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[orange71]

you can buy reducer headsets or headset reducers (2 different things confusingly!) - I'll see if I can get you some links.

 

[orange71]

Reducer headset: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=25722

Headset reducer: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=2219

Other listings magazines are available...

 

[orange71]

here's another one. you get the point:

http://www.betd.co.uk/items.asp?Categor ... t+Reducers

 

[doogie]

Thanks for the info Ed
I really am not too sure about the lefty fork - It is well weird looking when you ride it.
It has a great electronic lockout at the touch of a button and the fork is all carbon and ti.
So I may get used to it after time.

 

[doogie]

If I could get some actual sizes for these frame headset reducers then I should be able to turn some up on the lathe at work.

 

[orange71]

Yes they're not cheap for how much metal you actually get! Should be easy enough to measure the inside diameter of your headtube and the outside diameter of a 1 1/8th" headset.

 

[Augustus]

This Merlin was indeed designed to run with the 80mm Headshock fork. Still available I'm sure. Spencer may even still have his for this very frame.

Nice bike. I so nearly bought this off him twice.

Merlin still held the spares for the rear shock too if you needed them (last time I did was 2004 and they had plenty).

Quite a stunner. Keep us posted on the ride.

 

[doogie]

Hello Wu-Tangled ,
Have you serviced the rear shock before? :?
I have noticed a little play in this and was going to strip it down to see if one of the bushes had worn.
Any advice would be appreciated mate.