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Originally Posted by GonaSovereign
I might be missing a detail, but why not have the fork steerer made 1 1/8?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Robb
HEAVY in steel.
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Certainly
heavier, but someone who is buying a 1" steel steerer is not really in the weight weenie camp in the first place, right? "HEAVY" is relative in that it depends on the user and their application. Some may prefer the stiffer, better "mated" 1 1/8" steerer, even if it weighs more. Of course the op may prefer the 1" for more flex, I do not know.
Steel fork steerer tubes:
25.4mm x 320mm = 272g
28.6mm x 320mm = 386g
So the "penalty" for the 1 1/8" steel steerer is 114g at 320mm or ~0.36g/mm.
That is not insignificant, but for instance the CK 1 1/8"/1" Devolution Threadless headset alone weighs 17g more than the CK 1 1/8" NoThreadSet (115g to 98g).
That Problem Solvers reducer surely weighs next to nothing, and is much less expensive than a new Devolution headset; are they proven long-term reliable?
Moreover, the issue is that the OP already has a 1 1/8" headset
("I have a steel frame that has a 1 1/8" HS"...unless he meant 1 1/8" head tube) so if he chooses the 1" fork steerer he cannot use that headset; he will still have to use either
a Devolution/etc 1 1/8" to 1" threadless headset or
a Problem Solvers/etc 1 1/8" to 1" reducer plus a 1" threadless headset.