Hacks / Bodges

How are they going to insert a stem through that?

Ha

I was thinking the same before I rolled over the page.
I think they should've cut & shut lower down the steerer out of the way of the quill.
I'd have been inclined to make that turned insert a bit more solid so you could have deeper, blind holes for the spring pins - it'd give you one less thing to worry about when going fast down a hill

Is this pannier height usable?

I am both impressed and scared. Lovely machine work but i wonder how solid it is just with a bit of loctite and set pins.
Especially with 3 pieces i would be wary of the strength on that once it starts going ove bumps and the stress of a preson leaning on it.

But probably the cleanest stearer add on i've seen though !

Have you seen this method?

https://youtu.be/TtOeCtNBUwg

I don't think they were attached at that point.

Dream tool shop there ! Very nice work there too !

I can hear annoying creaks coming from steerer extensions.

I've spent many hours watching broadies YouTube...

That along with Chapman cycles insta videos...

Man, you've gotta want a particular fork pretty hard

Technology Connections is an Aspie superstar.

Same, i still wouldnt be 100% happy with either extension technique. Neither are an ideal solution for rigidity in the longterm i feel. I would be interested to see how they all hold up.

As you say @Kimmo you gotta really want THAT fork to extend it really.

Is this pannier height usable?

If you look at the pannier on the other side, I think the one nearest the camera has been removed and is sitting on the floor.

That's brilliant

Paul Brodie is great too, but he talks so slowly. I watch him at 1.25x, it's perfect ;)

Stolen from crumbworks insta - I like it!

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I do pretty much Broadie’s technique but with braze rather than weld. Which I actually feel is better because the joint is a lot wider than it would be if it were welded.

I’ve spoken to an ex welder that worked on stuff like power plants when he was working and he reckons that on this kind joint, if you’re half decent at tig welding then the sleeve isn’t even required to get a joint that’s at least as strong as the rest of the tube.

I’ve always brazed them with brass before but did the latest one (for my wife, to turn her threaded fork into a threadless) I did it with silver and felt the penetration into the joint was so much better that I’d probably do that in future.

I know some will say that sweating the steerer right out and putting a new one in is the only way to go but, having tried it once, I just feel like that’s a lot of heat to be putting so close to the joints with the fork legs.

Very nice

the sleeve isn’t even required to get a joint that’s at least as strong as the rest of the tube

Do you reckon it also serves a purpose in helping keep things straight?

Yeah but that can be done externally, with v blocks or something.

Any ideas on fitting a hub based speed sensor to a disc TT wheel?

Ah yeah, guess people like to opt for the belt n braces approach i guess!

Not without pics

Put it on the front wheel?