Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
Wait! Don't touch the steerer! Once cut it cannot be recovered. In the future if a higher bar placement is needed (50 yrs old) you will be very happy the steerer is in tact! Don't ask how I know this!!
don't you worry.... its a threaded steerer. the 1992 XO-1 was spec-ed with a extra long threaded steerer tube with a spacer under the lock nut. Since I'm using a threaded-to-threadless converter with a modern stem I can still adjust the height upward easily/generously...thanks for the concern though...I totally understand your logic.
here's the threadless adapter:
and the present Cane Creek 100 Classic 1" threaded headset. Notice the two spacers in-between the lock nuts, also the thin spacer under the stem. I just want to cut it down a little to make it cleaner without the spacers on the threaded portion. If my wife needs to it be raised then I'll raise the threadless adapter and add a spacer(s) under it.
Also I also have the option to just go threaded + quill stem - which allows tons of height adjustment.