Originally Posted by
timtak
There are a lot of mountains around me but I tend to stay off them. My excuse is I am scared of either going too fast, or heating my rim brakes to the point of bursting a tyre, on the way down. The Trek came with Kool Stop pads which feel like they are living up to their name. Disks would work too. Excuses.
I thought you loved going as fast as possible?
Herzlos My steering feels okay on all my bikes (though It was slow when the stem was very long) but I may do something about the spike. I am wondering if I will one day want comfort so I generally don't cut my post down to size. I hear the whispers of "comfort" too.
I think we'd all feel better if you got rid of the spike. Even if you trim the steerer tube down to size, you can always invert your stem if you want more comfort, or fit a normal one, or treat yourself to a new fork.