Fellow Monkeys,
We here at Go-Ride have now had the opportunity to build and measure a few 2010 Glorys and have found the bikes to be about 1 degree slacker than the originally spec'd 65.5 degrees.
EK Rippers bike with a 2010 Boxxer and Highroller tires is 64.5-64.2 depending on how high the crowns are set (max214/min205).
2010 Glory 1's need a bit of help out of the box! The medium comes with too many spacers under the crown, and has 190mm of stanction showing. Once the spacers are removed, and the tall cone spacer is left in there is plenty of room (see EK'a specs above).
Large Glory 1's come with a taller headtube, no spcacers aside from the tall cone spacer. Exactly 200mm of stanction is exposed with the top crown at max height. 64.8 head angle. A shorter headset upper bearing cap out of another headset might be a good idea, and a way to get the head angle to 64.5
Now, i have no interest in silly arguments. I'm just trying to straighten things out. I didn't take pics of myself with an anglefinder in my hand but i have measured countless bikes on the same floor in the shop with the same anglefinder, both ways and averaged them. We compared with an iphone to get very close numbers (the iphone came out slacker by 1/4 degree)
More info.
EK's bike with 2.5 HR UST, and the crown set low, BB 14.25. Crowns set at max, 14.375. Those tires get taller by the day with Stans sealant in them.
Glory 1 with 2.5 Michelins, crown set low, 14.375 (tires are taller than the Maxxis)
Since the BB isn't crazy low the tall cone spacer will probably be fine, handlebar height wise. However for shorter folk a $30 headset purchase to steal the top bearing cap might come in handy.
Is 64.5 slack enough for you? That is for you to decide.
Krispy
We here at Go-Ride have now had the opportunity to build and measure a few 2010 Glorys and have found the bikes to be about 1 degree slacker than the originally spec'd 65.5 degrees.
EK Rippers bike with a 2010 Boxxer and Highroller tires is 64.5-64.2 depending on how high the crowns are set (max214/min205).
2010 Glory 1's need a bit of help out of the box! The medium comes with too many spacers under the crown, and has 190mm of stanction showing. Once the spacers are removed, and the tall cone spacer is left in there is plenty of room (see EK'a specs above).
Large Glory 1's come with a taller headtube, no spcacers aside from the tall cone spacer. Exactly 200mm of stanction is exposed with the top crown at max height. 64.8 head angle. A shorter headset upper bearing cap out of another headset might be a good idea, and a way to get the head angle to 64.5
Now, i have no interest in silly arguments. I'm just trying to straighten things out. I didn't take pics of myself with an anglefinder in my hand but i have measured countless bikes on the same floor in the shop with the same anglefinder, both ways and averaged them. We compared with an iphone to get very close numbers (the iphone came out slacker by 1/4 degree)
More info.
EK's bike with 2.5 HR UST, and the crown set low, BB 14.25. Crowns set at max, 14.375. Those tires get taller by the day with Stans sealant in them.
Glory 1 with 2.5 Michelins, crown set low, 14.375 (tires are taller than the Maxxis)
Since the BB isn't crazy low the tall cone spacer will probably be fine, handlebar height wise. However for shorter folk a $30 headset purchase to steal the top bearing cap might come in handy.
Is 64.5 slack enough for you? That is for you to decide.
Krispy