Re: [CR]Early SR headsets

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:45:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Early SR headsets
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20020712.103509.-303695.25.richardsachs@juno.com>


The question was: Is the alloy NR-like spacer that I have the OE part? Sounds like you're saying, "no, it was an actual steel NR0style spacer." The rest of the post was rhetorical, to see if anyone had more ideas of the changes, was aware of them, had corrections to my "theories," etc. Tom Dalton Bethlehem, PA Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> wrote: this is my last post...

what is the question here?? the first gen sr headsets hasd the plain 'nr' washer, not the 'sculpted' spacer that became standard by the late 70s. e-RICHIE

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:24:39 -0700 (PDT) Tom Dalton writes:
>
> I have an early SR headset (upper half) sold to me by a fellow CR
> member. He is certain that it was OE on a 1978 bike, if I
> understand him correctly. It has a nice, pearly (crankset-like)
> finish, the flats on the upper race seem to be a touch taller than
> normal and the locknut has a different shape. Most SR nuts are
> hexagonal right down to the bottom, with the flats slightly
> camfered. This nut has a round section maybe 1mm tall, right at the
> bottom, just like on an NR headset. The spacer is nicely-finished
> alloy, maybe 1.5 mm thick. Looks like NR, but alloy. Sounds like
> the spacer might be OE?
> I have an other SR headest that also differs slightly from the
> normal shape. The locknut has a taller conical section at the top,
> and again the adj. race flats are taller. It is very satiny. The
> groove on the adj. race (where the lettering is) is shallow, giving
> it a more rounded look, in profile. These I remember seeing in the
> early 80's on "older" SR bikes. I suspect the first headset is the
> oldest, since it is most NR-like. The second is a more common, old
> version. Later they seemed to change to the more familliar shape,
> and at the end they got really shiny and C-record like, apparently
> with a thinner anodizing. Finishes seem to be generally variable,
> but perhaps with descernable trends.
> Tom Dalton
> Bethlehem, PA
> Richard M Sachs wrote: no
> e-RICHIE
> still in chester...
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 06:26:59 -0700 (PDT) Tom Dalton
> writes:
> >
> > Was the elaborate alloy spacer found on the SR headset a standard
>
> > feature from the start?
> >
> > Tom Dalton
> >
> > Bethlehem, PA
> >
> >
> >
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