Originally Posted by roadpig2001
I am restoring an old raleigh record, I have located a bomb proof cro mo fork that I want to install. The frame is a 54cm and the fork is from a 60cm bike, can I use a threadless 1" stem clamped on to the 1" threaded steer tube? I have an old threadless headset and top cap,and the starfangled nut looks to be a good fit. Has anyone done this?
I wouldn't. The thinest part of that steerer tube is where the threads are cut. Unless you have an ungodly long fork so that you can clamp below the threads, you will be causing a stress riser right at the base of your stem. If you hit a high speed downhill bump, all of your weight is going to be leveraged by your stem against that point. Your fork is only as bomb-proof as it's weakest part. That combination actually sounds pretty fragile to me.