Originally Posted by
Miele Man
Is the reason the lower headset bearings being visible because the front fork is loosely attached? That is that the headset is not fully tightened/adjusted?
Unless I'm missing something, there's no headset installed. It has plugs on either end of the head tube to hold the fork in the frame. Looking at the fork crown closeup, it looks like we can see an empty crown race with several divots in it.