Headset Adapter Straight To Tapered

This item cane creek 40 series tapered headset conversion set 1 1 8 crown race cane creek 40 zs44 28 6 ec49 40 tapered headset tapered steerer black.

Headset adapter straight to tapered. I was going buy a pair of expensive world cup forks which were tapered so did a wee experiment with these first to make sure everything was going to be ok. Comes with the reducer crown race for 1 1 8 straight forks. Changed my mind and got a tapered fork though and picked up a 110 crown race. It will add about 10mm to the axle to crown height as well.

Quite a few brands make them now too. Posted in tech q a. I also converted a 1 1 8 for to make it. Your bicycle s headtube must have an inside diameter of 44mm or larger in order to use any tapered steer fork.

Traditional 1 1 8 in headtubes or 34mm inside diameter headtubes cannot accept a tapered steering column fork therefore we do not make an adapter that will allow you to use a tapered steering column on a traditional 1 1 8 in headtube. Why install tapered fork to a non tapered. If you have a zero stack headset in your curent frame where the bearings and cups are located inside the head tube of the bike. This video shows how to install a tapered fork 1 1 8 1 1 2 inch to a 44mm bore semi integrated headtube similarly known as zero stack headtube.

Cane creek hope and token off the top of my head. The 110 crown race is significantly lighter. It is possible to fit tapered forks to your frame. So i got me self a new frame very cool much excitement.

As long as your headtube is 44mm it will replace the lower internal headset cup with an external cup to suit the tapered steerer.