You should be able to "feel" it if you are shoving the stem's bottom and the wedge into the butted portion. To be safe, let it drop all the way down, then pull it up a cm and tighten.
Otherwise, get a stem with a shorter quill. See also *Hands Up! Adjusting Handlebar Height*<http://sheldonbrown.com/handsup.html> *Note:* Steerers <http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_st-z.html#steerer> are butted <http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html#butted> at the bottom, so the hole in the steerer is constant-diameter until near the bottom, then the walls taper inward in the butted section. It is *vitally important* that the stem extender (or stem) not be inserted so far that the wedge is installed where the steerer is narrowing, or it could come loose unpredictably. When this happens, only the edge/corner of the quill or wedge contacts the steerer, and it is trying to "grab" a slanted surface. This is sometimes a problem on smaller frames if you try to insert the stem or a stem riser too far down into the steerer. [image: Stem Inserted Too Far] Illustration by Nicholas Flower The term "stem" is sometimes also used to refer to a valve.<http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_u-v.html#valve> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bars at saddle level, which puts the base wedge of Technomic stem in > steerer tube at DT/HT junction level. > > Sheldon Brown wrote about being careful to not let stem get too low if > steerer tube is butted. > > *Anyone know if Bleriot steerer tube is butted*? And if so, how far down? > > Thanks for any help. Maybe Grant would be kind enough to inform on this. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
