ok, so i have a tapered 1 1/8th > 1 1/4 headtube on my giant, and i want to run a standard straight steerer fork.

i have brought a reducer shim for the lower end of the headtube, but just thought…the bearings wont fit into the shim! Any way around this? or am i screwed?!!

any help gratefully recieved!

Standard taper is 1 1/8″ top and 1.5″ at the bottom, not 1 1/4. If the Giant is 1 1/4 then that’ll be your problem.

yep it is 1 1/4 at the bottom, it’s giant PITA system!

Out of interest, what fork is in there at the moment?

standard 2013 tcx 2 tapered aluminium fork….just quite fancy a carbon fork

Ah, road bike. I did wonder.

You’re going to be a bit stuck I expect unless you can get someone to machine a shim for you (it’s a very simple design obviously)

yeah i was hoping to just get a crown race reducer, but its a no-go it seems!

This might help:

http://problemsolversbike.com/products/headtube_reducers

http://www.koo-bikes.com/wheels-manufacturing-1-1-4-inch-to-1-1-8-inch-headtube-reducer-shim-top-and-bottom.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwk_OhBRD06abu3qSoxlwSJACt7sZ7LQN6YF5NSd2lGsscWD5BqeAbz-JRnrjvRIiRt81__RoCSavw_wcB

Plenty more if you google “headset 1 1/4 to 1 1/8 reducer”

aye, thats what i have on order, just cant see me getting an integrated headset to work…..unless i try a standard headset?

jeez, its frying my brain

Time for a new frame 🙂