I remember seeing a nice Campagnolo tool made just for that headset.
Wouldn't that be nice to have.
Heh - Heh.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
> 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/
> people tell me that Harbor Frieght carries a similar plier, but I did not
> find it at my local Harbor Frieght.
>
> 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