Slam your bars?

[Milzy]

I would like to remove 2 spacers but I don’t wish to cut my steering tube. Where can I find a long stem bolt coller insert thing? What are they called? To make it safe.

Thanks.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

like this...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Not sure I understand. If removing spacers from under the stem you just move them to above the stem instead?

 

[Milzy]

Yes, maybe that’s safe. I’m thinking you need a deeper insert if you do cut your tube?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

yes, that’s right. more than two spacers and, if the position is how you want it, ask your local bike shop to shorten the stem...

 

[youngoldbloke]

Do you mean a long steerer bung?

 

[Racing roadkill]

A lot of bike manufacturers use a standard fork and steerer, despite the frame size. This invariably means that smaller frames, with shorter head tubes, leave an excess of steerer poking up. In order to get the correct headset pretension, you either cut the steerer down, or put spacers in. I’d rather cut the steerer, than have spacers all over the place.

 

[Milzy]

Do you mean a long steerer bung? View attachment 429142

Yes!!! But if I stack the spacers on top I won’t need one of these.
It looks crap with spacers above though.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Do you mean a long steerer bung? View attachment 429142

You’d generally only use that for a carbon steerer.

 

[youngoldbloke]

You’d generally only use that for a carbon steerer.

True, if it is a carbon steerer and the existing bung is a short one, you may well be advised to fit a longer one if you are going to move the stem downwards, so that the stem bolts are in line with the bung. (edit - assuming you are not cutting the steerer shorter)

 

[Milzy]

Once it’s cut, you may put off potential future buyers.

 

[dantheman]

Once it’s cut, you may put off potential future buyers.

Just wondering, as the OP - are you telling yourself this?

 

[si_c]

I've more or less slammed my stem, but I've kept the spacers above anyway. I quite like the idea of being able to get a more upright position should I need to.

Once you've had the spacers above for a while you don't really notice it and for me preserving the flexibility of height adjustments outweighs any aesthetic concerns.

 

[Vantage]

^^^ this in spades.
I made the mistake of cutting mine down without riding for a while first. I could do with another inch or 2 of height increase but I can't do it now. Feck!

 

[screenman]

Just about to flip the stem on my 29er to take the bars lower, I am getting more pins and needles during each ride which is it seems made worse by being more upright, I would have figured the opposite as well.