how difficult is it to shuffle some spacers from under the stem to over it, If you left the steerer long enough..

I bought a bike that came with too short a threadless fork, and resolved it as a problem with a BBB BHP-21

https://www.bike-components.de/en/BB...-Ahead-p12464/

If you already buggered up your star-fangled-nut, remove it entirely, these fit in the steerer tube replacing it.

the simple but brilliant part is making va bolt thjat is both a 6mm hex , and 6mm threaded, inside the hex..

so the bolt first pulls the wedge up, then takes the top cap bolt in it.




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