I know the difference between 1inch, and 1-1/8, threaded and non-threaded, so no questions with any of that stuff, but I have a cyclocross bike that I plan on switching over to a normal road bike, so first i've been looking around at new forks, but i've got a few questions,
right now, the steerer tube including the threads, is about 165mm long, when i look for a fork, and people say it's 180mm, with 40mm of threads, are they including the threads in the first measurement, or no? I'm just curious if i should be measuring from the bottom of the steerer tube up to the threads, or all the way up to the top of the tube. do threads need to be a specific lenth? if mine has 40mm now, and i found a fork with 50mm of threads, there's no reason that'd mess anything up is there? aside from a possible faster wear on the bearings?
my other option is to upgrade to a threadless fork, if I do that, how much longer should the threadless fork tube be than the one i've got now, and if i found one that's longer, is there any reason that I couldn't just take the hacksaw to it to make it longer? even one with a carbon steerer, or would that be a bad idea?
thanks for any help you guys can give me
right now, the steerer tube including the threads, is about 165mm long, when i look for a fork, and people say it's 180mm, with 40mm of threads, are they including the threads in the first measurement, or no? I'm just curious if i should be measuring from the bottom of the steerer tube up to the threads, or all the way up to the top of the tube. do threads need to be a specific lenth? if mine has 40mm now, and i found a fork with 50mm of threads, there's no reason that'd mess anything up is there? aside from a possible faster wear on the bearings?
my other option is to upgrade to a threadless fork, if I do that, how much longer should the threadless fork tube be than the one i've got now, and if i found one that's longer, is there any reason that I couldn't just take the hacksaw to it to make it longer? even one with a carbon steerer, or would that be a bad idea?
thanks for any help you guys can give me