[Closed] too many spacers

Yes, and it'll handle like a dog. They sound crap, that's a really half arsed job!

Don't worry about the look. It's about getting a comfortable height on the stem. When you've decided on the best height, then have them cut it down. No rush though.

are they teeny tinny spacers
I have known friends run un cut whilst deciding on length but that involved spacers above.
Seems like a half arsed job to me but i expect they will say you never asked them to cut it.

Also depends what size spacers. 9 @ 10mm would be dreadful. 9 @ 3mm might work for you.

Did they fit new forks as well? That's a lot of spacers for just a stem swap, Or use smaller spacers?
They might also have left it long so you can decide how you like it, any pics?

General rule of thumb is no more than 50mm of spacers under the stem. If you feel comfortable with more spacers i suggest you look at some high rise bars instead. The higher the stem the high the leverage point is on the head tube and therefore more likely to break.

As per onzadog use this as an excuse to custom fit your stem hight you can run the bike with spacers ontop of the stem as long as you put it back together the right way. Once you have figured out the ideal hight it is really simple to trim the fork steerer down using a pipe cutter from B&Q think they are about £8. Other things to consider before chopping the steerer are how likely you are to use the fork in other frames which may have longer head tubes and what are the chances of you selling the fork down the line. In general forks with a steerer 200-210mm will fit all but the biggest of bike frames, because of this it may be beneficial to cut the steerer to that kind of length to leave options down the line.

No offence rusty, 🙂 but suggesting people use a pipe cutter to trim the steerer down is a terrible idea as it crimps the steerer and case major problems when fitting headsets. I only speak from the experience of having to sort serveral of these out. Best bet is to drop the bike into you lbs and just ask them to cut the steerer down, 9 times out of 10 their do it there and then with a minimal charge. But its best to get in down properly.

I dont mean to offend you rusty, its just personal experience with these things. But that might be down to the people that tried it in the cases i had to deal it :-\

No offence taken, I'm sure you could cock up cutting a steerer with a pipe cutter as with anything. I've never had any issues using one, just take it slow and steady then a quick file at the end to remove the burr. Have always found it easier than using a hacksaw. I would certainly not advise using a pipe cutter on a carbon steerer and should have put that in the original post.

Carbon steerers generally say <25mm spacers, so I really hope it's alu!

I'd not be paying the lbs to cut it, assume you paid them to fit the fork, that's part of it! The difficult part frankly!

frame is kinesis xc pro2 i had thomson stem on it before but it needed replacing,so decided on sraitline vertical wedge.i measured the spacers and there about 45mm. feels an ok height to ride but just looks pretty naff.

Don't worry about the look. It's about getting a comfortable height on the stem. When you've decided on the best height, then have them cut it down. No rush though.

This ^

And if you are a serial parts seller it pays to keep the steerer long..

ciara - post a photo, so we can have a look at it - 9 spacers seems a little excessive.

Stick a picture up, we'll tell you if it looks naff or not!!

Edit - yeah wot he said....

and if you have to have spacers - 1x4mm looks better than 4x1mm ones...

i have the image in flickr but am not sure how to put it on forum

So the LBS did a stem swap and the OP is concerned about spacers? Swap your own stem in future. Given they can't have extended the steerer tube they probably guessed the OP was happy with the stem height?