Originally Posted by
bulgie
Those are very high quality forks, would be awesome for whatever frame size results in all but about 20 mm of threads cut off!
At the max size, with all those threads intact, well let's just say you don't need to worry about your Death Stem, the steerer will kill you before the stem can.
OK I'm deliberately over-stating the likelihood of it breaking. Not all do, but the stakes are very high when one does.
A steerer crying for one of my stems, ridden as I used to ride them - slammed with a dent in the throat. Puts the nut so far down the bending force is very low and little torque on the bolt is needed. I raced in the '70s. It wasn't 'till the mid '90s I realized how much I could benefit from stems far longer than stock. Still have a few 130s with the scars from the strangler.