My '64 Team Issue headset, which looks like this:
http://www.bretvanhorn.org/
...requires an old set of VAR pin pliers (
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Subsequently, I took it to a local guy from the list here (the esteemed David Feldman), who has the hard-to-find VAR tool, to have the headset removed. Took him a week of dripping Kroil down the headset to get it free, but once he did, I believe he said he saw some Campy markings inside.
Up until that point, I'd been told it was a Bianchi headset.
Of course, I know very little of these things (I have yet a lot to learn), but that's what I know. I imagine many others will chime in with much more helpful information!
Bret Van Horn Washougal, WA USA
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:16 AM, kevin sayles <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>wrote:
> Bianchi fans out there........what exactly is the type of headset used on
> these frames....is it a Campag based headset, or is it exclusive to
> Bianchi.......how would one go about replacing bearing races etc..?
>
> Have to say that, as a framebuilder who usually rides his own frames [not
> because I don't want to try anyone elses frame] that if I were in a position
> to buy one of these Bianchi Specialisima frames, with the integrated headet
> and naturally in 'Celeste' I would do so.......guess this sort of suggests
> that this is 'my favourite period frame'
>
> cheers
> Kevin Sayles
> Bridgwater Somerset UK