GuyY
New Member
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
I have a Challenge Seiran 24 with under-seat stearing with a worn headset, i.e. the stearing "auto-centres". I've had this problem from about 2 months after I bought it in spring last year. I submitted a topic to CycleChat about this last year and got help identifying the problem (many thanks) and based on that I rang a bikeshop who estimated £75+ to replace it. So I hesitated. Instead took the headset apart, had a look and rebuilt it but with a slightly looser headset bolt than before and so the problem has been 'under-control' ever since.
I'm now looking to replace the headset-bearing races. The only information on them are the angles and dimensions (36' x 45' and 30.2 x 41 x 6.5). I'm assuming that replacement bearing races using the same dimensions will be fine? Any other factors I should consider before randomly purchasing replacements? I'd rather not replace the entire headset as suggested by another bikeshop who also muttered about any replacements may not fit the old cups (...despite the dimensions being identical? ho hum!)
Guy
I'm now looking to replace the headset-bearing races. The only information on them are the angles and dimensions (36' x 45' and 30.2 x 41 x 6.5). I'm assuming that replacement bearing races using the same dimensions will be fine? Any other factors I should consider before randomly purchasing replacements? I'd rather not replace the entire headset as suggested by another bikeshop who also muttered about any replacements may not fit the old cups (...despite the dimensions being identical? ho hum!)
Guy