Originally Posted by
*Scuba
Hi Le Mans,
I volunteered and then got hired on at my local bike co-op. Have seen a lot of "department" store bikes or Walmart level bicycle shaped objects. Actually found that a lot of those low end BSOs had headset cups that were weird proprietary sized along with the headtube. They weren't 1" or 1 1/8" sized. Something in between, their headset cups won't fit into a 1" system headtube, but a 1 1/8" headset cup is too large to be pressed in either.
Another thing that we noticed, was that most of those odd ball sized headset cups on those BSOs, would just drop right in, you could lift them out with just your fingers. If the customer is lucky, it is tight enough that a pop can shim could work. Other times the tolerances are so loose that there is no real fix.
Well that's got me thinking, i should grab that frame from the back where i got my other rejects, and measure it out
[again] just out of curiosity coz the paint is pretty shabby not worth building it up to flip anyhow
it's a indi 500 btw, i thought they weren't that bad, the ones i've come across...they weren't high end either
I see you have a Tange roadie, i completed one recently... has dropout adjustment screws, chain hanger, with shimino exage group set 14 speed. after riding it i have second thought's about selling it now :-)