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Lets call CC and let them know there is a market for them. 828-684-3551
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirt-exclusive-1-18-angleset-campaign.html
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DIRT EXCLUSIVE: 1 1/8" ANGLESET CAMPAIGN
February 18th, 2011 @ 11:58 AM | Author: billy
If you've got a bike with a standard 1 1/8" headtube and dream of being able to slacken it off then read on…
Angleset configuration confuses the bejusus out of me so here's technical guru [email protected] with some exciting news, but we need your help…
Yeah like us you probably thought that it was impossible to slacken a 1 1/8" headtube, but we've just been on the phone to the head of R&D at Cane Creek and it turns out that it isn't, one even exists! The bad news…they've currently got no plans to produce it.
Why? Cos they're worried it looks a bit funny. Not much of a reason I reckon, especially cos the only reason why it looks a bit strange is because the cups need to be a bit larger than a standard headset in order to accommodate those fancy swivel bearings that make an Angleset happen.
Personally I think that's a small price to pay for being able to 'rescue' an old frame (or even a new one for that matter) that'd be perfectly good if you could just slacken it off a bit, especially when you consider that many frames have such thick headtubes that you'd barely notice it anyway.
So, the question is do you agree with me, and would you love them to start making them? If so let us know in the comments below because I was told that if I could show that 100 people would want one then they'll put them into production! Power to the people and all that.
Oh yeah, and if you're wondering how they've managed to do such trickery in such a confined space then it turns out that it's actually quite simple. Rather have the angle adjustment cup at just one end like the current ones this 1 1/8" version would have them both top and bottom.
Basically a bit at each end equates to the same as a lot at one end. Actually 1 degree to be precise, but we reckon that's easily enough to transform many a bike.
Let the revolution begin…
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirt-exclusive-1-18-angleset-campaign.html
LIFTED FROM THE DIRT SITE
DIRT EXCLUSIVE: 1 1/8" ANGLESET CAMPAIGN
February 18th, 2011 @ 11:58 AM | Author: billy
If you've got a bike with a standard 1 1/8" headtube and dream of being able to slacken it off then read on…
Angleset configuration confuses the bejusus out of me so here's technical guru [email protected] with some exciting news, but we need your help…
Yeah like us you probably thought that it was impossible to slacken a 1 1/8" headtube, but we've just been on the phone to the head of R&D at Cane Creek and it turns out that it isn't, one even exists! The bad news…they've currently got no plans to produce it.
Why? Cos they're worried it looks a bit funny. Not much of a reason I reckon, especially cos the only reason why it looks a bit strange is because the cups need to be a bit larger than a standard headset in order to accommodate those fancy swivel bearings that make an Angleset happen.
Personally I think that's a small price to pay for being able to 'rescue' an old frame (or even a new one for that matter) that'd be perfectly good if you could just slacken it off a bit, especially when you consider that many frames have such thick headtubes that you'd barely notice it anyway.
So, the question is do you agree with me, and would you love them to start making them? If so let us know in the comments below because I was told that if I could show that 100 people would want one then they'll put them into production! Power to the people and all that.
Oh yeah, and if you're wondering how they've managed to do such trickery in such a confined space then it turns out that it's actually quite simple. Rather have the angle adjustment cup at just one end like the current ones this 1 1/8" version would have them both top and bottom.
Basically a bit at each end equates to the same as a lot at one end. Actually 1 degree to be precise, but we reckon that's easily enough to transform many a bike.
Let the revolution begin…
