I took some photos of my Bleriot that may help:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelevin/sets/72157625864282126/with/8074624168/
Do these help at all? The Bleriot is my favorite bike!
On Oct 9, 12:44 am, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Just wondering if anyone knows, offhand. The bottom of
All of our steer tubes are butted, of course.
On Monday, October 8, 2012 9:44:47 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
Just wondering if anyone knows, offhand. The bottom of my Technomic is
nowhere near the bottom of the tube but just wanted to know for future
reference to avoid the potential problem
Wait a second...you're name is Michael Levin?!?!?!?
Mine is Michael *Leven*!
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:44:47 AM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote:
Just wondering if anyone knows, offhand. The bottom of my Technomic is
nowhere near the bottom of the tube but just wanted to know for
While I don't know for sure, my guess is that the steerer is not butted.
It doesn't seem like Rivendell would do that on an all-purpose frame like
the Bleriotmaybe on the Roadeo, which is a more lightweight/racier
design, but even there I'm not sure they'd deem it practical.You just
FWIW, when I was in the bike making biz, we did several lugged steel forks.
We used steerer tubes from at least 3 vendors and they were all butted.
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I think they're all butted, at least most. This is why you can't usually
push a long quill all the way through the steerer and hit the tire/fender.
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 7:13:31 AM UTC-5, jinxed wrote:
FWIW, when I was in the bike making biz, we did several lugged steel
forks. We used
Once I looked down the tube to see what was in there when I had the stem
off. I did not notice any butting. Don't know if one can with naked eye.
Just looked like a straight pipe down to the end if I remember correctly,
and then I could see the fender and daylight.
But, when I shove
Put it where you want it, tighten it down. Then hold the wheel between your
knees and twist the bar side to side. If the stem doesn't come loose under
such force, you should be ok. You can repeat this test every so often if it
makes you feel better.
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