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Started putting my Transition covert together and just realised the headset that is fitted is for a tapered fork and i have a straight fork.
Can i just order a Hope crown race adaptor or do i need a different bottom cup?
Arse.
Yep just buy the adapter .Have used this a couple of times with no bother at all.
Job done. 😉
I use hs136 on a couple of forks, works fine but i did cut a slot through effectively making a split crown race adapter...not much give as its quite a chunk of aluminium but it did make fitting/removal a doddle
Thanks.. Ive read they are super tight to get on..
nuke did you just hacksaw through it?
[i]Ive read they are super tight to get on[/i]
I've just fitted one to an on-one fatty carbon fork.
I greased the steerer and it needed a bit of a whack on the bit of old plastic waste pipe I use for non-split crown races but it wasn't worryingly tight.
I'd probably want to use the proper tool for the job when I remove it though, not just hammer a stanley knife blade between the race and crown like I usually do.
nuke did you just hacksaw through it?
Dremel with a wee cutting disc...10 minute job. End of day its a £7 adapter so figured better to cut that than have the risk of damaging expensive forks trying to bash it on or off