Originally Posted by
BCRider
Squaring the ends with a file is certainly possible but it's a brutally slow and skill loaded solution. The lathe is far quicker and better.
A tubing cutter will leave a bad ridge as mentioned already and also an edge that is far from flat. And then there's the squish it makes on the diameter to make the inside smaller in diameter.
If you don't have the tools your best bet is to stick to buying them. And why the insistance on only one? Granted it would look neater but not if it's raw pipe cut with a tubing cutter.
Yeah, i should have explained. Because i am old fart and need bars higher, there is LONG hunk of (uncut) steer tube sticking out of top of head tube, with high-rise stem on top. I am thinking that one rigid spacer would help support the setup better than no spacers or an unrigid setup of thin spacers.
Perhaps it is unnecessary, but it seemed like an idea worth pursuing. Naturally it is easier in conception than in execution.
