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When I looked into this before, I also got different answers: either replace the whole steerer (which is what Winston has done) or cut the threaded section off and replace with an unthreaded section.
Ultimately I just asked Winston if he could do it and didn't bother to ask how: his reputation is such that I was happy with whatever he was going to do.
To answer your next question, he charged £60 (return postage was £15 for the frameset, although I asked for it to be insured for £300, which cost an extra £10).
He's not very communicative via e-mail (not that I had any problems getting a reply from him): brief and to the point. I've no idea if this is because he's too busy doing awesome things with steel, or reflects his character generally.
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Interesting.
As you can imagine steerer tube jiggery-pokery is a critical issue and not to be bodged.
One answer I got was that the old tube is heated out and a new one inserted, the caveat being it depends on the model of fork as to whether the fork blades would be affected by the heat.
What I really need to know however is how safe would the forks be afterwards?
I don't suppose you could take a close-up of the steerer tube - crown interface could you?
thanks,
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When I looked into this before, I also got different answers: either replace the whole steerer (which is what Winston has done) or cut the threaded section off and replace with an unthreaded section.
Weather willing I shall be picking up my newly steerer tubed replaced forks from Winston on Monday.
He did say that unsurprisingly the chrome will be buggered, although I'm hoping that's just at the crown area.
Thanks for that.
Bsample
How is the threadless fork conversion?
A few weeks back I was trying to communicate with some of the northern framesmen about that very same issue (replace steerer tube) but then gave up because I couldn't get a straight answer if I could get a reply at all from some of them.
Is Winston the kind of chap that you can just rock up to and discuss things with?