Josiah, That's as far as the stem goes before it stops, and it's also the perfect position for me, with the handlebars level with the saddle. The minimum line is well buried. This frame was built long before upswept top tubes and longer head tubes, so that's how I get the handlebars where I want them.
Drew On Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 1:20:56 PM UTC-8 Josiah Anderson wrote: > I'm glad they were able to get it done, and the bike looks great. I will > say that the very long threaded section of steerer with all those spacers > makes me a little nervous. The stem wedge could end up in the threads; they > go much farther down than Nitto would've anticipated when they marked the > minimum insertion line. As long as you check that the stem wedge is well > below the threaded section, it'll be fine, just don't forget and raise it > up to the line. > > Josiah Anderson > Tacoma WA > > Le mer. 24 déc. 2025 à 12:37 PM, Drew Saunders <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> I got a call from Velotech late yesterday afternoon that the fork was >> done! I misunderstood the days that they'd be out for the holidays, they're >> taking tomorrow through January 1st off. I picked it up this morning, and, >> since there was sunshine (it was expected to rain all day), I could set up >> my stand in my little back "yard" and finish the job. Tom at Velotech did a >> great job cutting new threads and chasing the somewhat munged old ones! >> $25! >> As promised, pics: Starting with it in my stand in my little back yard >> (yeah, some day I'll have a garage...) >> [image: 1 in Stand.jpg] >> Much time passed, and here are the fresh threads cut on the steerer tube >> (I had already whomped the crown race on): >> [image: 3 new threads.jpeg] >> And, finally, the Tange/IRD headset from Riv, plus the Crane spacer bell, >> all done: >> [image: 4 new headset side.jpeg] >> >> A quick trip around the neighborhood (after some brake adjusting, etc.) >> and it handles better than it has in years! >> >> Drew >> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/648d8931-c415-43b9-a055-77170e6a1df4n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/648d8931-c415-43b9-a055-77170e6a1df4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f4fd058b-9c09-426a-92da-a8f7187e65e1n%40googlegroups.com.
