Hi
Thinking of getting a new frame which unfortunately has a tapered (1.5" bottom and 1 1/8" top) head tube.
I want to keep my old forks which have a normal 1 1/8" steerer.
Has anyone seen any decent headsets that will do the job? I can bodge it together (thinking top half of my existing cane creek 110 with the bottom half of an old headset from my dh bike) but would rather put a new one it.
Any ideas?
cheers! J
Chris King offer a mixed top half and bottom half headset, tapered i seem to recall is its name. Cane Creek also offers a mixed top and bottom half. Hope also about to launch a E2/Tapered headset for Trek and Fisher frames...
I'm building up a bike with an E2 head tube at the moment, and the headset is the biggest pain of all.
Traditional 'external' headset cups (either 1 1/8" or 1.5") won't fit a tapered (E2) head tube at the top or the bottom.
An E2 head tube will take a normal 1 1/8" Integral headset (where the cups press almost flush with the frame) at the top, to fit an ID of 43.95mm, but the E2 head tube has a unique ID of 55.9mm at the bottom so needs a specific cup and bearing.
You'll then need a reducing crown race to run your 1 1/8" fork. Which should be available.
The Cane Creek XXC that came with my frame works, but I'm finding the reducer crown race (part no HD 1406) really hard to get hold of, even Cane Creek in the States are out of stock.
A specific E2 headset, with a reducer for the bottom end produced by a decent manufacturer would go down a treat.
OK - sounds like it isn't as easy as I thought! Thanks for the info guys!
J