Crown race setting tool

[Iluv2cycle]

Looking for a crown race setting tool, reasonable price, that will do various sizes and will fit tapered head tube

 

[Smokin Joe]

Looking for a crown race setting tool, reasonable price, that will do various sizes and will fit tapered head tube

If it is for a fork that uses cartridge bearings you don't need one. Just cut a slot in the race (Which in this case is just a locating ring for the cartridge, not a bearing race at all) and it will slip on easily.

 

[Levo-Lon]

As above and most come already cut for ease of fitting

 

[Gravity Aided]

If you have to set the crown race, an appropriately sized piece of pipe and a mallet will do nicely.

 

[Milkfloat]

I use a bit of waste pipe (32mm?). When they have been a real bugger I have also used a flat screwdriver and a hammer

 

[KneesUp]

I use a local 'Bike Kitchen' when I need access to tools I don't want to buy because I won't use them much - £4 for an hour of bike stand use plus access to bike-shop quality tools, with 6Music on in the background, and as a bonus I don't get interrupted by the rest of the family

 

[rogerzilla]

It's the cheapest of the headset tools and the first one I bought. Somehow I progressed to a reamer/facer and a crown race cutter, all Cyclus. I had a lot of steel bikes with iffy headsets - they're all perfect now.