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I'm trying to replace the forks on my Mondraker Vantage - it's currently got some "not very good" coil forks on at the minute. When I took them off yesterday, I see that they are a straight steerer version and have a reducer fitted as standard at the factory.
My question is - is it ok to leave the current headset cups in place and pick up a new straight to tapered headset and install or will I need to have the cups pressed out and new ones pressed in?
I'm pretty happy doing most of my own mechanicing, but headsets really confuse me
The current headset is a FSA no 57-B
Thanks
The convertor is on the fork steerer yes? Looks like a top hat kind of thing? If it does, then remove the crown race from the convertor/forks, and fit onto a new tapered fork. Job done.
Yes, sort of
But not like when I installed a Hope converter previously. That I installed first and then put the crown race on top of that. This one looks the other way round? Almost like a small crown race on top of a large converter. It looks as though both make a chamfered angle onto which the bearing race sits
Ended up going to LBS who pressed out the old cups and inserted some new ones along with a new headset - all running smoothly now