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Just received a reply from Witcombs to an email I sent them about this problem, this is their answer-

''Thank you for contacting us. We can indeed undertake the job but the extent of our intervention would depend on how much the steerer is too long. The rethreading would cost £20/per inch.

It might however be easier and quicker to replace it. This would cost £45.''

I could do this job easily if I had the tools, these people are s'posed to be skilled mechanics! Easier! Quicker! about a 30 minute job!

So that would make me worth 180quid-if you get my drift! Cos mines already threaded!

For future reference, Apex in Clapham couldn't do it, but reckoned bikefix in Lambs Conduit street would, Edwardes in Camberwell couldn't do it but said Witcombs would, ended up asking in Evans at the Cut and surprise, surprise! they're doing it as I write this-(15 quid though!) Cheers.

Cheers for that chaps, it's actually a set of forks I've nicked from one bike to replace a pair on a frame I've stripped, re-painted, the existing forks are riduculously long and I can't get a brake caliper to go anywhere near the rims. Chucked the old brakes away-just in too bad a condition to refurb. The steerer tube on the new forks is way too long and only threaded at the top 1inch, so needs to be chopped to length and re-threaded. Will contact the two shops mentioned, but anymore advice keep it coming.

Sorry forgot to mention I'm in south London.

Hi, anybody out there know where I can get my forks with a 1inch steerer tube cut down and rethreaded- in fact I could do the cutting, I just need someone with a die big enough. Any workshops or mechanics who aren't gonna charge me silly money. Thanks