what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

it's good to have friends with headset presses but who has a press that can accommodate the 24inch "headtube" on a cargo bike?  (Headset presses always seem to remind me of 33 John and his commentary on 28 Nate's skills as a car mechanic and how they compared to his skills as a bike mechanic and how the headset press should have been liberated from the Elliot Bay Messenger Company base by a bike messenger because 28 would just mushroom the shit out anything he tried to install in a bike because of his complete lack of finesse and bike experience.)  It's good to have friends that can talk you out of a hasty halfassing of the cups when you wanted a quick whack whacking  of them into your new frame with a block of wood and then they can talk you into a more controlled approach with a 30" piece of allthread and some washers. The copper pipe step-down fittings are a bonus idea I learned about on the http//world wide internet.

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It is humbling to know that I have NO idea what you are talking about. Humble is the new look.

humble is the new black

had to go with a 36" piece of allthread at the local home improvement store and why go half inch when you can go five eighths...Let me remind you that I've gained a tremendous amount of experience over the past year spinning nuts onto threaded rod and so maybe today was when all that nut spinning finally paid off. No joke. And after installing both headsets this afternoon, I'm not sure the copper pipe fitting really helped the cause and it was more expensive than all the other pieces of the diy puzzle

220, 221 whatever it takes.

Good to know when I get my CETMA. John was right..that headset cup press should have been liberated, so it could be used to hold the cups in place while the bondo dried.

the perceived time saved in a moment of haste paid back played back looking at JB Welded headset cups. You know it Dr. Mike

I am Mr. Mom. February 14 is no longer just a Hallmark Holiday, it's a Mark Holiday.

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