low stack headsets

mrpbennett
mrpbennett Posts: 102
edited July 2018 in Road buying advice
Can anyone suggest a decent low stack head set? Or a place I get get a low stack bearing cap? I had a bike fit recently, they has slammed my stem and moved me forward (to prevent the back pain) but the FSA bearing cap (15mm) is too high. I cant seem to find a top cap that is smaller than 15mm. Picture below, excuse the extra steerer tube ( will get this cut once I have it right)

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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    cane creek slam set.

    and please cut all that rubbish off your bike instantly.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Ebay search for tapered headset spacers -- 10mm readily available in 1 and 1/8
    Up to you if you want to go smaller but they do go down to 7.5mm.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    There are loads of these conical spacers available, how low do you want it to be? They go less than 7.5mm if you want.

    As above, ebay is good, or pop into lbs, they usually have a drawer of these taken off bikes when headsets are changed.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    slam it. you know it makes sense.

    go big or go home.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • mrpbennett
    mrpbennett Posts: 102
    mfin wrote:
    There are loads of these conical spacers available, how low do you want it to be? They go less than 7.5mm if you want.

    As above, ebay is good, or pop into lbs, they usually have a drawer of these taken off bikes when headsets are changed.

    perfect ill take a look at eBay, i reckon ill need it at least halved so around 8mm or i could just slam it and use a spacer.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    slam it using a slam set. rather than mess about with spacers do it properly.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Have a look at this thread. grafixbyjorj is very helpful. You may also need a new low rise compression ring -

    https://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13084673&p=20221255&hilit=slamthatstem#p20221255
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    or just buy the cane creek one that is designed by a multinational company that makes millions of head sets to do what the bloke wants to do without having to go to 29 different people all working out of a shed in their gardens after they work in the local newsagent.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Ritchey Logic WCS headsets are pretty low stack (and readily available)

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