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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
Stack height??
I took the Grandis frame over to Harris today so one of their good mechanics could press the headset into the head tube. (The crown race is split so it goes on without tools.) When I mounted the fork to the frame I was astonished. The steerer tube is much longer w.r.t. the HT than any bike ever seen. Usually I worry that the headset's stack height isn't small enough, because if it is too big the top cap won't thread on. In this case the stack height was 11mm too small. The headset is a VO Grand Cru with height 41mm. Other stack heights I've seen are smaller and maybe mm or so larger. But 11mm?? Okay, I can add 12mm or so of spacers, but it's a bit of a surprise. It makes me wonder what kind of headset it had originally. I would have thought a nice Campagnolo.
Any of you ever seen anything quite like that?
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