Re: [CR] reaming or shimming French forks

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:07:09 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] reaming or shimming French forks

BOB FREITAS wrote:
> As to reaming a French steerer to 22.2 ,I thought they were the
> same OD ? What is the danger here other than incompetence?

Not *quite* the same OD. A French steer tube has an OD of 25mm; an English or Italian steer tube has an OD of 1" or 25.4mm

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA