Re: [yak

[Vince Mackenzie]

I sold Bike fridays in the uk. 

1"1/8 headsets were fitted on NWT llamas. Definitely threaded. There was a threadless headset that was fitted to some of the bikes for a short time. It didn't work very well. I am talking pre 2001 time. 

You should be able to source a locknut you can get machined easily enough. 

If i remember i can go through my bits to see what i have.

Regards Vince

On Wed, 21 May 2025, 22:20 Walter Lapchynski, <w...@bikefriday.com> wrote:

On traditional bikes, there often was a lip on the locknut that would bottom out at the top of the steerer. We occasionally got headsets with that lip, but we would machine it out since the locknut needed to thread down past the top of the steerer. So if you get a new one and it has the lip, you'll have to machine that out.

I'd check and double check you have a 1⅛" headset. Nearly all of the bikes we made with threaded headsets were 1¼". There are exceptions, but they were far less common. The problem: no one makes 1¼" headsets and they haven't been available for a long time. Might want to get headtube reducers and go to 1⅛" if that's the case.

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM Peter Stock <lug...@gmail.com> wrote:

threaded headset question

a quick question about threaded headsets on BFs.

i am rebuilding a BF with threaded steerer that was repainted.
I have mislaid the original 1 1/8th headset so I am out looking for another.

on a BF (IIRC) the locknut has to thread down far enough that ther is a section of the threaded steerer exposed, to take the stem riser.

is it normal for a threaded headset locknut to be able to be just screwed down and down and down like that?

I seem to remember my threaded headsets on traditional bikes "topping out" at the top of the steerer tube.

If so, how do I make a locknut work on a BF setup

or am I misremembering? (I don't have a threaded fork and headset at hand right now to experiment with )

Peter Stock

Toronto, Canada

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[Peter Stock]

of course I dismantled this Pocket Rocket about 8 months ago when I sent it in for repainting and some repairs.
I seem to have managed to keep all the parts together in a box. All of them EXCEPT! the original headset. it must be somewhere in my very messy garage. But for the moment it eludes me.
I am 99% sure it takes a 1 1/8th headset. Neither a 1" nor a 1 1/4" fit the steerer (I stupidly didn't bring the fork with me from Location A to Location B where I am now)

I have 30 1 inch headsets but no spare 1 1/8ths.
so I am on the hunt at my local bike repair coop.

I should probably just wait until I can retrieve the actual fork to use for testing. 

Peter Stock

Toronto, Canada