Righto-the headset is in a Brooklyn Racelink, it was put there by the PO, the headtube was prepped to accept it.
Im an engineer-in my world of KISS, removing the cups is a no-no, hence the Q of either removing the bearings or leaving them in place but washing the grease out.
I'll ring the UK...
yeah thats all thats stopping me, pure lazyness.......
The cups are 1" deep, once in-they stay in-it'd be easier to remove the bearings from the cups. A standard aluminium King then yeah no problem I'd remove it but its a Steelset.
The cups were to be masked off to avoid overspray.
The frame...
I have a chomoly frame thats going for re-powder coat, the only problem being that it has a King Steelset headset with the 1" depth cups installed.
The issue being the temperature of the curing oven. I'd dont really want to remove the cups, which leaves either;
Drift the bearings from the...
Ex military Landrover 110 FFR (Fitted for radio) TUM, ex-Parachute regiment, winterised spec.
Fits DH bikes stood up comfortably in the back, more fun driving the shuttle than riding bikes down!
At the end of this summer, me & my wife are selling our home in England and most of our worldly goods, whats left including my Racelink are being strapped to my trusty old Landrover which will be our home for a few years whilst we travel around the planet.
There's more to life than work.
RainX only works on glass where it etches into the surface, for anti fog-just give the inside of the lens a wipe over with Fairy liquid (UK dish washer liquid), helps keep em fog free.
Im building up an Avy fork equipped Brooklyn RaceLink-and I weigh 90kg's-200lbs approx.
Im looking for something that will slow my weighty bike down in the mud and slop of Ft William thru to the sun and mountains of France.
Being from the UK Hope brakes are the obvious choice especially...
Craig -shop owner and main man behind the frame is doing well on it.
http://www.rideon.co.uk/dynamic/?pageId=9&templateId=1
Also bear in mind, the engineering behind it is English-it'll be reet.
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