headset reducer?

[eddief]

let's say you wanted to use a 1 inch threaded carbon fork in a frame with a 1.125 headtube. this of course would be primarily to be able to use a quill stem, etc.

does this look like a route that would work in a straight forward fashion, or am I looking for some weird bike world compatibility problem?

http://phattire1.stores.yahoo.net/headredshim.html

i think chris king also has some combo that would do the the job in the devoluiton line:

http://chrisking.com/headsets/hds_devo

[Ahneida Ride]

I am running a thread less F1 in a Legend Ti using a CK
Devolution HS. Works great !!!!

[John M]

The devolution has the same interface as regular headset, but with a smaller inner bore. The reducer will introduce another interface that could cause problems or creak.

Either way, seems a lot of trouble to go through just to use a quill stem.

[eddief]

but for uplifting bar height in an aesthetically pleasing way. among other fit considerations.

[RudAwkning]

I'm using a reducer on this bike. Done centuries, rain rides, serious climbing and have never had an issue.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=40613

[eddief]

how are you. met you at the Starbucks in Pt. Richmond sometime back. That is a beauty of a bike. So does it have reducers in the headtube or is that the King Devolution. Oh, did I say nice bike?

[amator]

but for uplifting bar height in an aesthetically pleasing way. among other fit considerations.

I agree. Tons of spacers are unsightly and most of my steel bikes without a HT extension have a quill and my concours rides on a Ouzo Pro with a threadless cinelli grammo stem with just a single spacer below.

A little OT, these 1inch ahead stems (see below) look the business and a neat way to get the height without the slew of spacers and going quill.

So far, ive only found the Nitto which fashions one in a similar height, the rest I believe are bespoke?!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/7219049@N04/411426439/sizes/m/in/photostream/