Sending these forks off to a new home tomorrow, but I think there's a crown race still on there, am I right? If so, then I'd best remove it, might be useful somewhere 😆

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Yes, any good LBS should have a puller to whip it off if you can't.

So just get the old screwdriver & hammer out?

Judicious and careful use of a flat blade screwdriver and a mallet will have that off in a jiffy… emphasis on careful though!!!

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big sacrificial chisels work well too. 😛

Did it come with a headset?

aaarghh… I don't know if ya'll are taking the piss or being serious 😆 So it is a crown race (pretty sure it was on there when I got the forks secondhand…) though thinking about it, these came with a frame that had a King headset, so it's a King crown race?

yes it is a crown race and it might be a king one, maybe.

coolio… shall get it off, one way or another 😡

looks like a fork to me.

Yes it is. Smack it with a hammer and screwdriver.

yes it is a crown race and it might be a king one, maybe

Wouldn't King crowns be bigger, than say, princess crowns – or are they tiaras?
I think I might have a Shimano tiara race on my road bike??? (I couldn't quite afford the 105 one)

It looks to be a King one- so not so much a race as such, more a seat. And NOT indestructible, in fact it will be easily marked by tool steel thunked by a hammer. If you decide to hit it make sure that you don't do it too hard.

SMASH IT! 😡

yup I'd use an old chisel if you've got one,
as it will be better at gettin in underneath,
just tap gently though

I use a small hammer to tap a couple of (sharp) stanley knife blades in each side first, much easier and gentler way to get somthing bigger like a screwdriver in, and by then with most steerers it just pops off. Can't take credit for this; I think I probably heard to do that on here at some point.

Just remove the steerer tube instead. It must be easily replaceable.