I’m a perfectionist, so I cut down the steerer tubes on both my bikes this weekend as I wanted to eliminate the need for ugly spacers. A bit of a scary thing to do, especially considering I don’t have the special tools to do it with.
Dodgey tool + patience = no worries.
Before, see the ugly massive spacer above the stem?
After, not a single ugly spacer on there. Looks tight. I love it.