skyblue

Any 2006 Raleigh USA Cadent 5.0 owner or mechanic out their who can tell me what they're using for a headset with this model?

I grabbed a bare frame a few years ago that I'd now like to build-up, but the specs that I've found on-line aren't specific enough to make clear what headset I should order for the bike. The archived Raleigh catalog and Bikepedia both point to a "1 1/8 inch integrated" spec for the headset. Unfortunately, after buying one 1 1/8 integrated headset, I've discovered that there isn't an single industry standard on bearing angles, cup depth, etc. for these integrated frames and headsets.

So that's why I'm looking for some more details from an owner or mechanic experienced with this particular 2006 Raleigh model.

Thanks for your help.

dabac

Sutherland graciously offers the headset chapter of their bicycle handbook as a free preview: https://www.sutherlandsbicycle.com/Chapter12.pdf
With that, and a vernier caliper you should be able to sort things out.

skyblue

Tusen tak.