Originally Posted by
steve b.
echoing seekers comment, ask them to not cut the steerer - yet !.
+1 !!!!
Originally Posted by
Brian25
The standard is to allow 40mfor spacers and 40mm for the stem. Since it has as steel steer, you can do what you want. If they do not want to do what you want, I would recommend going elsewhere.
Don't use this rule of thumb; wait until you really get the bike dialed in to cut anything. The LHT is a touring bike, and often srt up with the bars the same height as the saddle. That is the beauty of a LHT; it comes with an uncut steerer tube. We still have not cut the ST on my daughter's LHT yet. Maybe one more long tour to make sure it is really dialed in. And it does not hurt to leave about 10 mm extra, just in case. We did finally cut the ST on our other daughter's LHT, but she had been riding it for a longer time.
My bike has been built up since 2010. Someday I might get around to cutting the steerer tube
That is a 55 mm stack height and it fits me pretty good.
This was the first tour our daughter did on her new LHT. We did not cut anything until she rode it for awhile. It looked a little weird, but it did not bother her. We will be going on another tour with our daughter this summer, and may cut it when we get home.
