integrated headsets, circa 1901



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all the old BSA-fitted track bikes i have owned had integrated headsets. i have jelly jars full of
the bits. dozens of factory bikes uised them 100 years ago too. maybe i should patent some of the
other features on those bikes, for the FUTURE of cycling jc
 
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> all the old BSA-fitted track bikes i have owned had integrated headsets.
i
> have jelly jars full of the bits. dozens of factory bikes uised them 100
years
> ago too. maybe i should patent some of the other features on those bikes,
for
> the FUTURE of cycling

The best of those ( both British and the nice Bianchi ones) had nice hardened cups with curved bases
that floated in the cup-shaped headlugs. Simple, elegant design and no press required for exchange
of worn parts! The seemed to last a good long while too, which I think may be related to the shape
of the cups - they spanned the bottom of the balls so lubricant would not run out the bottom, sort
of like a V.4 (but without the sensitivity to alignment).

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Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971
 
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