Hello from Michigan!
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It did eventually, yes.
Spring is here and my ski season’s over; if you’ve never skied Jackson Hole, change that.
Parts have been arriving. It’s got Old Man Mountain Divide racks front and rear now, and I’m eyeing a pair of Carradice Super C panniers for after the rest is done. I got a VeloOrange rear freewheel hub on hand and a front hub motor kit from Grin is on the way; the plan is to lace them with Velocity Dyad rims and add a set of black VO 45 mm fenders.
The headset feels lumpy because the races are brinelled (hadn’t noticed that before), and while I could yank the cages and pack the races with a different count of loose balls I’d really prefer to get sealed bearings. But the stack height’s only about 33 mm and it ain’t easy to find a sealed bearing headset anywhere close to that. I’d hoped that the IRD Technoglide would work, but the bearing it comes with doesn’t seat well on the race of the fork (photo attached). AFAICT my options are to recut the fork to match the bearing (I have access to a lathe), keep looking for a set that works out of the box (I’ll contact Tange and ask), or hang it all and just replace the old headset with a new Tange Levin CDS.
Parts have been arriving. It’s got Old Man Mountain Divide racks front and rear now, and I’m eyeing a pair of Carradice Super C panniers for after the rest is done. I got a VeloOrange rear freewheel hub on hand and a front hub motor kit from Grin is on the way; the plan is to lace them with Velocity Dyad rims and add a set of black VO 45 mm fenders.
The headset feels lumpy because the races are brinelled (hadn’t noticed that before), and while I could yank the cages and pack the races with a different count of loose balls I’d really prefer to get sealed bearings. But the stack height’s only about 33 mm and it ain’t easy to find a sealed bearing headset anywhere close to that. I’d hoped that the IRD Technoglide would work, but the bearing it comes with doesn’t seat well on the race of the fork (photo attached). AFAICT my options are to recut the fork to match the bearing (I have access to a lathe), keep looking for a set that works out of the box (I’ll contact Tange and ask), or hang it all and just replace the old headset with a new Tange Levin CDS.
The marking on the tube is TANGE 6C MADE IN JAPAN.
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letsbike
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I'm all for protecting the critical component that is the headset while riding wet and dirty conditions, but I take the cheap and easy route by using this product. After twenty five years and replacing maybe three times I have no complaints about the performance.
Thanks for the fork information.
Thanks for the fork information.
