Sunday 17 March 2024

Heads up..

With retro frames,  there's always the headset choice. A classic 1 "stem mounted inside the fork, or a modern 1,1/8"upon which the fork needs adaptive measures. Personally, I prefer the last option and I was very happy finding a new Nemesis stem in an online bike shop in Germany, which was a perfect fit. But while the fork headtube of Tecnos 2 had enough length for the stem to be simply placed just needing some bushing to make it fit, the master fork unfortunately was too short and needed height adjustment. I didn't have to search very long to find a convenient solution with the Deda Spada stem adapter to be easily placed inside the 22,2 diameter fork shaft adding just enough length to mount the stem to its desired height. As the upper headset bearing cover needs to be locked, spacer rings or bushings are required to solidly pinch the bearing cover below the stem. Here, the Contec Spacer Box was exactly what I needed. With bushing and rings in all possible heights and thicknesses, you simply can't miss. For the space between the stem and bearing cover I simply needed one single 2cm bush below and one 3mm ring on top of the stem.

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