Old 01-11-26 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Kontact
I don't understand the function of all those spacers on a threaded steerer. For there to be any height advantage, you have to have the quill stem expander wedge pressing against the inside of the steerer threads - and that has never been considered safe.
But isn't the steerer tube constrained from bulging by the spacers (assuming a snug fit) unlike down in the head tube where the nearest constraint is the headset bearing top race?
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