Isn’t that just a shield for sunburn?
Thankfully my apprentice called in late so he also didn’t have to suffer from the freshly cut onions in my shop yesterday.
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Got the new weight weenie steerer tube. So light, it’s invisible.
Not really a meme just wanted to share my stupidity today for your enjoyment. Hope your 4th of July is going better than mine.
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the fork is sticking out at the bottom… .right…??
I’m thinking this was a steerer cut too short??
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Missed adding in stem stack height to their equation. 
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At what point did you realize? Did you flip it over or was it before that?
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Bingo! More specifically, took the stem off to measure the stem stack height, then forgot to put it back on to mark the steerer.
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Any luck tracking down a replacement?
I feel for you 
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My shop is on an extended closure for the holiday. Talked to another shop and they said they could order a replacement. So I have to wait until Monday to get one ordered.
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Reminds me of this that showed up on a ride invitation on Strava. 
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Yep, every nut and bolt was tightened, grabbed it, flipped it, and… whoops.
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At least it’s an easy fix. Couple screws, flip the back, put screws back on.
Cutting the fork too low is an expensive mistake.
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First time I cut a fork, I think I measured it over a dozen times. My MIL was a residential builder, and always said ‘measure twice, cut once’. I just measured it all of the ways I thought I could screw it up, and added a half inch, just in case. You can add spacers, but making it longer is damn near impossible. Like the business I ran for decades: running computer network wiring. One client objected to the cost of a ‘drop’, and the ‘excess wire’, but I said, if I had to run the wire again because it was too short, it would double the cost. (Plus, TBH, we didn’t bill by the foot for most drops anyway)
But in life, it’s kind of a general truism: ‘You can make it shorter, you can’t make it longer’. (After all the sweating over length, the steer tube cut was perfect! I lucked out)
I have a picture of myself during a ride posing with my tongue out. The resulting picture makes it look like I was licking my bars. I sent it to my brother (trying to get him to ride more) and said that I was not licking my bars: ‘I don’t think I’d survive it, and seriously doubt it would be psychedelic’. He said he almost fell down laughing. I guess you had to be there, but it’s Sunday.
Silly things… I mean, that picture couldn’t be better staged. 
I always thought that everyone marks the steerer with a pencil or sharpie when you mount the stem at the height you want with the top cap off?
Is this some new stem/steerer contraption that doesn’t allow for that anymore?
It was a mistake.