"bomba" <
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> Huw Pritchard wrote:
>
> >>i have just brought a Aheadset threadless to put into my frame (Raleigh RSP250). Do i really
> >>need the tool to put this in as i dont really want to crack the frame or is there a way to get
> >>away without buying it? If not how much will it cost in the UK thanks for any help
> >
> >
> > You can pick up a Cyclus headset press for £30 from Wiggle.
> >
> > Alternatively, you can get a bit of wood and a hammer, and carefully
drift
> > the cups in like this.
>
> I love your use of the word 'drift'. I prefer 'batter'
Especially strange considering the man watched me spend an entire afternoon trying to get the cups
into the head tube of his Barracuda road bike (a machine that I affectionately refer to as
"Herpes"). Binkie, on the other hand, is a pleasure to bang a headset into (I think its on its fifth
or sixth now) as the head tube is the right size in the first place.
Andy Chequer