Originally Posted by
zzyzx_xyzzy
However, it should be a crime for a bike shop to sell bikes off the floor with a cut steertube and no spacers above where they put the stem.
I thought that with a few exceptions (Surly, Salsa?) most bikes come to the LBS with the steerer already cut. I agree it's a crime and makes fitting a bike VERY hard for me, but the crime was commited at the factory, I believe. I'd LOVE to hear I'm wrong, though!