Got a Dawes from that originally had a clip headset. Some bits went missing when the bike was nicked and didn't reappear when I found the frame in the wood after 18 months. As there are top and bottom "races" to receive a drop in race top and bottom a normal headset can't be used. I have the lower drop in bit but not the top. I don't have the crown race and this is causing problems as all the other that I have tried just don't match the profile.
Any one ever bodged something else in?
I could grind down a sealed bearding to match the drop in race and use them, much like a modern headset but the likely hood of getting them to match the frame perfectly is bugger all.. Could chop the frame at the top and treat it like a normal frame and press in a top race but that seems a shame. The lower half wouldn't work as the down tube would foul it.
Just wondering if anyone has ever found a way around such a situation.
Any one ever bodged something else in?
I could grind down a sealed bearding to match the drop in race and use them, much like a modern headset but the likely hood of getting them to match the frame perfectly is bugger all.. Could chop the frame at the top and treat it like a normal frame and press in a top race but that seems a shame. The lower half wouldn't work as the down tube would foul it.
Just wondering if anyone has ever found a way around such a situation.