I just had the same issue on my Hilsen. The guys at Riv recommended rotating
the bearings like Patrick suggested (as did Bill Lindsay when I asked about
it). Once the mechanic at the LBS got it apart the bearings were shot. I
replaced the headset with a Tange on Tuesday.
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Actually my partner and I didn't have the best of luck with the Tange
Rollerball which my 97 Rive came with. But that was our experience and
maybe we did something wrong like overtightened it. So it's probably a
really good choice; I hear needle bearings mitigate shimmy. I'm good with
my CKs
I recommend dropping the fork and taking a look. I just went through this
exercise and was surprised how little lubrication was in the original
bearings. It is fairly easy to clean the bearings, re-lubricate and
reinstall. If you've never done this before it's better to learn on this
Sheldon calls it indexed steering. Ingeniously accurate. Indubitably due
to all the laid back, smooth riding I do. Ogre tightening is not outside
the realm of possibility either. Sardonic grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 12:00:23 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote:
It's
It's a Tange Levin headset, original with the silver QB, which has
relatively low milage for it's age as it was in near new condition when I
bought it last spring.
With abandon,
Patrick
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Patrick,
What headset are you running? How old is it?
Keith
On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 12:06:29 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote:
On my Quickbeam there is a slowly increasing stiffness in my headset, but
only in the middle (when straight). It isn’t noticeable when moving the
bars back
+ 1 for the Tange headset, which looks to be the same they sold 15+ years
ago as the Tange Rollerball headset. The one on my '99 gofast is still as
smooth as when new. (So is the Ultegra cartridge one on the '03, too.)
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Ryan Fleming ryanmalloryflem...@gmail.com
What kind of headset? Cup and cone? if they're loose bearings I've heard
the addition or subtraction of a bearing might help so the race doesn't get
more worn.
If you go new CK or the Tange needle bearing headset that Riv sells is very
nice...http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/hsrd.htm
But
