That headset's a brilliant idea but boy, it sure is ugly. Perhaps a black anodized one won't stick out like a sore thumb.....

well thanks all. i think i have my solution. the bikeworks fork, a campy headset from ebay, a nitto drop stem and if i can't get the deda in there (which i'm sure i will) a new set of nitto bars too. and a perfect stem, fork and aheadset to sell on ebay. will look so much nicer. i'll post pics when done.

We only stock black for just that reason.

You can do virtually the same thing w/ a 28.6 seat clamp and a 28.6 spacer if you're using a threadless headset. Best to have the quill stem in place when you start to clamp.

Think about it, and it will come to you.

And that method looks a little slicker.

But once you do that, the GeForce starts to grow on you. Sometimes getting the job done right is pretty. Know what I mean?

I asked Bernie this very question when he plugged and welded my fork. He looked at me like I was crazy and said that they all eventually strip. I didn't get it right away, but, if you look at the thickness of the tubing on the steerer tube on a threadless fork and then compare that to a threaded one...

If you're gonna get your fork welded, get someone good. There are not many people I would trust to do this modification...

Ah...great point......thanks. In fact in my particular case, my threaded steerer tube was waaay too long to begin with so I chopped about 3" off and took it to my LBS for threading. I didn't realize tubing thicknesses were different between the two...

EDIT: On second thought, later on I'm going to look at steerer tubes of spare forks I have laying around to see how significant the diff in tubing thickness is.

Steel steering tubes, in general, have 1.6mm thick walls.

So a 1" (25.4mm) steerer minus 3.2mm of walls turns into the famous 22.2mm I.D.

And an 1 1/8" (28.6mm) steerer has a 25.4mm I.D.

Our threadless 1 1/8 forks have thinner walls in the portion of the steerer that is inside the head, at least on longer frames. This saves a little weight.

if you win this auction, its damned pretty
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