Fist, I am a newbie, and I am in the mechanics area, that is a double whammy, so bear with me..

If I take a headset off 52 size bike, can it be put on a 60 size bike as long as the threads are the same?

thanks in advance..

ceh

many different "standards".

You mentioned threads, so I'm going to assume threaded rather than threadless.

With threaded, the majority are 1", but there are some other ones out there (French, 1 1/8", etc)

With 1", you need to know if it's JIS or ISO. If ISO, it can be British or Italian threaded.

Then you have to consider stack height.

So, to make this [maybe] easier, tell us what you can read on the headset you have, and what brand/age of bike you own.

https://sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html

At least you're asking......only took me three attempts ($$$) before I finally got it right....lol

Thanks all, this is deeper than what I thought. But, the above does let me know what I am dealing with. I will tread along in babysteps..

Thanks to all for the feedback..

ceh

Ha, and all my questions, I start off letting everybody know I am a newbie.... Helps a lot, and will save me $$$..lol!!

We were all new to this. Leaf through the dozens of pages from Sheldon Brown and you'll learn a lot. Also, the repair section of the park tool site is a good resource.