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lokerola
10-11-06, 01:06 PM
Hi everybody. I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on headset spacer thickness (not stack height). I ordered some silver alloy 1 1/8" headset spacers to replace the black ones on my 05 Sarthe. When they showed up they were 1/8" thick, versus the old black ones which were 1/16" thick. The new ones look really out of place. I call wheels manufacturing and a few other places and all of thier spacers are 1/8" thick. Are my old ones that are 1/16" thick just an anomoly? Does anyone know where I can get 1/16" thick silver alloy spacers? Thanks!

labman
10-11-06, 01:30 PM
I found some silver ones here : http://txcyclesport.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=WM-HDS&Category_Code=H_headsets . Unfortunately I don't think they have the thickness you are looking for.
lokerola
10-11-06, 01:35 PM
labman, yea those are the wheelsmanufacturing ones. Thanks for the link though. I've been googling like a fool this afternoon and I can't find any. Oh well, I guess I'll keep looking. Thanks.


I found some silver ones here : http://txcyclesport.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=WM-HDS&Category_Code=H_headsets . Unfortunately I don't think they have the thickness you are looking for.

labman
10-11-06, 02:06 PM
This site has them in 2.5mm which is pretty close to 1/16" :http://www.thethirdhand.com/index.cgi?c=Headset&sc=Spacers&id=24832681942
lokerola
10-11-06, 03:06 PM
Yea, but that's the height of spacer (as viewed from the side). I am looking at the spacer from the top. The thickness of the material used for all silver alloy spacers seems to be 1/8" thick. Versus the black alloy ones, which seem to be 1/16" thick. Thanks though.


This site has them in 2.5mm which is pretty close to 1/16" :http://www.thethirdhand.com/index.cgi?c=Headset&sc=Spacers&id=24832681942