FSA at 35 mm is one of the shorter ones.
Help needed.Lowest at the steerer clamp stem
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Ok, this is how is going now. I´ve been having a hard time finding the fsa stem without oversized handlebar clamp...With no luck. Finally went to a bike shop just to check what he had over there and he hadn´t any fsa but he found a used Kuyps lying around that had a 34 mm steerer clamp height, 90 mm long and some degrees rise.It´s a nicely CNC machined and only 140 gms. It´s already on the bike. There are 4mm left from the top of the steerer to the end of the stem. Good.I was lucky.
Now the fork is in its 100mm configuration. I´m going to give it a try like this and see. The lower height of the stem without all the spacers it had before together with the quite good amount of sag the fork is carrying and the 250 extra grams compared to the Mars shouldn´t throw me off line on steep climbs as I was fearing.I feel my body position is fine too. Still have to check it on a good ride. If things don´t go well I still have the chance to change the stem and lower the fork.
Shiggy, I´m not returning the fork. The problem here is that my Kona has a really long headtube.Specialized of my size come with even shorter steerers at the fork, go figure.So, in the long run, if ever change the frame, things will go back to "normality".I know I´m a bit stubborn, but the deal was good and It seems it´s going fine.I know I have less stem options, but I seems will be able to find what I need. All the costs of any reaming and such are zero. I do it myself a shop where I have free acces to the tools.
Gearhead, there are 4mm left from the fork crown plugs to the downtube. If any to be taken, wouldn´t be more than 1mm. Up the tube another 1mm maybe. This would leave 32mm of steerer coming off which would widen the stem options to Syntace besides the Fsa
(I´ve been searching hard on the web)
More opinions are really welcome....You´ve all been very helpfull. Thanks
Now the fork is in its 100mm configuration. I´m going to give it a try like this and see. The lower height of the stem without all the spacers it had before together with the quite good amount of sag the fork is carrying and the 250 extra grams compared to the Mars shouldn´t throw me off line on steep climbs as I was fearing.I feel my body position is fine too. Still have to check it on a good ride. If things don´t go well I still have the chance to change the stem and lower the fork.
Shiggy, I´m not returning the fork. The problem here is that my Kona has a really long headtube.Specialized of my size come with even shorter steerers at the fork, go figure.So, in the long run, if ever change the frame, things will go back to "normality".I know I´m a bit stubborn, but the deal was good and It seems it´s going fine.I know I have less stem options, but I seems will be able to find what I need. All the costs of any reaming and such are zero. I do it myself a shop where I have free acces to the tools.
Gearhead, there are 4mm left from the fork crown plugs to the downtube. If any to be taken, wouldn´t be more than 1mm. Up the tube another 1mm maybe. This would leave 32mm of steerer coming off which would widen the stem options to Syntace besides the Fsa
(I´ve been searching hard on the web)More opinions are really welcome....You´ve all been very helpfull. Thanks
he does not list the stems for sale on ebay, i emailed him on nov 17th and this is the reply i got from him:What&son said:
Hello,
Yes, I have Saago stems for $30 plus shipping. Let me know what size
you would like.
Best regards,
Dan
he actually had two ebay auctions for the stems after i emailed him and only one sold, but he lists 5 different sizes in the
auction , try emailing him and asking if he has any left, he appears to have dropped his price.
also, you havent told us what headset your using, if it is a conventional headset, you may have an option of a lower stack headset. I have 33mm of steerer on my road bike and ended up running a syntace megaforce 260 and it works just fine (syntace emailed me to tell me to make sure that the end of the steerer is at least halfway past the higher bolt. When I had this problem on my old bike, and i needed a short stem i threw a BMX stem on it, it was a little havy, but def. lower stack height and a lot more confidence...ending up running this stem
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