timwinterburn

great answer Mike :-)

Don't worry PeteyInNH, happens to me all the time, too :-) . The only reason I raised it is because the trail he's riding isn't a dedicated MTB trail - it is an ancient mountain path on very fragile ground. Our mountains (the UK generally) are getting eroded with wider and wider trails as people walk on either side of the trail.... and thereby widen the trail. You should see the photos of the UK mountains from 30 to 40 years ago - often you can barely see a trail at all. Now they're all getting these freaking eroded motorways up them. Its a real shame. Of course, the trail Peaty is riding (one of my local trails - lucky me :-) ) is built on rock rather than (ironically enough) peat, so erosion is pretty much zero. Just my 2p

And you can't? I guess you need "supervision" when riding dude ;-)

Amusing caption to last photo: "There were no problems getting the Tallboy 2 off the ground, and it easily took on Scotland's rock strewn landscape." Apparently, it "took it on" by riding around all the rocks, off the path. Increasing erosion. Uncool.

Thanks guys - its for a friend's bike I recently rebuilt - he's running the E150 dual-crown future shock still, but it doesn't have a molded in crown race - it has a split ring. Since swapping the bearings for new ones, according to the ones sold to me by my LBS (a Spesh dealer who for some reason refused to order in the bearings from Spesh UK for me, and instead sold me a campy standard one), there is a slight amount of movement/play in the headset. The dimensions of the new one, by eye, were slightly different from the ones I removed (which were toast!) - hence my real concern. Only one of the two bearing cartridges that came out of the frame had any writing on it - hence the problem! From your answer, am I to understand that I actually need to buy two distinct, different, bearings that aren't actually available in one single headset? I'm guessing I have the correct top, but that the bottom might be wrong. My understanding is that the headset was one of "yours"; if so, can you point me at the right one? No worries at all if this is all too complex to deal with here - quite understand :-) ! Thanks for the answer - greatly appreciated!

Hi CCCC! Can you confirm absolutely the correct dimensions, angles etc for the headset in a 2008 Specialized EnduroSL S-works Carbon frame? Specialized UK, my LBS and the internet all seem to have differing opinions! Since it's one of yours, you would seem to be the guys to ask :-) ! Any help much appreciated! Tim