Integrated headset issue repost w/ pic

[kwalters]

Originall posted ~1.5 weeks ago.

http://photobucket.com/albums/a158/kwalters1532/
(Sorry, don't know how to do those blue links)


Frame: 2004 Trek/Lemond Victorie Classic, road, ti, 1-1/8 with
bearing seats machined into headtube top & bottom.
Approx 7000 miles on frame

2 pics
1: external profile of top of headtube.

2: top bearing seat (note - 1/2 mm dim. is closer to 3/4 mm).
Dark, concentric, varying-width inner ring is the machined seat
OEM-chamfered to ~45 degrees. Cane Creek IS headset. Silvery,
scratchy inner stuff is inside of headtube tube. Bottom seat is
comparable but not as pronounced. Click to enlarge to larger-than-
life.

I have read C. King's informal position paper on integrated headsets.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and thanks.

Ken (kwalters <at> frii <dot> com)

and thanks to the posters who put me on to photobucket, etc.

 

[[email protected]]

kwalters wrote:
> Originall posted ~1.5 weeks ago.
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a158/kwalters1532/
> (Sorry, don't know how to do those blue links)
>
>
> Frame: 2004 Trek/Lemond Victorie Classic, road, ti, 1-1/8 with
> bearing seats machined into headtube top & bottom.
> Approx 7000 miles on frame
>
> 2 pics
> 1: external profile of top of headtube.
>
> 2: top bearing seat (note - 1/2 mm dim. is closer to 3/4 mm).
> Dark, concentric, varying-width inner ring is the machined seat
> OEM-chamfered to ~45 degrees. Cane Creek IS headset. Silvery,
> scratchy inner stuff is inside of headtube tube. Bottom seat is
> comparable but not as pronounced. Click to enlarge to larger-than-
> life.
>
> I have read C. King's informal position paper on integrated headsets.
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and thanks.
>
> Ken (kwalters <at> frii <dot> com)
>
> and thanks to the posters who put me on to photobucket, etc.

Pretty good photos! So, what was the question?

 

[jim beam]

kwalters wrote:
> Originall posted ~1.5 weeks ago.
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a158/kwalters1532/
> (Sorry, don't know how to do those blue links)
>
>
> Frame: 2004 Trek/Lemond Victorie Classic, road, ti, 1-1/8 with
> bearing seats machined into headtube top & bottom.
> Approx 7000 miles on frame
>
> 2 pics
> 1: external profile of top of headtube.
>
> 2: top bearing seat (note - 1/2 mm dim. is closer to 3/4 mm).
> Dark, concentric, varying-width inner ring is the machined seat
> OEM-chamfered to ~45 degrees. Cane Creek IS headset. Silvery,
> scratchy inner stuff is inside of headtube tube. Bottom seat is
> comparable but not as pronounced. Click to enlarge to larger-than-
> life.
>
> I have read C. King's informal position paper on integrated headsets.
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and thanks.
>
> Ken (kwalters <at> frii <dot> com)
>
> and thanks to the posters who put me on to photobucket, etc.
>

what's the question?

 

[kwalters]

The question was, which I guess I should have restated, "Is there
and issue with the bearing seat?"

[email protected] wrote:
> kwalters wrote:
>
>>Originall posted ~1.5 weeks ago.
>>
>>http://photobucket.com/albums/a158/kwalters1532/
>>(Sorry, don't know how to do those blue links)
>>
>>
>>Frame: 2004 Trek/Lemond Victorie Classic, road, ti, 1-1/8 with
>> bearing seats machined into headtube top & bottom.
>> Approx 7000 miles on frame
>>
>>2 pics
>>1: external profile of top of headtube.
>>
>>2: top bearing seat (note - 1/2 mm dim. is closer to 3/4 mm).
>> Dark, concentric, varying-width inner ring is the machined seat
>> OEM-chamfered to ~45 degrees. Cane Creek IS headset. Silvery,
>> scratchy inner stuff is inside of headtube tube. Bottom seat is
>> comparable but not as pronounced. Click to enlarge to larger-than-
>> life.
>>
>>I have read C. King's informal position paper on integrated headsets.
>>
>>Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and thanks.
>>
>>Ken (kwalters <at> frii <dot> com)
>>
>>and thanks to the posters who put me on to photobucket, etc.
>
>
> Pretty good photos! So, what was the question?
>

 

[kwalters]

Can't believe I did that. The original question was:

Is there an issue with the machined bearing seat shown in
the photo?

kwalters wrote:

> Originall posted ~1.5 weeks ago.
>
> http://photobucket.com/albums/a158/kwalters1532/
> (Sorry, don't know how to do those blue links)
>
>
> Frame: 2004 Trek/Lemond Victorie Classic, road, ti, 1-1/8 with
> bearing seats machined into headtube top & bottom.
> Approx 7000 miles on frame
>
> 2 pics
> 1: external profile of top of headtube.
>
> 2: top bearing seat (note - 1/2 mm dim. is closer to 3/4 mm).
> Dark, concentric, varying-width inner ring is the machined seat
> OEM-chamfered to ~45 degrees. Cane Creek IS headset. Silvery,
> scratchy inner stuff is inside of headtube tube. Bottom seat is
> comparable but not as pronounced. Click to enlarge to larger-than-
> life.
>
> I have read C. King's informal position paper on integrated headsets.
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated, and thanks.
>
> Ken (kwalters <at> frii <dot> com)
>
> and thanks to the posters who put me on to photobucket, etc.
>