Probably a stupid headset question..

Just wanted to get this back on the front page for Christmas really.

Christmas does seem a very long time ago. Did anyone have a race wearing the paper crowns from their crackers? Who won?

Turns out some Cannondales don’t join in with the clown race

I was looking for this thread the other day!! 🙂

Just for a read or do you have new info which might help us answer the OP’s question?

The head set is inserted into the head tube. The forks have a crown and legs. So shouldn’t the steerer be called the neck or something else bodily?

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/crown-race-wanted/

Andykirk, you going to do it again this year? Not long to go.

8 years. Brilliant. It’s like a time capsule.

<span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”>Will headsets still come with a race after Brexit?</span>

It’s been 2 years since I last looked at this thread. I’m glad to see that despite Brexit it’s still going strong.

Happy New Year, stupid headset question, and all who sail in her.

there was a post on one of the early pages asking if the site would support a thread with more than a 1000 posts.

*looks at Brexit thread*

I reckon this ones got more longevity and just needs a bit of careful tending for another 9 years to get it to 100,000 posts.

Great to see this back on the front page where it belongs.

The range of variables in headsets and steerers and forks today is driving me mad, last two headsets, I identified wrong, fortunately they swopped parts and work out.

‘swapped’

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

P.S. nice work shermer.

fortunately they swopped parts and work out

Shouldn’t they work left, then right, then left, then straight on etc, etc, ad infinitum?
You could make an ‘off-set headset’ for spiral trails I s’pose.

Someone asked me a question about a headset earlier today.

Did he have a clown’s face?

seem to have a load of headset thread currently..

but, er, yes.

Yes he did have a clown’s face?
What was he doing with it, where did he get and does the clown want it back?

Thought it was about time…

I was actually wondering the other day where I can get a crown race from – found a spare unused one in my toolbox. But that sort of question always makes me think of this thread!!😂

Thought it was about time…

For what? Dinner time for me. Not sure what to have, y fish appears to have gone off, no-one wants a brown plaice

FFS.

When was the ten year anniversary?

FFS.

🙂

What’s the longest current running single track thread ?

Haven’t read the whole thread, but I think they come with the headset when you buy one.

Just in case the OP was still wondering.

What’s the longest current running single track thread ?

I think we decided it was Tractor Trumps

Just checking in to see if this thread is still going

No, it’s not.

What was the question again?

I just wondered if the crown race came with a new headset. I had the idea that it might come with the fork.
Or something to do with clowns.

It’s like seeing an old family relative at Christmas.

Bump

Bump

….for the spring crowd.

This is my virgin dabble (😳) on this thread and i have a question:

So which bit exactly is the crown race? Cos the bit which fits on the forks isn’t technically a race is it, as bearings don’t run directly on it these days. What would you call it, a shoulder? Surely the lower part of the sealed bearing unit is the crown race now.

Any engineers care to elucidate?

Of course the answer may already be on this thread, but I’m not backtracking through that lot.

@40mpg It’s not technically a race, as you correctly point out, but if that is the name it has been given then it is the crown race even if it isn’t a race. A bottom bracket is neither a bracket nor at the bottom