Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
The amount of force to press the crown race on can be more than what the steerer/lock nut threads are made to handle.
Cheers.
That's the bit I was concerned about, probably better to follow what Sheldon said then
As far as I can remember there's about 3" of thread on my forks.
And I agree it doesn't apply to threadless forks, but I don't have any such modern devices.