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Originally Posted by
randyjawa
Let me see if I have this right. The OP wants to install a component that does not fit properly. To make it fit, he, or she, intends to irreversibly alter a frame set. And someone here suggested this is good advice.
I wouldn't and I didn't. I have this problem, with two bikes, at the moment and I went with component modification, as opposed to damaging a frame set. But that is just me.
Thanks for your input, which I do respect. Normally I am opposed to making any irreversible modifications to a frame. In this case, the frame has been used and abused for a long time and wouldn't necessarily be considered a collector's bike (though it does has sentimental value to me). Taking an extra mm or so off the top of the head tube does not seem to me such a horrible offense. If I said I inadvertently faced the frame more than I intended, I don't think anyone would be screaming "Drew!"
Btw, when you say "component modification" do you mean that you altered the headset to reduce its stack height (which was really my first hope; my question to the LBS was in fact "Is there anything I can do to this headset to reduce its stack height?"), or simply went with an alternate headset?
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Last edited by gaucho777; 01-06-11 at 04:39 PM.