Bought a Ritchey Logic Scuzzy Logic with a star-fangled nut but this isnt what I need. Looking at Sheldon Brown gave me this:
"The YST "GeForce" headset has a collar which slips over the steerer, and is clamped to it with a binder bolt near the top of the collar. The outside of this collar is threaded, and the upper bearing race screws onto these threads. The upper race assembly is fitted with a binder bolt that clamps it tight onto these threads when the desired adjustment has been attained. The Ge Force is the only threadless headset which doesn't use the handlebar stem as part of the adjustment. These headsets may be used with any stem, either external clamping or internal expander/wedge type."
As in something that holds the fork without the need for a stem. The fork uses a 1 1/4 inch steerer as far as I can measure. Anyone know any other brands that fit the bill as it seems these YST headsets are crappy. (mtb review)
Bought a Ritchey Logic Scuzzy Logic with a star-fangled nut but this isnt what I need. Looking at Sheldon Brown gave me this:
"The YST "GeForce" headset has a collar which slips over the steerer, and is clamped to it with a binder bolt near the top of the collar. The outside of this collar is threaded, and the upper bearing race screws onto these threads. The upper race assembly is fitted with a binder bolt that clamps it tight onto these threads when the desired adjustment has been attained. The Ge Force is the only threadless headset which doesn't use the handlebar stem as part of the adjustment. These headsets may be used with any stem, either external clamping or internal expander/wedge type."
As in something that holds the fork without the need for a stem. The fork uses a 1 1/4 inch steerer as far as I can measure. Anyone know any other brands that fit the bill as it seems these YST headsets are crappy. (mtb review)
"Mikael Seierup" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:
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Bought a Ritchey Logic Scuzzy Logic with a star-fangled nut but this isnt what I need. Looking at Sheldon Brown gave me this:
"The YST "GeForce" headset has a collar which slips over the steerer, and is clamped to it with a binder bolt near the top of the collar. The outside of this collar is threaded, and the upper bearing race screws onto these threads. The upper race assembly is fitted with a binder bolt that clamps it tight onto these threads when the desired adjustment has been attained. The Ge Force is the only threadless headset which doesn't use the handlebar stem as part of the adjustment. These headsets may be used with any stem, either external clamping or internal expander/wedge type."
As in something that holds the fork without the need for a stem. The fork uses a 1 1/4 inch steerer as far as I can measure. Anyone know any other brands that fit the bill as it seems these YST headsets are crappy. (mtb review)
Regards Mikael
Perhaps you can do something like this: My new tadpole trike will use two Aheadsets, and I have no need of stems. I have experimentally chucked a BMX seatpost clamp in the lathe and bored out the hole so that it can be used instead of a stem. Of course, one could just saw off the unnecessary bits of a stem.
Perhaps you can do something like this: My new tadpole trike will use two Aheadsets, and I have no need of stems. I have experimentally chucked a BMX seatpost clamp in the lathe and bored out the hole so that it can be used instead of a stem. Of course, one could just saw off the unnecessary bits of a stem.
Well, it turned out it was a 1 1/8 after all so I bought a used Stronglight Headstrong headset with needle bearings. It has a hexbolt so the topbit-thingie grips the stem.
Well, it turned out it was a 1 1/8 after all so I bought a used Stronglight Headstrong headset with needle bearings. It has a hexbolt so the topbit-thingie grips the stem.
Mikael,
I tried to find "topbit-thingie" in Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary [1] but there was no entry. The man has let me down. 😉
