Re: [CR] WTB: French Thread Headset - Forgot one!

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:24:17 -0800
From: "verktyg" <verktyg@aol.com>
To: Mark Bulgier <Mark@bulgier.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, verktyg@aol.com
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Subject: Re: [CR] WTB: French Thread Headset - Forgot one!


Forgot one... (I'm sure there's others)

Specialties TA made some very nice albeit expensive headsets in both steel and aluminum alloy.

Here's a link showing those headsets:

>http://www.blackbirdsf.org/ta/hs.html

It's a very nice website with a lot of info on TA components.

Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA

Mark Bulgier wrote:
> Sean Flores wrote:
>
>> Looking to buy a french threaded 1" headset, preferably
>> stronglight and even more preferably alloy. I would love to find
>> one that is more of a "modern" campagnolo style design [snip]
>
>
> Your search for a French threaded 1" headset is doomed, since all French
> threaded headsets are 25mm, or rarely 28mm (tandem), never 1". Pretty
> minor quibble I know -- just sayin'
>
> Did Stronglight even make alloy headsets in French? Seems like they
> must have, but all the A9 and later alloy Stronglights I've seen were
> English thread.
>
> Who was it who had the French threaded EDCO headsets for sale? I bought
> one and they had more at the time, but that was a year or two ago -- so
> the chances are good that whoever had 'em then is sold out now. Yellow
> Jersey maybe? The one I got is gold anodized alloy, beautiful and
> _awesome_ quality. Smoothest headset I ever felt. I seem to remember
> they last pretty well too. I put one on the second frame I ever built
> for myself, in about '78. A touring bike, it got lots of miles
> including heavily loaded -- camping with front panniers. Later I sold
> that bike to a guy who rode it around the world.
>
> Super Records are still seen NOS in French now and then. Sorry that
> doesn't help if you need it _now_ but save a search in eBay and one will
> turn up eventually. I assume that would fit into your definition of "a
> 'modern' campagnolo style design" and it is alloy, just not Stronglight.
> Three out of four ain't bad eh? Might try http://www.bicycleclassics.com, they
> mention Campy French headsets but no specifics, just "Please contact us
> with your specific requirements."
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA