Old 02-27-14, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by owenfinn
The spacers should sit flush on top of the race, right?

Is it the compression ring that is showing and preventing this?

yes i wouldn't be surprised. but it might not the the compression rings fault.

WRT previous post, logos look right side up, but maybe they are on the other side too where they are upside down, IDK. maybe you could try flipping one over, just to see how it goes.

or maybe they just need a larger inside diameter. i doubt steerer tube spacer IDs are an ISO standard.

it seems to be a common problem. at the top and the bottom.

just thinking about it, i've got three threadless headsets, one Neco that has a compression ring and two Richey Logic ones without compression rings. with the Richey ones any spacers, or in my case the stem itself rides right on the ornamental dust cap. underneath the dust cap is a split wide plastic ring that, i guess, is designed to ride on the inner race and avoid touching the outer race. i never really looked at it closely. the Neco has what i have always considered the compression ring. not to be confused with a compression plug, of course. but inevitably is.

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