-1-8-Threadless-7-5mm-Gloss-/301085206870?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item461a13a956

and you can get stems which are 30mm stack, so easily doable.

Can probably get away with 15mm..
It is the smallest size 48cm frame so no swapsies.
There are no replacement tripster forks.

Looks like one of these in worst case scenario:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-bhp-2021-stem-extender/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&utm_source=pla&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=uk&kpid=5360445133

If it it an alu steerer…

You know the steerer doesn’t have to quite come up to the top of the stem, don’t you?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAGLEY-STUBBING-60-MM-BIKE-STEM-FOR-1-1-8-STEERER-OVERSIZE-HANDLEBARS-/191144918240?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2c811ffce0

Ragley stubbing was a I think 31mm stack height

You know the steerer doesn’t have to quite come up to the top of the stem, don’t you?

Yes.

I know its savable with lower stack stuff.. just dont know where to find them.

If it it an alu steerer…

Carbon. Brand new carbon forks. To fit the mother of beautiful Ti bikes. It will just be a little lower at the front than i had maybe planned.

The old spank spike stems had super low stack height: http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/Stems,39/Spank/Spike-Stem,7027#product-specs

Ps just sent you an email about saddle

26mm!

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. It was a complete non-brain engaged moment of forgetting to add on the height of the stem when i had a pen in my hand ready to cut. I momentarily nearly cried.

Rollo.. its for a CX / Road bike / do it all bike.. the spank may not work looks wise

Your forks don’t work ANY wise currently… who cares about looks when you’re throwing carbon forks in the bin ?

Just buy some new forks. Plenty of full carbon monocoque disk forks around.

30mm stack on this stem

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/funn-funnduro-stem/rp-prod91491

31 on this

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/dmr-defy-stem/rp-prod91225

Odyssey do a quite low-stack integrated headset:

I suppose you could you consider a BMX stem to go with it like this:

22.2mm bars might be an issue…

How about a DMR “Defy Stem:

31mm stack height apparently…

Just looking for a cheaper option.. it was quite a special purchase followed by a very special mistake

Ah sorry just realised this is for a tripster so I doubt you want a 50mm DH stem, how about a Thompson X2 – 36mm stack height…

Give Kinesis a shout? Normally quite helpful, and might be able to suggest something?

http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/contact/sales/

If it’s any help, i’ve skimmed a similar type of headset cover down to 5mm depth on a lathe, should open up the choice of stems you can use.

If it in anyway eases your pain, I ruined my rear shock at the weekend, distracted set my torque wrench to ftlb instead of inch.

Slam that stem bearing cover.

http://metallicpoutine.com/shop/headset-bearing-cover-caad10/

need to buy via a dealer though.

Planet X /On oNe CNC stem has a stack of 35mm.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/STOOCNC/on-one-ultralight-cnc-stem

I believe superstar have the same stem

Ragley Stubbing stem has a low stack height (30mm)

Is it the standard tripster fork, what length steerer do you need?

Do you have the offcut? Can you get an aluminium insert bonded in and stick a bit back on?

You know the steerer doesn’t have to quite come up to the top of the stem, don’t you?

If it’s a carbon steerer, it should always be slightly proud of the stem with a spacer above it, to spears the load out over as much area as possible…..

wouldn’t one of those steerer expanders be fine for a road/cx bike? Works in exactly the same way as an old quill stem that people use to use back in the day. Cost you about a tenner.

Would this 5mm top bearing cover do the trick??
http://www.cannondalespares.com/Cannondale-Road-Headset-5mm-Top-Bearing-Cover,-KP253/product_detail/3-40270

Which would give me 11mm and just need a lower stack stem of about 35/36mm.. which gives me more options on a stem

Give Matt at Upgrade bikes a call and ask him if they have any spare Tripster forks lying about.

This is the response i had from upgrade earlier today… We actually do not even have enough forks for the amount of frames we have here at present, we are currently running behind with the factory production. So unfortunately, bad news, we cannot help with a replacement fork. We simply cannot get enough of these framesets, let along the forks on their own.

I would get someone to turn a a stepped plug for the top of the fork
Extends 3 inches inside with a slight taper to it, glue it in on the brightside you could included the thread for the topcap in the job