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Just zis Guy said:

I was hoping to pick up my Stinger with its new frameset this weekend,
but was thwarted by a most irritating detail change; the new frame has
a larger headset, hence new steerer and front forks, which means that
the rear brake pipe needs to be 3" longer than the old one. Messrs.
Hope have been commissioned to make a new one, which should be ready
early next week, so after about two months consigned to wedgiedom I'll
be back on my 'bent from next weekend, I hope.

Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the same regulars, do you
notice any difference in drivers' behaviour between the bent and the wedgie?

Just curious

Tony

Just zis Guy said:

I was hoping to pick up my Stinger with its new frameset this weekend,
but was thwarted by a most irritating detail change; the new frame has
a larger headset, hence new steerer and front forks

Is there not an adapter to fit a smaller headset?

~PB

On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:26:34 +0100, "Tony Raven"
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Quoted message said:

Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the same regulars, do you
notice any difference in drivers' behaviour between the bent and the wedgie?

Yes. I am given more space on the 'bent, definitely. It does wear
off over time with some drivers, but not all.

Guy
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:38:12 +0100, "Pete Biggs"
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Quoted message said:

Is there not an adapter to fit a smaller headset?

Who knows? Optima are supplying a complete kit, so I'm happy :-)

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:26:34 +0100, "Tony Raven"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the same regulars, do you
notice any difference in drivers' behaviour between the bent and the wedgie?

Yes. I am given more space on the 'bent, definitely. It does wear
off over time with some drivers, but not all.

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

I'd second that. Only got cut up a few times over the winter months on
the 'bent, but as soon as I was back on a 2 wheel wedgie, once every few
days or more