Originally Posted by
Rolla
Years ago, I broke a threaded steerer tube like that. I returned it to the builder, who acknowledged that he had threaded it
way too far and replaced it, grateful that it hadn't resulted in an injury. At the very least, I'd second
easyupbug's suggestion of using a Technomic stem.
It does sound pretty scary. Glad that didn't mess you up.
What stem were you using? And what happened/ how did you notice it?
This whole issue doesn't make any sense, WHY do so many companies spec forks with a tonne of threads, it's just insane.