Probably a stupid headset question..

Actually, that didn't work did it? 😳

andrewh - Member
A whole week this has been sat here, just waiting for someone to get the new page. I suppose I'll have to do it myself.

😆 you got there in the end

Return of the Mack or summink.........so, where were we?

Just thrown out some rotten celery...and the magic cat we were looking after for 3 months has now returned home.

Is this thread dead? Ooops, not now! lol mwahahahaha

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Nearly!

Hello peeps.

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It is the Mumm-Ra thread...the ever living.

Is that Little Red Riding Hood, after realising that the headset she just bought didn't include a crown race?

'cos I saw her on the way to the bike shop:

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Livid she was/is, will be forever more. Perhaps she needs a celery smoothie to take the edge off.

Celery smoothie? Intriguing...

Bat shit smoothie!

Always liked the idea of a tuna smoothie... 🙄

Always liked the idea of a tuna smoothie..

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I KNOW THE ANSWER!

Shall I tell you or can anyone guess?

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Not the response you were hoping for Box?
I've got the answer and no-one seems interested.

I'm not that interested, but I am intrigued has to how a question about headsets and crown races managed to run to 27 pages!!

It's complicated...

Actually not as complicated as one would think, as I said, I know the answer and really is simple. You may be surprised to learn that it doesn't involve magic cats or celery. Or Jimmy Page. Or Karen Crow. Or Pizza. They may all have been red herrings. I also know who won the clown race though, but even that has nothing to with the answer.
Has anyone else got it, or am I the only person who's spent the last few months trying to work it out?

resurrected - although only 5 days ago, thought I hadn't seen this for agaes. Well done thread!

Where's Friday A&A?

It's with stupid [b]and[/b] he appears to have some common sense.

[i]Where did i put that celery?......[/i]

This thread is like an elderly relative.

You don't have to communicate with them on a regular basis - the fact that they continue to exist and put in the odd appearance is a comfort.

The heretic up there ^^ doesn't believe in magic cats nor celery! Burn him! For they are infallible and light the true path to headset smoothness and eternal steering and stuff.

Just wondering, do the same answers apply to 1.5" headsets?

there was a thread yesterday where the OP didn't have crown race for his headset.

Bugger.
I thought it was the answer but now deadlyhifi has gone and brought up 1.5"s. Back to square one...

Doh! I Was SO wanting to be number 1000 an all.

spot the imposter
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A bald mate of mine got little rabbits tattooed all over his scalp..

..from a distance they look like hares.

Ahh, drop scones - the rabits head set of choice.

The top one's the imposter - he's never eaten a drop scone in his life

What's going on here then?

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buy a new headset because the old one is already broken...

By the way I found this website about [url= http://www.availco.com/ ]custom wedding dresses[/url]....they have some cool stuff there and you can put comments too...

Good site spot. Rice paper parasol - protection and emergency sustenance for snow bound journeys.

bump for oldfart

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New year resolution is to finally find the answer to Mackem's question. Best part of a year the poor chap has been waiting for the definitive answer so that he can go and buy a headset (or a headset and a crown race as the case may be)

Oh, bog off.

8)

Mackem has allegedly moved to Spain and is an alcoholic, riding only under the cover of night for fear of crown race conflict - [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/urte-berri-on ]See him here[/url]

😆 so accurate.

It's like meeting an old friend.

Hello, headset/crownrace thread, how are you? Haven't seen you in ages - any kids?

any kids?

Yes.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/potentially-dumb-headset-question

If I've counted correctly this should be a new page. Incidentally has anyone considered the effect of split vs non-split crown races?

Well done sas have a cup of tea and pull up a chair.

Incidentally has anyone considered the effect of split vs non-split crown races?

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[url= http://www.grouprecipes.com/26815/celery-vegetable-smoothie.html ]Celery smoothie?[/url]

Sorry, its past my bed time.

SAS, no but I think we should.

Mackem - Member
Oh, bog off.

Excellent response!

Spilt crown races should be mopped up immediately using the nearest magic moggie to hand. Fact.

HOLY EPIC THREAD RESURECTION BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I heard about the database problems this was the first thread I thought of. You should always have a backup crown race.

How in the name of the Sweet Little Baby Jesus did this thread get to such an incredible length? 😯

Like an STW forum tapeworm. Never dies, just keeps getting bigger....

