Standard Head Tube, Tapered Fork?

wilkij1975

Hello

I know this might sound stupid but is there any way a tapered fork will work with a standard, smei intergrated head tube? I only ask as I was sure that I read somewhere that there was a headset that made it possible.

Cheers All

hounslow

no, it's the other way round that it will work - tapered headtube, regular steerer. headset permitting.

nicklouse

wilkij1975 wrote:

Hello

I know this might sound stupid but is there any way a tapered fork will work with a standard, smei intergrated head tube? I only ask as I was sure that I read somewhere that there was a headset that made it possible.

Cheers All

if Crane creek get around to producing what they said they would do last year YES it will be posible. as they are proposing to have an external bottom cup that will fit into the Semi head tube.

see http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... 2011-28357

ride_whenever

I think there were a load of these on show at NAHBS, could you not just bodge it with two headsets to give you an external 1.5" lower cup and a internal 1 1/8" upper cup? Or do you need a different diameter cup for the lower?

nicklouse

ride_whenever wrote:

I think there were a load of these on show at NAHBS, could you not just bodge it with two headsets to give you an external 1.5" lower cup and a internal 1 1/8" upper cup? Or do you need a different diameter cup for the lower?

nope the 1.5 head tube ID is bigger then the 1 1/8 Zero stack.

wilkij1975

nicklouse wrote:

wilkij1975 wrote:

Hello

I know this might sound stupid but is there any way a tapered fork will work with a standard, smei intergrated head tube? I only ask as I was sure that I read somewhere that there was a headset that made it possible.

Cheers All

if Crane creek get around to producing what they said they would do last year YES it will be posible. as they are proposing to have an external bottom cup that will fit into the Semi head tube.

see http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... 2011-28357

That must have been where I read it. It would be interesting if they do it.

nicklouse

looks like they do

40.EC44 Bottom other versions are available as well.

http://www.canecreek.com/component-head ... roduct=off

all you need is the bottom cup and use your top cup.