"John Red-Horse" <
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> In article <
[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> >
> >I'm with Peter on this one. Once a headset is adjusted
properly, it
> >should stay adjusted. I certainly never worry about
taking a headset
> >wrench along on any long ride (MTB or road).
> >
>
> I don't know guys, I'm just telling you something that was
a fact for me.
> Apparently I'm not the only one, or there would've been no
need for
> devices like the Gorilla HS lock nut. There were so there
were.
>
> It wasn't every ride---or even somthing that occurred with
any real
> regularity, but it occurred often enough that I just took
the wrenches
> along. Being somewhere off-road, and having to stop to
finger tighten a
> headset every little while is a bummer.
>
> I've already stated that I haven't had this kind of
problem with my
> smaller headsets, but that 1-1/8" threaded version simply
would not hold
> itself.
A lot of headsets don't hold because they're **** -- they're not made to tight enough specs, the
threads are not cut properly, etc. Not to mention threads being mangled by clumsy mechanics. It's
likely the forks being used with them are even worse, especially if the threads were cut by a bike
shop. That's the real reason behind things like Gorilla headset nuts. People who used good headsets,
like Shimano or Chris King, with factory threaded forks, never needed them.
Matt O.