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Ok folks ladies and gentlemen, I am looking to slacken a bit the head angle on my meta. No by much, but just a little bit.So far the only thing I have seen that would do the trick, is a on-one smoothie headset with a +5 mm bottom cup.
Anyone know of something else that i can use?
Cheers
Offset shock bushings? Will drop the BB as well, up to you if that's desirable or not.
Meta has a fairly low BB to start with, offset bushings might not be viable. I remember a 1 1/8th offset headset being developed by Cane Creek, not sure if it's out yet but that might be worth a look.
Nope the BB is low enough as it is. Or maybe I could use both, so the BB height won't move much, and the HA will slacken enough.
Ok folks ladies and gentlemen, I am looking to slacken a bit the head angle on my meta. No by much, but just a little bit.So far the only thing I have seen that would do the trick, is a on-one smoothie headset with a +5 mm bottom cup.
Anyone know of something else that i can use?Cheers
Not the intended use of that crown race. And a daft way to slacken your head angle.
Works components or Cane Creek.
an extra 5psi in your front tyre?
a little less sag on your forks?
shorter stem?
And a daft way to slacken your head angle.
Probably but will have the desired effect nonetheless. I can't change the sag on my fork it's got a spring inside.
20" back wheel?
a +5mm lower cup will make more-or-less-no-difference-at-all.
or maybe less.
Well the work component looks like what I was looking for 😀
Cheers for that. Now Let's hope they can post it over here.
40mm of headset spacers under the crown race.
that'll do it.
I can't change the sag on my fork it's got a spring inside.
bit less preload? softer spring?
also available here
[url= http://on-one.co.uk/i/q/HSWCSLS118/on_one_slackset_by_works_components_for_1_1_8_headtubes ]link to on-one[/url]
Cheers DEUS , but the other one is made in the UK 😉
That's just On-One rebadging Works' part, it's also made in the UK.
I've got 2 of the Works ones, they do just what they say on the tin. It'll lower your BB ever so slightly of course and likewise steepen the seat tube fractionally. Only criticism I have is that I go through top bearings faster with it than with any other headset I've used- I think the big flat top causes water to pool and get past the sealing, possibly. But that's OK.
It'll lower your BB ever so slightly of course and likewise steepen the seat tube fractionally.
Interesting, but I guess it's inevitable. As per the on-one I might as well buy the original 😀 thanks for the info anyway.