Where can you buy after market headset bearing covers? I’d like to get lower without buying a new headset if at all possible (already taken out all spacers and hate the look of stems that are greater than -17deg). Not too familiar with headsets & how they work so school me please!
Surprisingly hard to get from LBS or even from mfgs like FSA.
Try: http://veloflyte.com/ultra_low_stack_height_carbon_fiber_integrated_headset_dust_shields
Where can you buy after market headset bearing covers? I’d like to get lower without buying a new headset if at all possible (already taken out all spacers and hate the look of stems that are greater than -17deg). Not too familiar with headsets & how they work so school me please!
Go commando!
-SD
They now only sell them through a very limited number of of bike shops. Unless you happen to be near one, you’re sol…
http://www.cobbcycling.com/shop/accessories/5mm-top-caps
Thanks John!
or
FSA has an integrated headset with an 8.2mm top cap stack height. Get the headset, and have some extra bearings for the future, but bearings must match. 41mm OD, 36*/45*.
Cheers, Ken
Cane Creek allows you to buy headset upper and lower assemblies separately from one another. Although it’s not just the top cap, it is “theoretically” cheaper than buying the complete headset. Although I found that I could buy the complete headset through Amazon for the same amount that Cane Creek was selling just the upper for through their website. Depending on what you’re looking for, this may or may be the case.
Thanks for all the replies. I might go with the Cobb but there is a SlamThatStem dealer near me so I might check that out. I did think about going commando for a sec but that significantly reduces the life of your headset bearings, I would assume.
At first I was like, why is the Felt guy posting a Cervelo picture? But I think I see what you did there.
If you ride in the rain, or on the trainer, definitely.
Or if you spill drink up front a lot.
I did think about going commando for a sec but that significantly reduces the life of your headset bearings, I would assume.
At first I was like, why is the Felt guy posting a Cervelo picture? But I think I see what you did there.
I couldn’t find a photo of a Felt road bike that required such a radical stem set up. HA! I kid, I kid.
I remembered Ryder’s set up as I was lucky enough to be at the '12 Giro on Stage 14 in Cervinia where he took command of the race. Recalling the coverage of his bike before and after the Giro I just searched on images of his bike from that time.
And with 100% sincerity I should state I like Cervelo, their products, the people I’ve met who work there and their message. We can share a great deal of the same philosophical take on the important focal points of bicycle design despite the differences in execution.
3adu 3adwi hu sadiqi
-SD
http://www.cobbcycling.com/shop/accessories/5mm-top-caps
Thanks John!
or
FSA has an integrated headset with an 8.2mm top cap stack height. Get the headset, and have some extra bearings for the future, but bearings must match. 41mm OD, 36*/45*.
Cheers, Ken
Actually FSA makes a 4.3mm top cap, They are used on Felt’s AR series of bicycles (except the AR FRD)
-SD
At first I was like, why is the Felt guy posting a Cervelo picture? But I think I see what you did there.
I couldn’t find a photo of a Felt road bike that required such a radical stem set up. HA! I kid, I kid.
That was what I was thinking!
Though Ryder isn’t a good example of “damn bike is too tall” since he rides with his bars irrationally low. (I think)
he could throw a velolyte on there and have no addition to the stack height.
well, 1mm maybe.
At first I was like, why is the Felt guy posting a Cervelo picture? But I think I see what you did there.
I couldn’t find a photo of a Felt road bike that required such a radical stem set up. HA! I kid, I kid.
That was what I was thinking!
Though Ryder isn’t a good example of “damn bike is too tall” since he rides with his bars irrationally low. (I think)
4.3mm is 430% bigger than what we’re looking for here… 
Veloflyte and its ilk are 1mm.
http://www.cobbcycling.com/shop/accessories/5mm-top-caps
Thanks John!
or
FSA has an integrated headset with an 8.2mm top cap stack height. Get the headset, and have some extra bearings for the future, but bearings must match. 41mm OD, 36*/45*.
Cheers, Ken
Actually FSA makes a 4.3mm top cap, They are used on Felt’s AR series of bicycles (except the AR FRD)
-SD
4.3mm is 430% bigger than what we’re looking for here…
Veloflyte and its ilk are 1mm.
http://www.cobbcycling.com/shop/accessories/5mm-top-caps
Thanks John!
or
FSA has an integrated headset with an 8.2mm top cap stack height. Get the headset, and have some extra bearings for the future, but bearings must match. 41mm OD, 36*/45*.
Cheers, Ken
Actually FSA makes a 4.3mm top cap, They are used on Felt’s AR series of bicycles (except the AR FRD)
-SD
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You sure 4.3mm is 430% more than 1mm?
Is 2mm 200% more or 100% more than 1mm?
-SD
Or he could put a volcano on there and be more comfortable and faster! (I think)
he could throw a velolyte on there and have no addition to the stack height.
well, 1mm maybe.
At first I was like, why is the Felt guy posting a Cervelo picture? But I think I see what you did there.
I couldn’t find a photo of a Felt road bike that required such a radical stem set up. HA! I kid, I kid.
That was what I was thinking!
Though Ryder isn’t a good example of “damn bike is too tall” since he rides with his bars irrationally low. (I think)
I could never figure that math stuff out. I guess 1mm is a million % bigger than 0
4.3mm is 430% bigger than what we’re looking for here…
Veloflyte and its ilk are 1mm.
http://www.cobbcycling.com/shop/accessories/5mm-top-caps
Thanks John!
or
FSA has an integrated headset with an 8.2mm top cap stack height. Get the headset, and have some extra bearings for the future, but bearings must match. 41mm OD, 36*/45*.
Cheers, Ken
Actually FSA makes a 4.3mm top cap, They are used on Felt’s AR series of bicycles (except the AR FRD)
-SD
0<1<4.3<8.2
You sure 4.3mm is 430% more than 1mm?
Is 2mm 200% more or 100% more than 1mm?
-SD