Dude... you painted your headset.

uh oh...

Lol
****ing amazing.

And I thought my LBS was ******** when they powder coated my cups.

well, that makes sense. much easier to reface the headtube without powder coat in there.

recommend getting the wheel set sorted out first. you bought a Nashbar single speed kit, is this a pair of spacers that fit on a cassette rear hub? If it is, then you need to make sure you get a cassette style rear hub, and not a freewheel type (more research homework). The cog spacing that the kit will give you will determine the spindle length of the BB you need to get. Pray that someone reading this thread has done this and know the right measurements.

BB: a Shimano UN53 is pretty sweet for the money. special tool is required to install, hope for local help.

PM me if you need a BMX cog 15T or 16T

It might "make sense" in hind-sight.
But they just forgot to remove them.
Sure was a pain in the ass when I came to replacing that headset.

ah, i think i remember the story now. i guess i meant it makes sense if you're not still planning on using the headset cups

poop, where'd you get a 15t bmx cog?

lol i taped it all off. the headset will be fine!

What do you mean you taped it all off?

thats the best tape job I have ever seen then

How come you didn't just take the headset off? I can maybe understand leaving the cups in, but why not take the fork out, and not have to deal with any of the hardware?

if it got taped off, shouldnt it, you know, not be white?

hahaha, I need a ****ing explanation!

you get nothing....and like it!

this thread is gonna be awesome!!

lol becuase its taped still and you paint over tape lol. have some faith forum please.

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any business want to get there logo on this thing? and donate an old part to me?

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i painted the bike white so i could get racing strips and so i could have a correct color when it came out the pictures where not a finished product. (neither are these) red before the gloss!

just to be different, i'm gonna go against photographic evidence and give this kid the benefit of the doubt. i'd still like to hear the specifics of the headset masking job (shrinkwrap?).

that is a very impressive tape job. looks like he taped the spacers individually.

HAHAHA, very impressive tape job, I guess.

anyone know the right measurements to do the bottom bracket with the nashbar single speed kit?
thanks

ps use electric tape to tape off the head set you guys here acted like painting the headset would cuase total system malfunction, get a grip!

I'm sorry to belabor the point.
But there is no way in hell that there is electrical tape on the headset in that white picture.
Can we see some after pics of the headset?

true, one can spray paint a headset, or anything else on a bicycle, and it will still run, quite possibly for many years with no problems.

i think we were just curious as to how you masked the headset, as the electrical tape is not visible in your picture.

anyway, you have a good point. at 17 i did waaaaay stupider **** than painting a headset, and we all need to get a life

Sounds like it doesn't really matter, since it is adjustable.

He's right, there are multiple spacers that came with your SS conversion kit. You can move the cog in and out so that it lines up with whatever chainring position you end up with.

Ill second the Shimano UN-53 or UN-73 BB. They are dirt cheap and I ran mine for a while without a problem.