Re: [CR]The Myth of the Tange Levin Headset

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:50:19 -0800
From: "Rich Pinder" <rpinder@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]The Myth of the Tange Levin Headset
In-reply-to: <4401CA94.7020900@new.rr.com>
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <200602260612.WAA17026@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>


Question: I see a couple different models - one with a 27.0mm race, other with a 26.4mm race. Why this very slight difference in models ? Any reason to use one vs other ??

Other Question: The 'Stack Height' here of these are 33.4mm. Is that same (close?) to the Campy headsets.

Thanks Rich Pinder Van Nuys

John Thompson wrote:
> Donald Gillies wrote:
>
>> My point was that the Tange Levin may be nicely made, but it appears
>> to be the all-time winner as "most unsealed" headset in history. In
>> the picture depicted by John Thompson, almost 50% of each ball bearing
>> is visible from below the headset.
>>
>> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/campy-vs-levin.jpg
>>
>> This is a recipe for early failure. If you use this headset, it seems
>> that fenders would be an "absolute must", OR, you could use a campy
>> crown race together with the levin headset - exactly the OPPOSITE of
>> what people have been asking about in this forum.
>>
>
> Do please note, however, that the photo referenced above depicts a Levin
> crown race in a Campy cup, using 3/16" Campy balls. A Levin crown race
> in a Levin cup, using 5/32" Levin balls does not show this gap:
>
> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/levin-in-levin.jpg
>
> Moral of the story: mix 'n' match at your peril.