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The steertube assembly will all compact into place. However, it's a snug fit. So I'm not going to put it TOGETHER together until I've decided on construction/aesthetic.

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I am 90% sure I am going to do an under slung stem, so I am playing with what the top plate assembly will look like.

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Alignment looks good, so I should be able to use the top plat as a cap. Mounting handle bars on top (original design), however, may put too much tork-stress for the size of the bike and length of fork comparatively. But then again...maybe not?

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In order to mount the top plate of the triple tree, I have to have all 3 pipes slide into the corresponding fittings. But since I am altering the steer-tube assembly. The inverted steer-tube ends up being the same diameter as the fitting itself.

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So we adapt...

I have, what was sold as, a 'bicycle seatpost shim'. It was not. But it is a shim, nonetheless, and it's been lying around for a couple years. Hopefully, it should do the trick.

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Looks like just the right amount of tolerance...

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And this seatpost should fit into the shim, then into the steer tube, ultimately creating a pipe reducer coupling. 👍🏼🤷‍♂️

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Wish me luck
 
I know it is shimming a seat post, thus 'seat post shim' but the shim itself is as big in diameter as the largest frame tubing I've ever come across. Maybe it was for a motorcycle?
 
If you keep the pipes tall, make the ends smokey

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I like the 26 back with the 20 on the front
I am leaning that way, myself. Ideally, I'd like to bend the fork legs a touch more for a better flow-line (visually) from the cantilever into the fork.
 
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