Mike I don't have any tactical help to give you besides encouragement to try whatever your gut tells you. I will say that the risk associated with running your stem above the max height line is that the wedging part that is expanding the steerer is at the part where the steerer is weakened by the threads being there. The risk is you literally pulling the top of your steertube off. It's a really rare thing that those of us that have worked at shops have seen maybe a handful of times per decade. That failure, though rare, is almost the fastest way to get your head on the ground. So the risk is small, but the penalty is large. I would not go more than a couple mm above the min insertion line.
What I do have is empathy, as the process of buying, setting up and riding bigger Rivendells has finally led me to conclude that my custom racing bike is too small, and I'm parting it out. I'm not saying that you should punt on your QuickBeam, but I am saying that I know what it's like for a good fitting bike to ruin another bike that had SEEMED to fit right for a long long time. Best of luck with your efforts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/F8R80LP3EqIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
