I cut my own Steerer tube...
12-21-16, 04:24 PM
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When I built my last bike, I did everything but put the little star inside the tube. That scares me and I didn't want to buy the tool.
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Well it should if you have CF steerer. You don't want to use a star nut on a CF steerer.
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Not the OP so we don't know if it was CF since he doesn't say...
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1. It is a Carbon Steerer. So no star nut, just a compression plug...easy to work with.
Wasn't talking about your bike...
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12-21-16, 05:58 PM
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I used to feel the same way about truing wheels, greeting hubs, running cables/housing, etc...it sounded intimidating until I tried it.
New to me too. Are you supposed to formally greet the hubs with a polite "hello", or will a simple wave and a nod suffice?
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, greeting hubs,.
What is this "greeting hubs" you speak of?
When you approach a hub, you step back and say, "well helloooo there Mr. Hub!".
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What is this "greeting hubs" you speak of?
When you approach a hub, you step back and say, "well helloooo there Mr. Hub!".
My phone has the absolute dumbest auto-correct I've ever used...makes Completely new words!
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My phone has the absolute dumbest auto-correct I've ever used...makes Completely new words!
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... I left mine with 2 cm of material. I was glad I did as I just raised the bars about 1 cm to get more aero and glad that was there. So now about 1cm sticking out the top - which is what I aim for on all the bikes now.
did I read you right, you went up 1cm for MORE aero? jedi mind trick?
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What is this "greeting hubs" you speak of?
When you approach a hub, you step back and say, "well helloooo there Mr. Hub!".
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That is exactly what I was using as the base of my humor remark. I have the disc collection and watch it often! Those guys are hilarious!
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did I read you right, you went up 1cm for MORE aero? jedi mind trick?
You did.
The current expert fitting has back/torso in the same position with hands on drops and hands on hoods.
Hands on hoods if bars are right height puts forearms parallel to ground and exposes less frontal area = more aero than lowering bar that has forearms sloped and more arm in the wind. Arm in wind resistance > stem in wind resistance.
Hands on hoods can be more aero with forearms parallel to ground than drops where you have more arm pushing wind.
Depending on rider, but for the non torso parallel riders in many cases the slammed bar is less aero.
I adopted this from seeing Elite kids (Cat 1s) setups being fitted/fit. My son was tuned for that position - he got faster - we think a bit due to this.
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That is exactly what I was using as the base of my humor remark. I have the disc collection and watch it often! Those guys are hilarious!
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12-21-16, 04:24 PM
That is exactly what I was using as the base of my humor remark. I have the disc collection and watch it often! Those guys are hilarious! 
