Just had the forks off my road bike to swap in the new ones. On taking a look I realised they've got a carbon steerer (they were cheap on PX I wasn't too interested on exact specs). The obvious concerns about them exploding and taking half of Europe with them, is there anything I need to be careful of? Do I cut them with a normal hacksaw and do I just bash the SFN in the same way as usual (bolt, hammer, off we go).
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Talk to me about carbon steerers
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Posted 4 months ago #
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NO star fangled nut! use a bung type wedge,
As for cutting a fine toothed hacksaw i believe and DO NOT breathe the dust.
carbon steerers aren't unusual on pricier road bikes these days, If done right should be no worse than a bonded Aluminium steerer.Posted 4 months ago # -
No need for hand wringing; 32 tpi hacksaw blade, but use a carbon steerer bung rather than a sfn. Oh, a try not to breath in the dust.
Edit - too slow.....
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No SFN.. balls. Trip to the LBS to try to explain in French what the hell I'm talking about. Should be fun.
Posted 4 months ago # -
if you need it in french
this may help
It does have, unsurprisingly, a chapter in french
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NO NO NO star fangled nut!
Can't emphasise that enough! Put some leccy tape where you're cutting to avoid splintering and use a high tpi blade (new). Slowly and let the saw do the work.
Use an expander wedge instead of an SFN - something like this: http://www.mcconveycycles.com/store/product/5568/m-part-carbon-wedge/Posted 4 months ago # -
A "bouchon de compression" and an "expandeur". Thanks very much.
There's an LBS run by a former pro roadie in the area so he's probably a better bet than the local equivalent of Halfords (although their bike selection is really good for a car stuff shop).
Now the next question is whether I *ahem* "slam that stem" or not
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