[CR]Headset Threading Question

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

From: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@home.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <l03130301b76a0656df54@[216.144.8.245]>
Subject: [CR]Headset Threading Question
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 06:46:10 -0400


I have read many times that an Italian threaded freewheel can be used on an English threaded hub - just need to start it carefully; but what about headsets? Can I use an Italian threaded headset on an English threaded steerer tube? Are there any problems or long term repercussions of doing so (can't be disassembled and reassembled more than once, etc?)?

Thanks in Advance,

Eric Elman