Re: [CR]Vintage headset questions

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:28:34 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Ken Freeeman <freesound@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage headset questions
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Ken Freeeman wrote:
> What are the differences in stack height, design and quality between Campy
> Record, Nuovo Record, and Gran Sport headsets?
>
> Anyone know the stack height for a Stronglight B3 Delrin headset, OEM on
> some early '80s
> Treks? (I know, the pertinence of this one is debatable) I have to replace
> one.

It's the same as the A-9 alloy version: 40mm.
> Is there a Stronglight that I should look for as a replacement, but made of
> metal? It doesn't seem that all Stronglights had the same stack height.

An A-9 ought to work fine.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA