I'm almost done building my first cyclocross bike. The frameset is a Cannondale 58cm XR800 from maybe five years ago, with a cut-down 1" threadless steerer. I've got a 1-1/8" Ritchey Comp stem on it with a shim and a 4mm spacer and a cable hanger for a 1" steerer also acting as a spacer. (You can't see the 4mm spacer under the flared hanger, but it's there.) It's a tight fit:
Any of you have solutions and/or photos of how you've dealt with this situation? I will try to find another hanger tomorrow. I guess I just need a deeper-drop hanger, or one with less adjuster and a shorter cable stop.
What I really need is a 1"-steerer (threadless) cyclocross fork with a 220mm or longer steerer. This one's a Kinesis aluminum.
IRD makes one. Might be 1 1/8" though, doesn't say on site.
Morgan-<< I'm almost done building my first cyclocross bike. The frameset is a
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Cannondale 58cm XR800 from maybe five years ago, with a cut-down 1" threadless steerer. I've got a 1-1/8" Ritchey Comp stem on it with a shim and a 4mm spacer and a cable hanger for a 1" steerer also acting as a spacer. (You can't see the 4mm spacer under the flared hanger, but it's there.) It's a tight fit:
I answer-well, as a last resort you can do what we did for Mark Gullickson, drill two holes in the stem, one the size of housing on the top and one the size of a cable in the bottom, which makes for great cable stops, like they used to do!!
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Morgan-<< I'm almost done building my first cyclocross bike. The frameset is a
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Cannondale 58cm XR800 from maybe five years ago, with a cut-down 1" threadless steerer. I've got a 1-1/8" Ritchey Comp stem on it with a shim and a 4mm spacer and a cable hanger for a 1" steerer also acting as a spacer. (You can't see the 4mm spacer under the flared hanger, but it's there.) It's a tight fit:
Qui si parla Campagnolo said:
Well, as a last resort you can do what we did for Mark Gullickson, drill two holes in the stem, one the size of housing on the top and one the size of a cable in the bottom, which makes for great cable stops, like they used to do!!
I have also done several of those over the years. But the more you think about it, the longer the stem, the thinner the material, the larger the rider, the less appealing it sounds. Today's aren't as beefy as classic forged stems.
Someone commented on a flexy crown-mounted stop. Those exist in various shapes and styles. Choose another.
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