Pace Steerer replacement

[scrapper]

Ive a set of RC30's making their way over to me to be fitted to my Scott pro Racing project

Unfortunately the threaded steerer is a little too short & i want to go ahead anyway

is the steerer tube replaceable on its own ? , or am i faced with trying to find a complete crown?

 

[Sithlord]

Hi fella, the steerer is replaceable just on its own , as long as the crown is for 1"

Have a word with 'justbackdated' on the forum as he is our pace guru..

 

[JeRkY]

Doesnt matter if they are 1" or larger the steerer is removable. Infact it is handy to get a 1 1/8th set as Pace made a shim to reduce it to 1" ( Shim is also probably available still through Tim...he got me one last year.)

 

[justbackdated]

Steerer is bolted in so deffo replacable.
If they are early RC30 with the big 4 bolts-in-front crown the steerer sockets were made steerer-diameter specific; so you can get 1", 1 1/8" and 1 1/4". The larger ones can be shimmed down as Jerky says. The two crowns for larger dia steerers have bumps in the front and rear faces to accomodate the bigger steerers, the 1" crown is flat faced.
The later '97-on RC30 was only made with 1 1/8" dia steerer socket but is still a bolt-in job.
New steerers in all sizes in stock now

 

[CAS]

As the guys say it's all replaceable. I put together an RC30 with the legs, crown and steerer all from different sources recently. The only problem I found was that between the crown and the steerer I was short of a shim thing to fit the crown race on and the LBS had to bodge ( sorry engineer) me a part to make it fit - this was for a 1" set up.

 

[JeRkY]

Justbackdated could of got you a Race collar Cas

 

[CAS]

Justbackdated could of got you a Race collar Cas

Yep - thought that when I read the previous posts on this thread - would have saved a lot of ferreting at the bike shop trying to find a suitable length of 1" steerer as well - still you live and learn. Next time I'll know better!

 

[justbackdated]

Hey CAS,
does the "engineered" shim have a flange and recess for the circlip[on the steerer] to stop it all pulling through the crown? If not give me a bell 'cos it may be better to fit the proper bits for safetys sake,
cheers
Tim

 

[CAS]

I'll check and get back to you if need be - many thanks for the offer

CAS

 

[justbackdated]

Steerer and shim should look a bit like this-note the circlip on the steerer which sits in a recess in the reducer shim[1 1/4" to 1" shown] and in turn the shim has a flange to sit against the underside of the crown. This arrangement reduces the chance of acidentally drawing the steerer through the crown by tightening the ahead cap bolt.