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How in the name of the Sweet Little Baby Jesus did this thread get to such an incredible length?

Because it is an important question that needs a proper in-depth analysis and some rigerous scientific study. And some celery.

I'm guessing its an ongoing study then and as yet no proper conclusion has been yet reached?

We've been close a few times. I thought I had the definitive answer until someone mentioned 1.5 heasets and now I'm having to have a rethink. Ive not even started work on the split-races yet.
I'm hoping to get funding for a phd looking into this properly, but just doing it on an amatuer basis around work and riding at present.

Dunno if it will help maintenance, but I found this thread lodged in the flange shaft regulator spline??

While on the subject - anyone got suggestions for a tapir headset?

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He's a pretty boy (the tapir).

There is some funding available I believe andrewh for headset effects on schizophrenic racing cats, but the tapir angle from boxelder is entirely new and I agree we should re-think our efforts. We should see if it has already been researched or alternatively just point out the dangers of celery in a high-pitched squeaky voice to an unsuspecting public?

Above all, we must keep in mind that mackem must be on the edge of his seat waiting for an answer. We cannot let him down.

Do tapirs eat celery?

Do tapirs eat celery?

Do tapirs eat celery?

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Can't see how they fit together, do I need a special tool?

NOTE: Headset in diagram with crown race is for illustrative purposes only. Not all headsets are guarenteed to be supplied with a crown race. Anyone know of any which don't?

[s]You can get the correct tool from CRC.[/s]

Take your tapir, headset that you got cheap off Wiggle along with the biscuits that arrived in your Ocado delivery and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BIKE SHOP!!!!1!!!

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Can't believe this thread is still alive.

I have to say that this question keeps me awake at night!!

no threads in a no threadset headset

That tapeworm would keep you awake at night. 😐

schizophrenic racing cats V's Celery fed Tapirs. Is that on sky?

Why has that man/woman got lightning bolts coming out of his / her lungs? Is it due to low-level celery-induced vampire tapirs? Would seem to be the most obvious answer. (The ones further down are obviously just wind).

I hate to change the subject, but has anyone else noticed that this thread's first aniversary has slipped by un-noticed?

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Here's to many more!

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Anyway, back to tapirs and lightning bolts in lungs, we need an answer to the question!

Don't like to mention this but....
Dragging this thread back to the topic I have just received a new frame 🙂 with a new headset. This is the first integrated headset I haveever had, and it doesn't have a crown race. Have I found the elusive crown raceless headset or is there a part missing? (Pronghorn PR6-XC HT and own-brand headset FWIW).

andrewh - this thread is likely to implode and destroy the internet now.

and it will be all your fault.

I just asked a perfectly sensible question!

No doubt that's what's Mackem would say too....

you sure there's no crown race? have you got a picture of what they've supplied? or a link?

I'll get a photo and post it up. There is a sort of washer thingy which goes under the bottom bearings but it's just a seal, not a crown race.

somke useful info here;

[url= http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/headset-standards ]http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/headset-standards[/url]

If the bearings are a sealed unit, the washer is what replaces a conventional crown race and the bearings just sit on this.

PS I think I have discovered a long forgotten SPLIT UPPER RACE PINCH BOLT DESIGN THREADED headset. Should I register its genealogy somewhere or lose it again for posterity, marking it as extinct?

what he said ^

it's called a 'fork sleeve' in the link.

Ummmmm, do Pronghorns eat celery?

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it's called a 'fork sleeve' in the link

There was some info about sleeves early on in this thread, hang on

Oh no, it was wizards sleeve

I once had TWO yes TWO crown races supplied with a headset.
Also had a kitkat that was pure chocolate and zero wafer

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This is all the bits that came with it, minus the cups which are in the frame and a pain to get out. Bottom bits at the top of the pic and top bits at the bottom of the pic 😉

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Cups in frame.

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Plastic washer from the bottom. Definately not a crown race.

[IMG] [/IMG] Plastic from the bottom seen from a different angel.

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Assembled.

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Got this in the post last week, seems to work a bit better now

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This has however introduced a new concept into our research, "Headsets which didn't come with a crown-race but should have done." Could get awfully complicated...

Don't know much about headsets to be honest, but do you think it's ok to let these two babysit my 3 kids tonight, they only charge a fiver an hour - which seems resonable.

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