Maybe he's keeping the steerer in case he needs to sell the forks to someone that need to fit them to a 68cm frame.
Seriously that's dangerous stuff
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Maybe he's keeping the steerer in case he needs to sell the forks to someone that need to fit them to a 68cm frame.
Seriously that's dangerous stuff