Headsets - Road and Track Stack?

[rusty bodie]

Do any of you knowledgeable lot know if there is a difference in C Record Road/ Track headsets (stack height) and why??

Thanks!

Craig

 

[stringfellow1946]

C- Record Road 1982-89 41.4 mm
C-Record Track 1982-89 38.5mm

 

[pigman]

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to get the bars lower.
Remember they were the days of down sloping steps and deep drop bars on track bikes

I think (but not certain) you could use either for either discipline. Length and depth of fork threading will be the constraining measurement

 

[rusty bodie]

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Blatantly obvious why, now that you've told me!!

So, my thinking is that the Dura Ace 7400 that's fitted to my TvT
just now, has just enough fork column thread to connect to the headset. If I look for a C Record Track Headset, being shallower than the Road version, I should be in with a chance of it fitting in place of the Dura Ace one.

Thanks for your help, chaps!

 

[pigman]

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If you wanted to keep it all shimano, I recall one 105 version had a really low stack height. I'm not sure of serial no's, but it was a mid 80s one in dark blueish finish. Of course, 105 is a few gruppos lower in pecking order, and you may be aiming for top drawer components

 

[rusty bodie]

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Thanks anyway, but it's got to be C Record up front - the TvT's head lugs lend themselves to it . . .