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Old 09-05-11 | 08:44 AM
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J.H.F.
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From: Albuquerque, NM

Bikes: GT Avalance (Frankenbike), Giant OCR-3

After three headsets, I settled with a Cane Creek IS-8 and a ton of spacers. The internal race seats are to deep for the bearings so it took a lot of trial and error to eliminate any rubbing (particularly on the bottom end where the spacers don't fit). I'm still having issues with the headset getting loose when I ride (if I tighten it enough to stop this I get rubbing btwn the fork and the head tube). I hate to sound cynical, but if I had known what a PITA this was going to be, I would have gone with an new bike and saved myself the frustration.
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