Originally Posted by
threeteas
You are correct about all of this! Unfortunately we have also found that Professional standard headsets are no longer manufactured in 1" threadless formats, at least the suppliers for my LBS. If any of you kind wrenchers have any suggestions let me know, kind of in a quandary about this. It also seems likely that in some old parts bins we might be able to scrounge something together and it also seems possible that these types of headsets are still manufactured in parts of Europe.
Thanks for the input on this interesting quandary!
Possibly. Maybe your LBS just don't have accounts with those who make them.
I came up with these right off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a few others:
Chris King still make Professional Std. headsets, threaded and threadless. Expensive but worth it. Many colors available.
Cane Creek make the EC30 threadless, black only. (part # BAA0449)
Tange-Seiki make the Technoglide Classic threadless (in both Pro and JIS.)