Thread: Threading headset stem?
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Old 06-16-11 | 10:41 PM
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

What kind of headset are you describing? Look here if not sure.

It sounds as you might have a threadless headset, since you describe a bolt at the top. Of so, it needs either a starnut, or expansion plug in the top of the steerer for the bolt to engage.
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