Replacing headset in an older frame possible?
I've got a 1995 Mongoose MTB (from the good years!) that has been a faithfull utility/commuter bike. Cro-Mo steel frame. The headset seemed to be getting a little loose, so I took the front end apart this weekend to do some maintenance. When I got the fork & bearings out, I found the cause of the looseness - a cracked upper headset race (the part that presses into the frame's headtube and where the bearings run). Its a Dia-Compe headset, not sure if I oculd buy jsut an upper headset race. Q for you C&V repair experts - would the metal of this 20 year-old frame's headtube be too 'stretched' to properly insert a new headset, or should I just scrap the frame and look for something new? (like a no-name-unbadged Nashbar frame?) Lots of good parts on this bicycle, but the 'Mongoose' label makes it almost worthless for a bike thief to steal. Any opinions?