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kevin rettie

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Head set question
« on: February 16, 2008, 08:29 PM »
Thinking on getting a new school F&F but not sure how headset/stem arrangement works.

Can someone help me get my head around it? pics would be great.

Ta

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 08:33 PM »
go to the nearest bicycle shop and have a look. If you have an mountain bike it'll use the same system

kevin rettie

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 08:44 PM »
Thanks Bob

SaMAlex

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 08:46 PM »
Get all the stuff you usually use to fit headsets ... vice, cup press, wooden blocks, large hammer ..... and thow them all away. Then get a hidden headset, just drop in inplace on the forks and frame, and tighten it up at the stem. Then go back to building a 1" bike to remind yourself what a crap system it is!  :2funny:

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 10:15 PM »
is there a map to the hidden headset  ???

SaMAlex

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 10:20 PM »
is there a map to the hidden headset  ???

Mine was under a bush in the back garden.  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 10:23 PM »
is there a map to the hidden headset  ???

Mine was under a bush in the back garden.  :LolLolLolLol:

hnurrr hnurrrr, you said bush!!! (in my best Beavis and Butthead voice lol)

 :) DINGO :)

kevin rettie

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 10:25 PM »
 :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 10:30 PM »
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hidden/internal headsets are brilliant!  and so easy to fit!

SaMAlex

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Re: Head set question
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 10:45 PM »
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hidden/internal headsets are brilliant!  and so easy to fit!

That clip was great. Thanks for posting it. I must have build 1000s of bikes, 100s of BMXs (I worked in a bike shop for 10 years) but I still watched that all the way through. Really cool.


I watched an on line product Video from Alans BMX a while ago and he said something about there are 2 types of "new" headset. One is the one we all like, that has an angle machined inside the headtube. The other still has push (hammer) in cups, but they sit inside the headtube. Both these systems look the same when the bike is built, but one is just as bad as the old style. Im not going to try to say what they were called cos Im bound to get it the wrong way round, but watch out for it.

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