Originally Posted by
FBinNY
The shop did a lousy job pressing the crown race. It could be that they were lazy/sloppy, or that the crown race seat is too large and they jammed it on as far as they could and quit -- not too good on their part.
There's no need to bother, unless you want to let them finish the job you paid for.
If you do nothing at all, time and road shock will slowly settle the race until it bottoms. You'll be readjusting the headset a few times during the settling process.
BTW- this isn't all that rare, but worse than par. Settling of the pressed cups and crown race is why new bikes need headset readjustment within a few days.
Does he not run the risk of ruining the bearing if the two aren't' parallel? I'd have them fix it, or do it myself. Odd that you would recommend him riding it in this condition, IMHO.