If you want to talk like a Brit, just describe everything as "proper," pronounced "prop-pah."


Below is how my bike looked before i got a proper stem. 1/8 inch too big meant that i couldnt fit my cups, headset, or bearings. Note the pileup of those components as a haphazard pile of spacers, as the stem had to act as an improvised bolt-down to keep the fork from flying off my frame. To act as bearings, i got some lockrings (big washers) at the bottom and oiled them every day to make sure i could turn. Got a lot of attention from bikers and shops.
Now, the almost proper assembly, how it is supposed to look (again, almost). Still missing the bottom bearings and the top headset nut because the fork tube was too short