Originally Posted by
bikingshearer
Here is another possibility, although you would probably have to pay gugie in pizza and beer to get it done. Step 1: Remove the fork. Step 2: Cut a little off the end of the steerer tube, chase the existing threads and extend/cut more threads to as long as you need. Step 3: Cut the fork at the midpoint (aerospace precision not required for this measurement). Step 4: Braze a plug into one of the recently-cut middle-of-the-fork ends. Step 5: Braze the other recently-cut end onto the plug such that the resulting plugged steerer tube is the amount longer you want it to be. Step 6: Reinstall the fork with the headset, spacers and brake hanger you need/want. Step 7: Give gugie his damn pizza and beer.
That's exactly what I was thinking of doing, more or less. One issue is that finding a metric steerer is damn difficult, but Andy and I discussed finding a donor french fork and cutting off the top bit. There's a few esoteric issues, such as getting the right OD on the sleeve (22.0) and drilling some small witness holes on the steerer bits to make sure there's full penetration. It's on the table.
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