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My Piegas got squashed recently, and I can defo confirm that they did bend... but I always thought the general consensus was very much against this kind of thing?

Yes, it would - I only cut mine to slam it.

I guess if you still need it to be quite tall but can't insert it further than in the picture, then it's not the butting anyway. Probably either dirt in the steerer, or maybe the end of the stem has been flared by the bolt being tightened too much when it's not in use (kind of like a headset removal tool, if you see what I mean). In which case you might be able to squeeze it back with a cable tie or something?

But if you do want to slam it and the butting is in the way, butchering it works a treat : )

Lovely frame... and I'm a big Pierrot le Fou fan : )
Good luck with the sale.

There's a whole thread, if you're interested:

Deda 215 Shallow drop
Drop: 135 - Reach: 80

Deda Speciale 26 (latest version of 215, but heavier)
Drop: 135 - Reach: 80

Deda Piega
Drop: 143 - Reach: 87

Deda Piega (RHM - the current Piega)
Drop: 130 - Reach: 75

Bontrager SSR VR-C
Drop: 125 - Reach: 85

Soma Highway One
Drop: 130 - Reach: 75

Nitto M106 Neat
Drop: 128 - Reach: 78

Nitto M151 AAF
Drop:128 - Reach: 76

Origin-8 Pro-lite Compact
Drop: 120 - Reach: 70

Civia Emerson
Drop: 128 - Reach: 80

Tranz X Alloy
Drop: 140 - Reach: 90

Procraft Road Pro Compact
Drop: 125 - Reach: 70

Also ITM Super Italia pro 260 may be worth a look.

updated list.

Get well soon : )

I've had this with smaller headtubes, where the bottom of the stem hits the butting inside the steeerer. My soloution (that only works with a wedge-style quill stem) is:

Might just be dirt though, try that first!

Part of me kind of admires the effort they made:

I actually might... Will have a look later : )

Oh right!
I guess it depends on the OD of the fork steerer, and the compatibility of the threads.

At some point the steerer was cut... but as long as the new headset isn't too tall to fit on whatever steerer you have, it should work.

Why cantis on this, out of interest?

Assuming you mean a 1" (22.2mm) stem;
you can use any 1" threaded headset, provided the stack height works with the amount of steerer you have on the forks.

I was at that Unida gig too : )

Love it : )

I have a pair of these if you're interested:

All my stem dreams came true:
https://bicyclist.cc/product/3ttt-chromix-steel-stem-26-0-x-90-mm/

Sure I have a can of black paint somewhere...

2,022 bikes is a lot of bikes

You have a good tip where you live!

I would say silver with black chainring... General rule (that I just made up) of matching it to the wheels; with the rims being the chainring, and the spokes / hubs being the cranks.

I would fit mudguards and run a quill stem, with drops & levers for full winter hack mode, or battered risers and quill for full rat mode.

I think I prefer the look of the 1a to the Salsa FWIW

I do too, tbh.
I would welcome a cheaper source for 26.0 quill stems with a bit of rise (or for Decathlon to keep making their 25.4 compact drops).

Salsa are nice enough but when you're really only after something that works, it is annoying that they cost £100, and something more or less the same with a 25.4 clamp is a tenner.

Shiny and Chubby - my new favourite kids TV characters!
Wheels are looking great, can't wait to see this take shape.

I'll take that as an excellent justification for my obviously-too-fancy rear light!

It would have been even better to pop it under the rack but I want to switch racks at some point and was worried the beam would get ironically blocked by a light mount on the new one.

Neither can I yet... I definitely got a bit carried away!
Hopefully it'll look worse once it's covered in shite, it doesn't help that I cleaned all the parts before putting it together.

And to be fair, a lot of it actually was quite expensive : /

Yeah, it's got about 8-10 layers of clearcoat and glittery stuff on it.

I'm chuffed with the rear light, it's only small but it's super bright. Glad I went with that one over the Secula (until it gets nicked or squashed, obviously).

I've been riding it around for a few days already and it's pretty much dialled-in.

The stem could do with being a bit longer and taller, so I'm on the lookout for something 26.0 / 90mm / 0-5 degrees. Probably Salsa as I don't think anyone else makes them. Or maybe any old MTB stem if I can find a pair of those Decathlon 25.4 compact drops.

Eventually I'd also like to find a replacement stainless Tortec Epic rack (like the squashed one from the Dawes), but this one will do for now.

Spent last night wiring the rear dynamo. Never done that before so felt good. The wire goes down the DT and up the inside of the mudguard (with Gorilla tape, curious to see how long that lasts).

It was fun learning about connectors and heat-shrinking things.
Incidentally, all the wires and gubbins came with the new front light.

Anyway, here are some pics of the full bike:

The skewers are a little creaky (on my Varonha, anyway), but they're fine really.
Not sure I'd use them on chrome drop-outs, and defo wouldn't use them on non-vertical rear drop outs.