DIY “steerstopper” ? help me with ideas

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ForkingforMasano .. if you were serious and it does sound a great idea ..I’d love too try it out and give feedback . I see your point re locking when riding etc . I will pm you . Thanks

There’s quite a neat, off the shelf, solution here – https://tout-terrain.de/en/the-products/accessories/378/ergo-stop-plus

Some touring frames look to be specially designed to incorporate similar systems. I don’t know whether a frame maker could weld something onto the back of your head tube (I think that the off the peg system presses in under the headset cup).

Anyway, they might give you some ideas for a self-bodgeable solution.

Thanks P Jay ..yes I’ve seen that and considered trying to bodge one using a thorn lock stop kit . Apart from having a loose pin I’m not sure how I would fabricate a pin that could be pressed down to engage then pressed again to release. Anyone got any ideas or suggestions of something used for another application that might work ?

Good evening to you,

First: Please excuse my english and this translation, i m French Native speaker 🙂

I’ve been following this topic for a while and studying the steering lock problem on my wheeler 2600.
As I very frequently carry a load of around 15 kilos at the front, this rotation problem when I am stationary off and on the central stand is really …
My vtc fell hard on its side too often for my liking.

My fork steerer is 1 inch so I tried to mount the Shimano hpnx10 to overcome this problem and be able to park with my load with complete peace of mind.Unfortunately my pivot is too short for me to screw in the fixing nut, change the fork, extend the pivot being out of the question, heading back to square one.

So I scoured the internet up and down, in French and in English, to break down the problem and try to find something functional that could be used. Steerstopper, too expensive and not very aesthetic, flickstand ditto, in short nothing seems to do the trick.

So I made something that I would like to share with you.

Parts needed:

1- A headset ring for 1 inch front brake housing stop.
2- Two small nuts and a threaded rod accepting these nuts.
3- A bottle holder ring
4- Know how to tig weld or be able to have it done by a mechanic workshop (which I did).
5- Know how to tinker at a minimum to make a knob to turn by assembly: body (your choice) stem, nut against nut, nothing rocket science.

Note: I found all these parts at the participative Vélo workshop in my town, second-hand (total: €2), the tig welding cost me €15, total €17.

1- It is necessary to file the internal lug of the headset ring for the housing stop in order not to damage the thread of the pivot since we will install this ring in reverse.

2- Arrange to pass the threaded rod through the hole in this same ring and tighten a nut from below, weld or weld the nut flat in place.

3- Solder or solder the second nut in the center of the vintage bottle cage.

That’s it, the main thing is done.

All that remains is to clean after welding and before installing the two pieces.

Assembly: Disassemble your stanchion stem, loosen the headset lock nut, replace the washer located below it with the headset ring for sheath stop (sheath stop pointing down with the nut below and towards the inside of the frame aligned with the horizontal tube, front wheel also aligned.)

Fix the bottle cage ring on the horizontal tube.
Insert the threaded rod which will serve as a pin (turning knob) through the top nut towards the bottom nut until the two are screwed together.

Note that you will undoubtedly have to slightly bend the nose of the headset ring for housing stop in order to bring the plane of its nut horizontal in relation to that present on the bottle cage, otherwise the threads will not fit. They will not align correctly and we will not be able to screw the lower part from the upper part.

Once the alignment of the two nuts has been validated by tightening, attach the bottle holder collar then tighten the headset locknut, ensuring that the headset ring for the tube stop does not move in relation to the centering of the wheel .

Done…

It seems a bit complicated like that but in fact it’s extremely simple to do, you just need a little patience, a file and the basic tools that go well.

Attached are photos of the required parts and the Gizmo in person to give you an idea of the assembly and basic settings. Nothing rocket science in the end.

Good DIY to you if you give it a try.
Sam

Ps: If anyone has ideas for making the Gizmo a real Gremlins, I’m interested.