Easton headset adjuster

[theclaud]

Got some Easton forks with a carbon steerer. They don't come with an expanding bung thingy, but they do include a device I've never seen before called a Headset Adjuster. This is a bear-trap expanding thing, adjustable by allen key, that sits under the stem like a spacer. There is also a plastic top-cap included that has no function other than plugging the hole. Am I to take it that this is all I need to keep everything in place? Is anyone else running just one of these things instead of a bung? They look a bit weird...

 

[rich p]

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-217895.html

The jury's out!

 

[theclaud]

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-217895.html

The jury's out!

Thanks Rich - that's a good link. My hunch is to go with an expander plug - I don't like the look of this thing anyway and adjusting it constantly sounds like a right pain in the arse. Besides, I'm on the ham-fisted side when it comes to very tiny allen bolts - it's a 2.5mm. I could do with twenty quid for every one of the damn things I've rounded off...

 

[Smokin Joe]

I've known a couple of people use those and they all ended up in the bin within weeks. Great idea in principle, but they haven't got it right in practice.

 

[topcat1]

Hello tc
I've also got some ec90 slx forks on my lightspeed and on the first couple of rides that adjuster worked loose after a couple of miles. So i bought a reynolds compression plug and it's still tight a year later.
tc1



what frame are you putting the forks on?

 

[Crackle]

Thanks Rich - that's a good link. My hunch is to go with an expander plug - I don't like the look of this thing anyway and adjusting it constantly sounds like a right pain in the arse. Besides, I'm on the ham-fisted side when it comes to very tiny allen bolts - it's a 2.5mm. I could do with twenty quid for every one of the damn things I've rounded off...

We Know

 

[rich p]

Blimey, you've got a good memory Crackle

 

[Crackle]

Oooh, I didn't realise it was so long ago. Funny what sticks in your head sometimes.

 

[theclaud]

Hello tc
I've also got some ec90 slx forks on my lightspeed and on the first couple of rides that adjuster worked loose after a couple of miles. So i bought a reynolds compression plug and it's still tight a year later.
tc1



what frame are you putting the forks on?

Hellair tc1! It's an unbranded, unpainted frame (in keeping with my understated approach to everything ) that I've polished. Should look nice with the Easton forks. Might bring it on the next FNRttC if it looks like being dry... I'm going to go for the plug. I tried setting it up with the bear-trap thingy and it looks all wrong...

 

[theclaud]

We Know

Damn your eyes, Crackle! Never mind - for buffoons such as myself, Joe's torx tip is probably the handiest thing ever.