Originally Posted by
Spaghetti Legs
That is nice looking. What do the bearings look like? I have a Hatta bottom bracket with the bearings in a fixed retainer, curious if the headset is the same. Also that looks like it might be a lower stack height so potentially a good one to add to a list of low stack headsets when need arises.
I just installed it. Top is 25.5, hand tightened, with factory lock washer and no spacers. Bottom is 12.2, which is actually bigger than I thought, but the crown race is really nicely machined on the bottom, so taller than absolutely necessary but much nicer looking than absolutely necessary. If anyone ever looks, but I guess that is the definition of special.
so that is a 37.7 built in height. Not super low but not too big either. I will continue to keep my steel Tange Passages on hand with their 32mm height as a go to low stack set. Plus they cost under 20 monetary units and are in stock (at least where i live).
But this is clearly much nicer than the steel Passage.
I was actually worried about crumpling it while installing. It seems delicate. But it installed like butter and is very smooth. We will see... The full build is planned for this weekend. I just need another concave brake bolt fork washer, which i will get from the workshop tomorrow.