Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Whew, it's not tapered and it's not full carbon.
With the right tool you should be able to hammer the crown race on
You asked about getting a different headset. I'd be tempted.
I love threadless headsets with split ring crown race.
The split crown race I've tried expands so much trying to get it on that it doesn't fit on the adjoining ring when pushed all the way down.