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[Closed] 1 1/4" headset - where from? Anyone got one?

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Picked up a Principia Rex road frame I'm going to build up but need a headset (normal push in cup type not integrated). The top part is 1 1/8" so easy to find something but the bottom cup is 1 1/4", which is proving hard to find. I can only find Chris King ones searching which are £95, more than the whole thing is worth probably. Anyone know where else you can get 1 1/4" headset (bottom bits) from? I think some older mtb's used them?
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Posted : 28/01/2013 8:20 am
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1/4"?? The 80's called, they want their headset size back!


 
Posted : 28/01/2013 8:45 am
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1/4"?? The 80's called, they want their headset size back!

Modern giants use 1 1/4 at the top end, not the base though so that doesn't help the OP.


 
Posted : 28/01/2013 8:55 am
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it's [i]Evolution[/i]


 
Posted : 28/01/2013 8:55 am
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someone somewhere must have an old 1 1/4" headset I can cannibalise...hopefully


 
Posted : 29/01/2013 12:13 pm
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give bikedock in belfast a call 02890 730600 ask to speak to niall or phil, tell them simon sent you and they should have 1 1/4 headsets in the workshop

(worked there and there were about 10 in a box of old stock 6 months ago)


 
Posted : 29/01/2013 12:17 pm
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thanks for that, will do


 
Posted : 29/01/2013 1:08 pm
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You can get Cane Creek lower assemblies for £35.


 
Posted : 30/01/2013 1:52 pm
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thanks, just managed to source a complete NOS Dia Compe one for £30 delivered, phew


 
Posted : 30/01/2013 3:00 pm