[CR]making bike mechanics cringe my approach to headsets

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

From: <Wornoutguy@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:52:05 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]making bike mechanics cringe my approach to headsets

knock out the old one with a long steel rod and a hammer set the new one in place and knock it in with a dead blow hammer - used to do this on BMX bikes as a kid Yes I also made a makeshift tool out of threaded steel rod and large washers but still to this day if it is a steel bike with a steel headset the dead blow hammer works great if you hit it squarely. Sam D. Between my huge cresent wrench and my hammer I don't need much more than duct tape to do anything. I also have a torch and a welder just in case