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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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What I really need to know however is how safe would the forks be afterwards?
Not a question I can answer, but Winston can and he wouldn't have done it unless he thought it was.
You know he used to build for Roberts? I think it was @coldharbour (no mean tube-wrangler himself), who described him as one of the most experienced builders in the business today.
Scilly.Suffolk
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.