headset & fork help....

[weston]

how do i put the small ring thing on that fits onto the base of the forks, the one that the bearings sit on, i tried to hammer it on but it just cracked???

[oberonspacefruit]

your knackered then. you need a new one, and unfortunately ive just thrown one away. if it is one inch fork size, you can use a set of nu skool forks, slip the steerer tube over the old skool ones and tap away. i have had to lightly file away to get em on in the past, specially if it has been powdered.

[weston]

anyone got a couple of spares???

[oberonspacefruit]

apparently 'alfords do a 1 inch headset for 3 quid. that will ave one in. my branch didnt sell em tho, everybody else says they sell um.

[ORB]

yip.

Thems is nice too, chrome Diamond back jobbies.

You can get BB's too for about three and a half squid.

Fake compe 3's for £7 a shot too.

But thems is choclate

[theRuler]

i bought a diamond back 1" threaded headset for a fiver from halfords the other week

it was very much the "last chicken in the shop" though.
and it looked like it had been opened then subsequently repackaged by a mental patient.

dont expect halfords to be running this kind of obsolete kit in any abundance.

[oberonspacefruit]

my halfords had 14 pairs of oddessytriple trap a few eeks back. worth keepin an eye on halfords. plus its open late.

[theRuler]

a few eeks back

how many mice is that?

[ORB]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BNIB-DIAMONDBACK-HEADSET-FOR-BMX-BIKES_W0QQitemZ7193461537QQcategoryZ22677QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[theRuler]

yep it was one of them

buy that before i do!!!

[weston]

didnt really want to buy a new headset but went to halfords & bought the db one for £3.25, fits like a glove

[ORB]

Hate to say I told you so.....