Re: [CR]Urgently required - headset with extremely low stack height

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 16:19:40 -0700
To: <sbarrie@bellefield.worldonline.co.uk>
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Urgently required - headset with extremely low stack height
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Now that I'm home with an open Red Sutherlands, your best bet for a "classic" headset would be a Stronglight P3 with a 34mm stack height or Campy track (as per your original post) at 33.7mm. good luck, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives


>I think the lowest stack height headset is the 105 for a couple of years
>ago at 31mm, I think. I don't know of any "classic" headsets that are
>very short. I have in the past taken out the spacer and this works if
>everything is "just right" and you use a steel top nut.
>enjoy,
>Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
>"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would
>get done." Gil Scott-Heron
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>On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Stewart Barrie wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> This Freddie Grubb is going to be the end of me.
>>
>> Vic Polanski and I have just spent the best part of two hours
>>trying to cobble together a suitable headset for the Grubb to no
>>avail after finding that a Stronglight A9 doesn't fit. The steerer
>>column is VERY short.
>>
>> So two more questions:
>>
>> Does anyone have a Record Pista headset or other suitable headset
>>they can sell me?
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a headset currently on the market that might
>>be suitable.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Stewart
>>
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