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Hey @fredtc thanks for this, much appreciated. I think the reason for the curve there is because the base of the steerer is slightly wider (maybe 1mm wider) than the rest. Once you get above that bulge at the bottom there doesn't seem to be any difference in width between the sanded part and the non-sanded part. By which I mean I don't think going up from the crown that the steerer gets narrower (as a result of the sanding) and then widens. I tried to take a photo with a straight edge parallel to the rest of the steerer to illustrate.
tjmw
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is it just the angle of the photo, or the design of the forks or have they taken that much material off further up?
My initial thought was a bit of sanding would be totally fine (though not as sensible as cutting a notch in the crown race) but if that curve is from the sanding that looks like quite a bit and in the wrong place
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