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[Closed] Tapered headtube and headset & straight steerer forks...

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Do I need to buy a new headset or is there some sort of an adaptor I can get?


 
Posted : 30/03/2015 10:20 pm
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Hope do one. About £8


 
Posted : 30/03/2015 10:21 pm
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will that fit any make of headset?


 
Posted : 30/03/2015 10:28 pm
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Yes it will. It presses onto your fork to make the base of the steerer effectively 1.5, then fit the crown race to that.


 
Posted : 30/03/2015 10:34 pm
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I've got one you can have for a fiver?


 
Posted : 30/03/2015 10:36 pm
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You need a different adapter (or a new bearing) depending on the bottom chamfer angles on the lower bearing. Some are 45 degrees and some are 36 degrees. There may even be others. I think hope use 45 degree and I know FSA use 36 degree lower chamfer bearings. However, adaptors are available for both and if you get the wrong one you can always swap the bearings as I think they all have 45 degree upper chamfer.


 
Posted : 31/03/2015 12:40 am
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The Hope adaptor is square edged to take any crown race, it isn't tapered & a crown race in its own right.


 
Posted : 31/03/2015 10:22 am