My two cents (or more): Don't replace the headset if it's working fine. If you must, I've had pretty good success with the threaded-rod-plus-washers DIY solution. You need to be very cautious when the cups first start to seat, make sure they're going in straight. But it works. I bought a cup remover ages ago, and it was well worth the cost. Chiseling out the old cups with a screwdriver is no good.
I have no experience with this particular tool, but for $60, it looks worth a try: https://www.jensonusa.com/Foundation-Headset-Press-Tool-For-1-and-1-18-Headsets Finally, did you intentionally put the shifter mount facing forwards like that? Seems like it would work better flipped over 180 degrees so that the shifter is behind the steerer axis. Or does the cable hit the frame when you turn the front wheel if it's mounted like that? Is that a shifter mount for 1-1/8" steerers? Do they have a mount that clamps on 22.2mm stems? Chris On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 11:40:27 AM UTC-4, David B wrote: > > Maybe I'm just getting into bike projects that aren't necessary > whatsoever, but I'm interested in swapping up a couple things on my bikes. > I've never replaced a headset before, but I'm contemplating upgrading the > rinko-style cups that my Clem and wife's Clementine came with for something > swankier. > > Questions: > Is this crazy? The current headsets function fine, purely cosmetic. > Is this worth it to me to buy the proper tools? I likely won't have a need > to change headset aside from these two bikes. Some sort of diy tools? > Or should I just let my LBS take care of this? > > The main reason I'm thinking about this is I added a Silver2 shifter/mount > as a headset spacer (works great) and the wider headset cup looks out of > place now that everything's a bit cluttered. > Photo here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-99voyFx5D/ > > Thoughts/ideas/suggestions welcome! > David > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/edb5b548-5049-4a36-ab5b-0fff9bfed178%40googlegroups.com.
