[Closed] How Many Headset Spacers Are Too Many?

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What the hell is going on with the spacers on the orange thing in the background? Jeesus does no-one cut their steerer anymore? Its got all the sartorial elegance and visual appeal of rab c nesbit in a mankini and leg caliper

the commuter effort I dont mind as they all look like dogs and it least it stops it getting nicked.

none at all ... SLAM that stem ... 🙂

Wow! Presumably the extra wobbliness makes up for the jarring puritanical rigidness of the M1000.

The Cannondale appears to be fitted with a stem extender. A Google image search for "stem extender" shows some more extreme examples of anti-slamming. Like this one:
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Yeah I think it is one of these:

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http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/satori-stem-up-shaft-extension/aid:257312

I was particularly impressed that even that extension wasn't enough, so he'd fitted an adjustable-angle stem on top at 45 degrees for a bit of extra height!

About this many I reckon 🙂

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That's a beautiful thing woody.

I imagine that one dark day, as the last spurts of blood are dribbling down the steerer protruding from his chest, the owner of that bike might think "Y'know, maybe I should have bought a hacksaw"

In his defence, it has now been cut down. It was like that for a while though 🙂

On a rigid fork with a steel steerer (assuming that is what it is) then there's nothing much wrong (apart from the aesthetics) with running a big stack of spacers. In the case of that Cannondale a larger frame might have been more appropriate but it depends on the position required and ultimately, function should take precedence over form, surely?

In the case of a sus fork or anything with an alloy or carbon steerer then the manufacturer will generally set a limit but 30mm or so if probably the most you'd want.

And yes, if it's a bike you want to go fast on, slammed all the way is the rule!

Results of contact with a Similar Stem setup =

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I did some measuring in the name of [i]science[/i]:

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I think when your combined spacer and stem rise is roughly twice the length of your head tube then yes, [i]"a larger frame might have been more appropriate"[/i] 😆

Apparently Rose do some even bigger ones though. 120mm extension anyone?

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http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose-steerer-tube-extension/aid:721075

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Sheldon's Thorn;

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[edit] although to be fair to him Thorn do seem to design their bikes around using a foot of spacers on a massive headtube;

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Do Thorn supply a stepladder for climbing aboard that?

If you have a bad back that's getting worse you'd sympathize. Just get out and ride.

Surely if it's a bad back thing you wouldn't raise the saddle up to the same height as the bars?