Originally Posted by
unterhausen
Are the Paragons way undersize? Would you feel bad about borrowing someone's reamer? I may eventually build the mountain bike that has been sitting in a box for years.
I don't have any friends in RL who own a reamer 😢 But I would feel a bit bad about borrowing one in case I chowdered it up. Also they presumably do go blunt at some point.
Actually for most projects now I'm just getting Reynolds HTs which are supplied with a 34mm ID and don't need reaming.
Idk why the paragon one is so huge, perhaps it's for tapered steerers? Would probably be best to get it to within a mm or so on the lathe before building the frame and then just finish it with a reamer.