I'm restoring a vintage tandem beach cruiser I picked up at a garage sale for $40. I'm haven't figured out the make, as its headbadge was removed a long time ago and it's been poorly repainted. Pics and a more thorough write up will be posted separately.
Anyway, I'm replacing the sketchy 1" threaded fork and 26-3/4" (590) wheels. I bought a dual crown/triple tree chrome fork with a 1" threadless steerer, figuring I would just convert to threadless for adjustability. I go to install the 1" headset, and it is loose in the head tube. I measure, and the headtube inner diameter is between 32.7mm and 33.2mm. Turns out it's a 1" BMX sized head tube, which takes an EC33 (or EC32 according to Sheldon Brown) sized headset.
Has anyone seen a threadless EC33 headset for sale? I can only find threaded headsets for 1" BMX.
I can't return the threadless fork at this point (ebay). But I may be able to replace the 1" threadless steerer with a 1" threaded steerer, since it's a fully adjustable dual crown fork. I can't find one of these for sale, either!
Last option would be to buy another threaded version of the same fork and try to re-sell the threadless. But selling/shipping is a pain and I'd rather just make this work.
Help!
Anyway, I'm replacing the sketchy 1" threaded fork and 26-3/4" (590) wheels. I bought a dual crown/triple tree chrome fork with a 1" threadless steerer, figuring I would just convert to threadless for adjustability. I go to install the 1" headset, and it is loose in the head tube. I measure, and the headtube inner diameter is between 32.7mm and 33.2mm. Turns out it's a 1" BMX sized head tube, which takes an EC33 (or EC32 according to Sheldon Brown) sized headset.
Has anyone seen a threadless EC33 headset for sale? I can only find threaded headsets for 1" BMX.
I can't return the threadless fork at this point (ebay). But I may be able to replace the 1" threadless steerer with a 1" threaded steerer, since it's a fully adjustable dual crown fork. I can't find one of these for sale, either!
Last option would be to buy another threaded version of the same fork and try to re-sell the threadless. But selling/shipping is a pain and I'd rather just make this work.
Help!