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Steering tube too short. Can I save it?

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 19:44
by Freeza
First of all, hi!

I'm new at both this forum and country, so please forgive me for writing in english as my swedish is not at all good.


I've recently bought a bike at this forum, and with it, an extra drilled fork for a front brake from the same user as I did not wanted to drill the original fork. He said he had ride with it with no problems on the same frame but I just put it together, with no spacers and it's obviously too short (see image below) So question is, is this a problem? If so, can I fix it somehow? Or is it lost?

any tips? thanks!

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Re: Steering tube too short. Can I save it?

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 19:59
by Krok
A real safety-issue, buy a new cheap fork instead of potential broken face

Re: Steering tube too short. Can I save it?

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 20:26
by JA-hatten
That's not gonna end well

Posted: 29 Mar 2015 11:49
by russ_meyer
Sell it and get a new fork.

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Posted: 29 Mar 2015 17:52
by Indurain
russ_meyer wrote:Sell it and get a new fork.
+1

Posted: 29 Mar 2015 18:11
by abacaxi
Tjoffa i en sån här bara. Inte billig och inte lätt men den löser problemet. http://www.wiggle.com/bbb-bhp-2021-styrstam-extender/

Re: Steering tube too short. Can I save it?

Posted: 29 Mar 2015 18:44
by Freeza
The seller was kinf enough to get the fork back.
Problem solved! Thanks for your tips!