Probably a stupid headset question..

If I’ve counted correctly this should be a new page. Incidentally has anyone considered the effect of split vs non-split crown races?

Well done sas have a cup of tea and pull up a chair.

Incidentally has anyone considered the effect of split vs non-split crown races?

😯

Celery smoothie?

Sorry, its past my bed time.

SAS, no but I think we should.

Mackem – Member
Oh, bog off.

Excellent response!

Spilt crown races should be mopped up immediately using the nearest magic moggie to hand. Fact.

HOLY EPIC THREAD RESURECTION BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I heard about the database problems this was the first thread I thought of. You should always have a backup crown race.

How in the name of the Sweet Little Baby Jesus did this thread get to such an incredible length? 😯

Like an STW forum tapeworm. Never dies, just keeps getting bigger….

How in the name of the Sweet Little Baby Jesus did this thread get to such an incredible length?

Because it is an important question that needs a proper in-depth analysis and some rigerous scientific study. And some celery.

I’m guessing its an ongoing study then and as yet no proper conclusion has been yet reached?

We’ve been close a few times. I thought I had the definitive answer until someone mentioned 1.5 heasets and now I’m having to have a rethink. Ive not even started work on the split-races yet.
I’m hoping to get funding for a phd looking into this properly, but just doing it on an amatuer basis around work and riding at present.

Dunno if it will help maintenance, but I found this thread lodged in the flange shaft regulator spline??

While on the subject – anyone got suggestions for a tapir headset?

He’s a pretty boy (the tapir).

There is some funding available I believe andrewh for headset effects on schizophrenic racing cats, but the tapir angle from boxelder is entirely new and I agree we should re-think our efforts. We should see if it has already been researched or alternatively just point out the dangers of celery in a high-pitched squeaky voice to an unsuspecting public?

Above all, we must keep in mind that mackem must be on the edge of his seat waiting for an answer. We cannot let him down.

Do tapirs eat celery?

Do tapirs eat celery?

No. It’s thought to spoil their lush looks.

Do tapirs eat celery?

Yes

Can’t see how they fit together, do I need a special tool?

NOTE: Headset in diagram with crown race is for illustrative purposes only. Not all headsets are guarenteed to be supplied with a crown race. Anyone know of any which don’t?

You can get the correct tool from CRC.

Take your tapir, headset that you got cheap off Wiggle along with the biscuits that arrived in your Ocado delivery and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BIKE SHOP!!!!1!!!

Can’t believe this thread is still alive.

I have to say that this question keeps me awake at night!!

no threads in a no threadset headset

That tapeworm would keep you awake at night. 😐

schizophrenic racing cats V’s Celery fed Tapirs. Is that on sky?

Why has that man/woman got lightning bolts coming out of his / her lungs? Is it due to low-level celery-induced vampire tapirs? Would seem to be the most obvious answer. (The ones further down are obviously just wind).

I hate to change the subject, but has anyone else noticed that this thread’s first aniversary has slipped by un-noticed?

Here’s to many more!

Anyway, back to tapirs and lightning bolts in lungs, we need an answer to the question!

Don’t like to mention this but….
Dragging this thread back to the topic I have just received a new frame 🙂 with a new headset. This is the first integrated headset I haveever had, and it doesn’t have a crown race. Have I found the elusive crown raceless headset or is there a part missing? (Pronghorn PR6-XC HT and own-brand headset FWIW).

andrewh – this thread is likely to implode and destroy the internet now.

and it will be all your fault.

I just asked a perfectly sensible question!

No doubt that’s what’s Mackem would say too….

you sure there’s no crown race? have you got a picture of what they’ve supplied? or a link?

I’ll get a photo and post it up. There is a sort of washer thingy which goes under the bottom bearings but it’s just a seal, not a crown race.

somke useful info here;

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/headset-standards

If the bearings are a sealed unit, the washer is what replaces a conventional crown race and the bearings just sit on this.

PS I think I have discovered a long forgotten SPLIT UPPER RACE PINCH BOLT DESIGN THREADED headset. Should I register its genealogy somewhere or lose it again for posterity, marking it as extinct?

what he said ^

it’s called a ‘fork sleeve’ in the link.

Ummmmm, do Pronghorns eat celery?

it’s called a ‘fork sleeve’ in the link

There was some info about sleeves early on in this thread, hang on

Oh no, it was wizards sleeve

I once had TWO yes TWO crown races supplied with a headset.
Also had a kitkat that was pure chocolate and zero wafer

This is all the bits that came with it, minus the cups which are in the frame and a pain to get out. Bottom bits at the top of the pic and top bits at the bottom of the pic 😉

Cups in frame.

Plastic washer from the bottom. Definately not a crown race.

Plastic from the bottom seen from a different angel.

Assembled.

/thread

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Got this in the post last week, seems to work a bit better now

This has however introduced a new concept into our research, “Headsets which didn’t come with a crown-race but should have done.” Could get awfully complicated…

Don’t know much about headsets to be honest, but do you think it’s ok to let these two babysit my 3 kids tonight, they only charge a fiver an hour – which seems resonable.