I have a bike with a Campy Record hiddenset, this was initially a big
problem on the bike. I was using a Profile Design compression cap and could
never get adequate compression (generally profile design stuff sucks -- this
is not the exception).
For months my LBS was telling me "this is the problem with integrated
headsets, blah blah blah" in other words, they were just talking out of
their asses (like most shops do, as most customers know nothing so the LBS
gets high on their own BS).
Finally I decided that the compression device might be the problem. Bought
an FSA compressor for carbon steerers and the problem vanished without
return. No headset adjustment has been done since, it doesn't move a bit,
and there is 0 play in the unit. The only downside is I can't use my top cap
(Eddy Merckx) but functionally its far superior to lessor units.
"Trevor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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BobI wrote in message ...
Quoted message said:Does anybody else have this problem? Or maybe it's not a problem?
Just today I was standing over my road bike, with a carbon fork and
integrated headset, and checking the brakes before going off for a ride. I
squeezed the front brake and rocked the bike fore and aft with the brake
on
and noticed, and felt, the fork move inside the head tube. The bearings
are
preloaded correctly and the brake caliper was tight on the fork. The top
bearing seems to move inside the head tube a small amount and the fork
steerer tube doesn't fit very tightly inside the top bearing. Is this
normal?
I checked my other road bike, integrated headset and carbon fork also, and
it has the same wobble. If this situation is abnormal how do I fix it? Or
is
Quoted message said:this a feature of integrated headsets. Any opinions?
What sort of 'feature' would that be?
Trevor
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