Originally Posted by TimothyH

Be careful about pressing the cups with homemade press or generic press.

Flat washers can press on the edges of the bearing races. This is acceptable to some people but I didn't want to risk damaging the races when I pressed a $140 Cane Creek 110 headset. I bought the drifts which fit the bearing races from Cane Creek and avoided the possibility of damaging the parts.

As someone else said, the Nasbar press can be had for <$40.


-Tim-