WARNING!!!
Looking at the pictures, it appears that the steerer tube is chromed up to the existing threads. If that's true, your should remove the chrome before cutting additional threads. Failure to do so will most likely ruin (or at least severely dull) the cutting die! Adding threads and cutting-down a steerer tube is fairly simple if you have the proper tools. And if you are not trying to cut through chrome.
Wayne
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Wayne Bingham
Velo Classique
PO Box 2069
Purcellville, VA 20134 USA
540-338-8376
http://www.veloclassique.com
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I'm interested in a late 80's Bianchi but the fork steerer just seems too
long.
The seller's bike has a 57cm frame with a fork marked 59.
http://gallery.me.com/
I have several vintage Bianchis from the 70s and the frame size always matches the number stamped on the fork.
I've mostly gotten the run-around from the seller:
"there's no other bike like it" "I got it from a racer who got it from a racer" "don't buy it if you don't trust me" "As you well know a C-Record headset is taller"
he then proceeds to send me a picture of the frame when it had a mishmash of campy/shimano parts, and a shimano headset stacked full of spacers!
Could a fork this long have actually come stock on this bike? Could the fork be safely cut to the appropriate length? I haven't seen many Bianchis like it so I'm assuming it wasn't sold in North America. I know it's a bit off topic but it would have been the perfect frame for a C-Record build. What is such a frame worth?
If anyone has one for sale, I'm interested!
Paul Ozzello