New Project - the spare bits bike -

[TK421]

Looking good.

 

[cyberknight]

All done ,had a quick test ride and it all works,I just need to tweak the bike fit

 

[Jameshow]

All done ,had a quick test ride and it all works,I just need to tweak the bike fit

Without tyres!🤣🤣

 

[TK421]

Glad to see that my old frame has definitely gone to a good home.

 

[cyberknight]

Without tyres!🤣🤣

of course i put tyres on
piccies will follow, i did one yesterday but it was low quality so i binned it .

 

[cyberknight]

Glad to see that my old frame has definitely gone to a good home.

what bearings does the headset take ?
I have used the caged bearings as the sealed bearings you sent dont fit into the frame unless im doing something wrong .

 

[TK421]

what bearings does the headset take ?
I have used the caged bearings as the sealed bearings you sent dont fit into the frame

The semi integrated headset uses the caged bearings. The sealed bearings came on the felt forks when I bought them.

piccies will follow

eagerly awaiting

 

[cyberknight]

The semi integrated headset uses the caged bearings. The sealed bearings came on the felt forks when I bought them.


eagerly awaiting

That's what I thought,I did them right ha ha .if if ok weather when I get home I will take a piccie

 

[cyberknight]

Need to get some more stem spacers as I only had a couple of big ones so i can fine tune the bar height now and bunged some old mudguards on for now

 

[cyberknight]

Plan to use it for the commute tomorrow as the usual bike the shifting has gone to pot , i replaced the inner recently but i think i need to do a full inner/outer cable.It shifts to an easier gear ok but doesnt like to shift the other way .
I do know i need to swap to a longer stem as the one above is 10 mm to short for my usual fit .

 

[cyberknight]

Bit of an issue
bearings on headset has play even when the top is tight to the point of being overkill, im a bit stumped and i can only assume that something is missing or not compatbile in the bits i had so it might be a trip to the lbs.I can usually work it out but on top of all the other stuff i have going on my patience for mucking about is low.

 

[ColinJ]

Bit of an issue
bearings on headset has play even when the top is tight to the point of being overkill, im a bit stumped and i can only assume that something is missing or not compatbile in the bits i had so it might be a trip to the lbs.I can usually work it out but on top of all the other stuff i have going on my patience for mucking about is low.

I had that on my first attempt at getting a singlespeed bike on the road. I had a very low budget and foolishly bought a cheapo unknown brand headset. I gave up on it in the end and spent several times as much on a Ritchey headset which has been trouble free.

The original was so bad that I could press it in with gentle hand pressure, so it was clearly slightly undersized!

 

[cyberknight]

I had that on my first attempt at getting a singlespeed bike on the road. I had a very low budget and foolishly bought a cheapo unknown brand headset. I gave up on it in the end and spent several times as much on a Ritchey headset which has been trouble free.

The original was so bad that I could press it in with gentle hand pressure, so it was clearly slightly undersized!

I'm not complaining,it will be a good bike when sorted.
Mrs CK says I ought to sell my bikes and get a new one but she's in the bso pricing camp when it comes to how much she thinks things are

 

[TK421]

If your top bearing is compressed tight with the compression ring and your bottom bearing has lateral movement it could be that the crown ring needs replacing.

 

[cyberknight]

If your top bearing is compressed tight with the compression ring and your bottom bearing has lateral movement it could be that the crown ring needs replacing.

i did notice a couple of the bearings in the cages were missing too( may have fell out in transit ) , probably needs a complete new headset./crown race