Originally Posted by
Airburst
Only if there's also a conventional lockring above it. As I recall, last time I saw a headset with a lockring like that, there wasn't.
most headsets i've seen have a nut on top that serves as the lockring, then a washer, then the upper cup of the headset. this one has the nut + spacers + lockring + cup. it does seem like the lockring is redundant.. i may just go over to the LBS and have them remove it and get a spacer. i was thinking of ordering the tool so i could service the headset in the future but just ditching the lockring sounds a lot better
this is what the headset i'm working with looks like (i think this is the same exact model of headset actually)
