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That steerer is crusty af. I’d be straight on that with some fairly coarse emery paper, fuck all this tickling it with lemon juice.
You should be able to give it a fair old doink with a hammer without misshaping the top of the steerer too and with the nick of it, it’ll need it. If you have some files to knock back any distortion then be a bit more gung-ho with the hammer, if not then a bit of wood will do a decent job of protecting it. Rubber mallet could work but you do need to give it a good old shock to get it moving.
M_V
kona dew, circa 2010 ish.
the steerer is a bit rusted, and the headset cap isn't coming off.
I'd expect to see the split cone ring here right??
the middle area of the cap is metal, the cover is plastic. the plastic outer turns, but the inner ring stays stuck to the steerer.
done a bit of the hammer and block of wood routine, no effect.
any ideas?