Originally Posted by
sjpitts
Ok, I am still trying to decide what to do here. I have been leaning again towards a traditional bearing headset. Not sure why, but I was. So I did some more looking, and found another Tange Levin alloy headset. This one is on ebay from Velomine.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tange-NJS-Al...#ht_1183wt_648
It doesn't give the stack height, but I sent a message to Ben and he said it was about 34mm. I don't know why it would be shorter than the one Rivendale sells, but that is what he said. So I am thinking of giving that a shot.
Velomine also sells Record headsets, and those are listed as having the perfect 36.5mm. But they are also 25 bucks more.
Finally, I got a picture of the stock Campy headset that the previous owner removed from the frame.
Looks pretty normal to me.
Now the stack height is the vertical height of all the stuff in that photo, making sure the spacer and the crown race are included with balls installed. It should be equal to the difference in height between your steer tube and your head tube. Can you provide those? The only way to be sure of what you need is to measure. Well, you could just buy a bunch of HS and try them all ...