Threadless headset to threaded fork help
07-13-20 | 05:33 AM
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Threadless headset to threaded fork help
After a lot of searching and digging around I’ve finally given up the ghost regarding this headset on a bike frame I’ve inherited.
The previous owner has put in an aheadset quill stem converter/extender in order to fit a clamp on stem, I imagine. The forks are still 1” threaded and when assembled, the top race sits on the threads of the fork.
Headset cups/ threadless headset is a Cane Creek 40, and I basically want a 1 inch threaded top race to match this arrangement so I can use a quill stem, prefereably not needing to change the cane Creek cups in the headtube.
Has anyone got any recommendations or knowledge of a 1inch threaded top race to match sealed bearings, or whether I can put loose bearings in the cups for this?
If my text makes no sense, I hope the pictures do...
The previous owner has put in an aheadset quill stem converter/extender in order to fit a clamp on stem, I imagine. The forks are still 1” threaded and when assembled, the top race sits on the threads of the fork.
Headset cups/ threadless headset is a Cane Creek 40, and I basically want a 1 inch threaded top race to match this arrangement so I can use a quill stem, prefereably not needing to change the cane Creek cups in the headtube.
Has anyone got any recommendations or knowledge of a 1inch threaded top race to match sealed bearings, or whether I can put loose bearings in the cups for this?
If my text makes no sense, I hope the pictures do...
07-13-20 | 06:38 AM
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I have a quill converter on one of my bikes, but I retained the threaded headset. Basically just popped out the stem and inserted a converter.
So you should be able to install a normal 1" threaded headset and be back in business?
So you should be able to install a normal 1" threaded headset and be back in business?
07-13-20 | 07:43 AM
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Perhaps they will fit if you are lucky but you probably can't buy just the cups for a threaded headset. You are going to have to buy the entire thing and it will come with both bearings and a new crown race.
07-13-20 | 10:49 AM
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After a lot of searching and digging around I’ve finally given up the ghost regarding this headset on a bike frame I’ve inherited.
The previous owner has put in an aheadset quill stem converter/extender in order to fit a clamp on stem, I imagine. The forks are still 1” threaded and when assembled, the top race sits on the threads of the fork.
Headset cups/ threadless headset is a Cane Creek 40, and I basically want a 1 inch threaded top race to match this arrangement so I can use a quill stem, prefereably not needing to change the cane Creek cups in the headtube.
Has anyone got any recommendations or knowledge of a 1inch threaded top race to match sealed bearings, or whether I can put loose bearings in the cups for this?
If my text makes no sense, I hope the pictures do...
The previous owner has put in an aheadset quill stem converter/extender in order to fit a clamp on stem, I imagine. The forks are still 1” threaded and when assembled, the top race sits on the threads of the fork.
Headset cups/ threadless headset is a Cane Creek 40, and I basically want a 1 inch threaded top race to match this arrangement so I can use a quill stem, prefereably not needing to change the cane Creek cups in the headtube.
Has anyone got any recommendations or knowledge of a 1inch threaded top race to match sealed bearings, or whether I can put loose bearings in the cups for this?
If my text makes no sense, I hope the pictures do...
Alternatively, you can just get a new threaded headset. They are relatively cheap and not that hard to replace.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
