[CR] Bardon oversized tandem headsets was 1 1/8" threaded

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:45:30 -0500
From: Ancient Cycles <ancientcycles@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Bardon oversized tandem headsets was 1 1/8" threaded


yes I took a closer look at French tandem's head parts fork steerer is 28mm i forget the pitch... headtube inner diameter is around 33.5mm

who else was manufacturing oversized threaded tandem headsets in the day ? were the Bardon headsets as spec'd by the Taylors still a metric thread ? is it true they use metric (5mm) bearings ?

at first i thought my headset was a bit of a bastard, having been packed with 5/32" bearings up top and 3/16" at the crown but all parts appear to match the photo of NOS offering on ebay maybe the balls were both the wrong size....

anyone want to go in on a bag of 100 from mcmaster-carr ?

andrei padlowski
brooklyn, ny