Proper way to cut carbon steerer?

J.V. said:

What is the proper way to cut a carbon steerer tube? Can
you use a hack saw? If so, any specific blade? If not, what
tool do you need?

Dear J.V.,

Have a look at this post, which in turn will lead you to the
promised land:

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or

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Good luck,

Carl Fogel

Thanks much! Why I didn't search first I don't know, maybe
it had something to do with my 3 yr old tugging at me. (The
cutting will definately occur after his bedtime.)

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Jun 2004 18:55:20 -0700, "J.V."

Quoted message said:

What is the proper way to cut a carbon steerer tube? Can
you use a hack saw? If so, any specific blade? If not, what
tool do you need?

Dear J.V.,

Have a look at this post, which in turn will lead you to the
promised land:

<groups.google.comgroupsOpen ↗
nlejm9002r6l0%404 ax.com&output=gplain>

or

tinyurl.com3x7ctOpen ↗

Good luck,

Carl Fogel

J.V. said:

Thanks much! Why I didn't search first I don't know, maybe
it had something to do with my 3 yr old tugging at me. (The
cutting will definately occur after his bedtime.)

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"]news:[email hidden]... On Tue,
1 Jun 2004 18:55:20 -0700, "J.V."

Quoted message said:

What is the proper way to cut a carbon steerer tube? Can
you use a hack saw? If so, any specific blade? If not,
what tool do you need?

Dear J.V.,

Have a look at this post, which in turn will lead you to
the promised land:

<groups.google.comgroupsOpen ↗
0nlejm9002r6l0%404 ax.com&output=gplain>

or

tinyurl.com3x7ctOpen ↗

Good luck,

Carl Fogel

Dear J.V.,

Here's the best research lesson that I ever learned, taught
to me by a professor of Old English.

At the end of his doctoral examination, he was left alone
for an hour with a pile of ancient books. Then he was
supposed to tell the examining committee what he found
significant about the books and how he would go about
researching them.

He beavered away for his hour, making frantic notes, and
then forced himself to go through it all slowly and
carefully in front of the stone-faced committee.

The committee exchanged looks, raised eyebrows, nodded, and
deferred to one leathery old curmudgeon, who said, "That's
all very well and quite thorough, DOCTOR So-and-so--,"
which let him know that he'd passed the exam, "but you
might make a note that it would be wiser to go down the
hallway and ask Professor Smith for his opinion, since he
is the world's leading authority on these items. In fact,
why don't you take them back to him and help him put them
back on his shelves?"

In short, asking a question can save an awful lot of time
researching things that are already known. That's what
newsgroups are for. All these guys who know oodles about
bicycles are willing to tell us all about them, just for the
cost of typing a question.

Carl Fogel

For a hacksaw, use a 32 teeth per inch blade. When cutting, it is a
good idea to keep the blade wet to keep the dust to a minimum. See
also parktool.comhowfix forksize.shtmlOpen ↗

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Quoted message said:

Here's the best research lesson that I ever learned,
taught to me by a professor of Old English.

You misspelled "Old professor of English."

Quoted message said:

At the end of his doctoral examination, he was left alone
for an hour with a pile of ancient books. Then he was
supposed to tell the examining committee what he found
significant about the books and how he would go about
researching them.

Quoted message said:

He beavered away for his hour, making frantic notes, and
then forced himself to go through it all slowly and
carefully in front of the stone-faced committee.

Quoted message said:

The committee exchanged looks, raised eyebrows, nodded,
and deferred to one leathery old curmudgeon, who said,
"That's all very well and quite thorough, DOCTOR So-and-so--
," which let him know that he'd passed the exam, "but you
might make a note that it would be wiser to go down the
hallway and ask Professor Smith for his opinion, since he
is the world's leading authority on these items. In fact,
why don't you take them back to him and help him put them
back on his shelves?"

Quoted message said:

In short, asking a question can save an awful lot of time
researching things that are already known. That's what
newsgroups are for. All these guys who know oodles about
bicycles are willing to tell us all about them, just for
the cost of typing a question.

That's a darling story. In real life academia (Hah!), the
reaction of Distinguished Professor Smith would either be
gratification that a young grad student was interested
enough in his dusty old subject to ask for his opinion,
followed by a lengthy disquisition, OR D.P. Smith would bite
the youngster's head off for coming in unprepared without
knowing the reams of articles on this crashingly important
subject which lies at the heart of all literature studies.
There is also the possibility that _both_ of these reactions
would occur.

It is nice that all these guys who know oodles are willing
to answer our questions, but it's courteous to them to
research first since many questions have been answered
before. (No disrepect is meant to the OP, whose question was
well posed, better than many.)

On 2 Jun 2004 18:53:43 -0800, Benjamin Weiner
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

It is nice that all these guys who know oodles are willing
to answer our questions, but it's courteous to them to
research first since many questions have been answered
before. (No disrepect is meant to the OP, whose question
was well posed, better than many.)

Dear Benjamin,

A newgroup is no place for people who dislike questions.

It's amazing how many twits waste time announcing that a
question has been discussed before (often true) and decided
in their favor (often untrue) and therefore should never be
raised again.

If they don't like the question or are tired of answering
it, they can ignore it. There are usually plenty of
cheerful folk who suffer from neither failing and can
provide useful replies.

Carl Fogel

Quoted message said:

It's amazing how many twits waste time announcing that a
question has been discussed before (often true) and
decided in their favor (often untrue) and therefore should
never be raised again.

Not THIS tired old discussion again! This been hashed out SO
many times and SO thoroughly that I thought we'd finally put
it to bed. But NOOO, you just can't deal with the fact that
you're wrong about this, can you?

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Tim Lines said:

Quoted message said:

It's amazing how many twits waste time announcing that a
question has been discussed before (often true) and
decided in their favor (often untrue) and therefore
should never be raised again.

Not THIS tired old discussion again! This been hashed out
SO many times and SO thoroughly that I thought we'd finally
put it to bed. But NOOO, you just can't deal with the fact
that you're wrong about this, can you?

Dear Tim,

I stand humbly corrected.

(Epur si muove!)

Carl Fogel