Fork Crown Race replacement---What and where
11-11-07 | 03:23 PM
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Fork Crown Race replacement---What and where
I've got a frame I picked up used which came with a Ritchey WCS headset installed. The fork crown race was not included, though, so.....
Do I specifically need a Ritchey WCS crown race, or are there generic ones out there that will do the job? And in either case, where can I find what I need?
Thanks.
Do I specifically need a Ritchey WCS crown race, or are there generic ones out there that will do the job? And in either case, where can I find what I need?
Thanks.
11-11-07 | 03:35 PM
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As an example, see: https://www.jensonusa.com/search/?s=crown+race
I can't comment on compatibility so I'll that to someone else.
11-11-07 | 03:54 PM
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If it was a simple ball bearing arrangement I'd say you could probably get away with using an appropriately sized generic crown. But it appears that the WCS uses angular contact bearings in a cartridge arrangement.
Did you try contacting Ritchey directly?
Did you try contacting Ritchey directly?
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
