Originally Posted by
Panthers007
The one time my Tange acted up, it was suddenly too short. Nothing had changed. It had been fine for a year or 3. And, suddenly - too short? And I've heard this same story from a few people. The judicious application of a spacer can solve a mysterious problem. I keep a good inventory of spacers for these weird circumstances.
But the mystery itself remains.
Maybe the headset cups settled in to the headtube a little bit(?) Or, if you're using an aluminum spacer, it could be that the spacer actually compressed just enough to cause the locknut to bottom-out on the steer tube.
I've had headsets do this before as well, and this is what I imagined was the cause.