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11-20-16 | 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexCyclistRoch

So far, he says the headsets FEEL gritty. I wonder if they are Brinnelled.

If anyone can't feel the difference between "gritty" and the indexing feel of a fretted (false brinelled) headset, he needs to send his hands out for recalibration.

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