As some of you know the silver Baron has been down several months with a broken steering stalk, I received a new one however I get the feeling something isn't right, since I haven't learned yet how to post pictures here (yes Paul I saw your tutorial) so if you could go to my website and take a look at my last post
www.lifeonabaron.blogspot.com The old stalk fit over the 1" stem on a rubber insert and had a cap with a hex bolt that tightened down eliminating any front/back play in the fork.
Optima a few years ago went to a 1 1/8" fork so they also supplied a small metal insert that fit over my 1" fork tube
The new stalk is taller than the old one which leaves almost a 1" gap between the top of the fork tube and the top of the stem. I did confirm it is the correct part by looking at the Baron image on Optima's website.
The problem is the top cap from the old setup is not quite large enough to properly fit the hole created by the new stalk and the old hex bolt isn't long enough, getting another hex bolt is easy but what about the cap? I "could" find another longer insert that ends up slightly higher than the stalk then put the cap on or do I just have to get a cap for a 1 1/8th headset?
(I think I just answered my question with the 1 1/8" cap but if anyone has any other ideas please let me know)