Originally Posted by operator
Ok. So you're saying you can use a upper headset race with a fork which doesn't have threads extending low enough for the race to actually thread onto anything? And use spacers with a locknut to keep it in place?
No, you definitely can't do that. What HillRider is saying is that you can put spacers in between the race and the locknut so that the locknut doesn't sit too far down (since most locknuts aren't threaded all the way through). You can put other things besides spacers in, such as canti brake hangers and lockwasher and those stupid toother lockringamajigs on JIS headsets.