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Old 03-27-16, 01:40 PM
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jonthebiker
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cutting my steeerer tube

Hello all. New to the forum. I have built a couple bikes up at this point and am now on my current build. Its a Ritchey Road Logic 2.0. The fork steerer is carbon fiber, the headset was included with the fork. I have never had this problem in any prior build. I cut the steerer tube and unfortunately seem to have left it about one to two mm. too long. When I install all parts and try to drop in the top cap/compression plug, it is not flush with the top of the stem but sticks out about 2 mm. How best to solve my dilemma ? Would it be best to retry the cutting and cut the steerer tube again perhaps another two millimeters, or is it possible to place a two millimeter spacer either under or over the stem and then drop in the compression plug/top cap ? I already have the recommended 30 mm maximum of spacers underneath the stem on the steerer. Thoughts ? Recommendations ? Thanks in advance for feedback.
Jon
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