Cutting Steerer Tube

Diggabot

I'm wondering has anyone had a carbon steerer tube cut anywhere on the northside? Or with the right tools is it just as easy to do it yourself?

iwillhtfu

If you're handy with a hack saw just wrap some masking tape around it to give you a straight line then slowly cut through it. It's handy enough but be sure the blades tight and not twisted.

I'm sure you could make a jig out of a block of timber and bore a hole wide enough to fit steerer tube.

Rua_ri

iwillhtfu wrote: »

If you're handy with a hack saw just wrap some masking tape around it to give you a straight line then slowly cut through it. It's handy enough but be sure the blades tight and not twisted.

I'm sure you could make a jig out of a block of timber and bore a hole wide enough to fit steerer tube.

I agree with the above.
Use water to keep all the carbon dust down.
I finished mine off with a very light sanding with fine sand paper.

countrykid

If you have two old stems hanging about use them as a blade guide...
Clamp them either side of the marked length... And saw away

WillyFXP

countrykid wrote: »

If you have two old stems hanging about use them as a blade guide...
Clamp them either side of the marked length... And saw away

Or 2 hose clamps...

furiousox

If you're not comfortable doing it yourself, Ritchies in Swords will do it for you.

Idleater

Measure twice, cut once

lennymc

you can buy carbon specific hacksaw blades - very high tpi.

this link has a good guide