Originally Posted by merziac

BS, you clearly stated that "you HAVE TO HAVE the quill stem expander wedge pressing against the inside of the steerer threads - and that has never been considered safe."
when you had no idea what was really going on.

What was gained is the balance of HT extension and spacer instead of an even more freakishly long HT that IMO, the only one that matters was already long enough.

I can't imagine why you would care how I built this frame, the HT was already very long so we added the spacer as it has been common practice for a long time in certain cases such as this.

Hetchins did this and was the inspiration, these were done by Creekside but Hetchins also did it.



Hetchins Duel

Also can't imagine why anyone would care so much to PM you about my bike. I'm fully aware it is not everybody's cuppa but I can tell you that it gets plenty and mostly very positive reviews all the way around, where ever it goes, period, hands down.

And while I took it to an extreme, it works great, solved a problem with zero risk and turned out exactly how I wanted it to.

You shouldn't worry about it as it doesn't concern you in the least, despite your misguided opinion to the contrary.