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• #2
Yes, no adaptation needed, you're right, an ahead stem that's either made for 1" steerer (they do exist) or a 1 1/8" stem with a shim.
You'll also need a 1" carbon steerer bung to preload the headset as a star flanged nut would damage the steerer.
It's advisable to run one spacer above the stem on a carbon steerer as clamping the steerer too near the top can damage it.
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• #3
you have to use them as a-head, so a 1inxh cartridge headset is about 20quid from spa cycles and theoretically any ahead 1'1/8th stem will fit witha a shim. I think thomson stems cone with one as standard but you'll also need a carbon specific fork bung too
otherwise straight forward job
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• #4
So a 1" threadless headset, 1" carbon steerer bung, a shim and a spacer is what I need to fit?
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• #5
yes
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• #6
yup, and a headset press if you don't have one already but I've used a long qr and some offcuts of wood in the past
Procured a front Bianchi carbon fork this week, went to fit it and realised it has no thread on the steerer, being carbon this makes sense but it didn't twig at the time...
What I want to know is will it, or can it be adapted to fit? I'm assuming i'll need a 1" threadless headset, what stem is used on a carbon steerer as a quill stem will damage the steerer presumably.
Bit confused on this so a bit of help would go a long way, obviously these came as a standard items on a bike once so would like to know how they fitted!
Thanks in advance.