Hacksaw and an old stem – I even did mine on the dining room table. It's not super-smooth, but I filed it off somewhat and it's fine.

I have no idea why you would load bearings doing a steerer…. I have cut about 6 with a junior hacksaw with a metal cutting blade, worked a treat everytime!

I always measure up putting the HS in spacers and the stem, but I also put 1 extra 5mm spacer in when measuring up, cut then remove the "extra spacer" fits perfectly as under compression it uses the 5mm I removed if that makes sense.

For your stripping threads problem, get a torque wrench…………

Pipecutter, £8 in B&Q piece of pish

Yes, but

Can you do a steel steerer with a pipe cutter?

You can but the cheaper cutters may struggle a bit & leave it flared – nothing that a file can't sort out though

cool. I'll probably finish off the jump bike that I started a year ago! Now it's my only bike and all *cry*

Pipecutter, £8 in B&Q piece of pish

He's right you know

My pipe cutter failed dismally on 853 forks! The cutting wheels are replaceable though so it's back cutting copper pipes again!

If you need to ask, step away from the push cycle!

This is the boy.

Pipe cutter = Yes 🙂

File edges afterwards and dont rush.

park make this tool

seems expensive sure theres cheaper on flea bay

Hora. Go into Devereaux cycles in ashton village. Really friendly and helpful.

£3.44 cuts alu steer easily.
Machine Mart

i have a specialist bike tool, think it's made by park tools. Designed to clamp the fork steerer and then the tool gets clamped into the vice. Gives a good clean cut with a hacksaw.

yep, pipe cutter from B&Q

Bought this yesterday from B&Q and worked like a dream

whats that?

wont a hammer work? they usually work well on these things

will that pipe cutter work with a steel steerer…i have one that could do with a trim.

Yup, i shaved off a few mm's perfectly on my steerer tube coz my LBS idiot used a hack saw and it was a real cowboy job. He will be getting a visit off me in the next few days where im going to throw the cut piece back at him.
£8 well spent

just use a pipe cutter you gimp and stop talking shite

just use a pipe cutter you gimp and stop talking shite

who is that directed at???

so after 61 posts have you figured out how to cut your f**kin steerer

BrokenCollarBones:

who is that directed at???

Hora obviously.

Pipe cutter as mentioned above. Works a treat. Lovely square clean cut.