Loose Super Record headset spacer
04-30-24, 09:09 AM
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I'm not sure what the mystery is here or why this thread even got to two pages. Steerer is a bit long--which some of us might consider a good thing, as opposed to being too short. You have two choices: Cut it down a little or add a spacer. Just keep in mind that whatever you cut off can't be easily replaced.
This isn't rocket science.
This isn't rocket science.
04-30-24, 09:36 AM
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I'm not sure what the mystery is here or why this thread even got to two pages. Steerer is a bit long--which some of us might consider a good thing, as opposed to being too short. You have two choices: Cut it down a little or add a spacer. Just keep in mind that whatever you cut off can't be easily replaced.
This isn't rocket science.
This isn't rocket science.
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English threaded headset. All threading correct. All races installed properly. Top nut tops out on top of threaded steerer, leaving the tabbed spacer floating between top race and nut with a bit of play. Haven’t seen additional spacers before but is that what is needed? Thx
If the balls are the proper size and number, I'd just add a spacer rather than trimming the steer tube.
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04-30-24, 10:14 AM
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That small gap makes me wonder if the bike originally came with a centerpull brake. In any case, I agree that it's best to add a spacer rather than cut down the fork.
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Thx. In your examples I only see one steel spacer or no spacer. I thought on the SR headsets the fancy alloy one replaced the steel one. When they shipped SR new, only the fancy alloy one was included? Looking at NOS headsets that’s all that’s included.
Presumably if you needed to stack it out higher than that, it would be left for you or your shop to sort out(?).
Still puzzling out I’ve never seen both an alloy SR spacer and a steel one on the same stack and all my SR or NR bikes are set up with either 1 alloy or one steel spacer…
Thanks for all the guidance, community.
Presumably if you needed to stack it out higher than that, it would be left for you or your shop to sort out(?).
Still puzzling out I’ve never seen both an alloy SR spacer and a steel one on the same stack and all my SR or NR bikes are set up with either 1 alloy or one steel spacer…
Thanks for all the guidance, community.
I thought I had some setup with both but didn't seem too. I would add a fancy one to a chrome one if possible before adding a chrome one to another.
At some point you have to improvise and go with the best solution you can live with. The tall stack on the Strawberry was a bit of a challenge with the extended HT and spacer, I originally intended to include a fancy spacer because everybody seems to like them including myself but once I tried to fit in, it didn't work out to me with so much steel bling and symmetry so it got the 2 chrome steels at the top and bottom of the spacer.
The centerpull theory is another good possibility.
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I'm not sure what the mystery is here or why this thread even got to two pages. Steerer is a bit long--which some of us might consider a good thing, as opposed to being too short. You have two choices: Cut it down a little or add a spacer. Just keep in mind that whatever you cut off can't be easily replaced.
This isn't rocket science.
This isn't rocket science.
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if you still have the bike apart and have 2 spare balls, running loose balls in the lower cup is a good thing.
just turn it upside down to assemble, and use a sticky grease.
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just turn it upside down to assemble, and use a sticky grease.
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I assume that's the bearing size (3/16"). What does the stack height gap measure? It looks like 2mm or so.
Velobase tells me the SR stack height of 42.2mm is taller by a good margin than just about any headset any of us would install on a bike with vintage Campy. NR is 42.0. The Gran Sport is way shorter (34?). The current VO offering is shorter. All the current Tange options (the "go-to" for most of us) are shorter (e.g., the Tange Levin CDS is shorter by 12mm).
If you grind 2mm off the steerer, the world will not end.* But neither will it end if you add a 2mm aluminum spacer.
* You may go to hell (as one poster wanted), but not for that.
Velobase tells me the SR stack height of 42.2mm is taller by a good margin than just about any headset any of us would install on a bike with vintage Campy. NR is 42.0. The Gran Sport is way shorter (34?). The current VO offering is shorter. All the current Tange options (the "go-to" for most of us) are shorter (e.g., the Tange Levin CDS is shorter by 12mm).
If you grind 2mm off the steerer, the world will not end.* But neither will it end if you add a 2mm aluminum spacer.
* You may go to hell (as one poster wanted), but not for that.
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I assume that's the bearing size (3/16"). What does the stack height gap measure? It looks like 2mm or so.
Velobase tells me the SR stack height of 42.2mm is taller by a good margin than just about any headset any of us would install on a bike with vintage Campy. NR is 42.0. The Gran Sport is way shorter (34?). The current VO offering is shorter. All the current Tange options (the "go-to" for most of us) are shorter (e.g., the Tange Levin CDS is shorter by 12mm).
If you grind 2mm off the steerer, the world will not end.* But neither will it end if you add a 2mm aluminum spacer.
* You may go to hell (as one poster wanted), but not for that.
Velobase tells me the SR stack height of 42.2mm is taller by a good margin than just about any headset any of us would install on a bike with vintage Campy. NR is 42.0. The Gran Sport is way shorter (34?). The current VO offering is shorter. All the current Tange options (the "go-to" for most of us) are shorter (e.g., the Tange Levin CDS is shorter by 12mm).
If you grind 2mm off the steerer, the world will not end.* But neither will it end if you add a 2mm aluminum spacer.
* You may go to hell (as one poster wanted), but not for that.
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Aha! That’s what those were for.
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