Michael- Why the maximum? What's the limiit on a 1 1/8" steerer? BRBR

About 1 1/2 INCHES on a 1 1/8 inch carbon steerer. To prevent lawsuits I would
suspect.

Is this a
loose rule-of-thumb or a hard restriction printed on paper by the
manufacturer? BRBR

For Reynolds, it is the printed maximums, For AME, it is 1 1/2 inch for both.
Each manufacturer publishes their own maximums.

michael I recently purchased a bike with a 1 1/8" carbon/carbon fork. It was
initially fitted wth about 3" of spacers between the headset and stem,
indicating that the LBS didn't think/know that that was a problem. BRBR


LBS is wrong, no carbon steerer has a maximum of 3 inches.

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