If it's the stock FSA headset with cartridge bearings I was told by someone at Riv that they send them out tight and that's how they feel. I thought it was too tight also. I haven't ridden mine but you have yours so if it's smooth when riding, leave it be as it was. On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:20:13 AM UTC-5 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:
> While doing a January tear down on my Clem I discovered what feels like > headset indexing. The first time I ever experienced this was on my 1970's > PX10. That was a Stronglight loose ball headset & you could feel and see > the ball indents in the races from the headset being too tight. On the Clem > I never felt it - the steering always felt precise. In the stand it felt > fine. As soon as I removed the weight from the front of the bike - wheel, > handlebars & stem, I could feel the headset was too tight and felt indexed. > However, the races look ok to me. Pics of the races included here. My > question is do modern sealed bearing headsets indent? If not, what else can > cause the "indent" feeling? Crushed bearings? Is my headset toast or just > not adjusted correctly? > Thanks for the help. > [image: IMG_8002.jpg][image: IMG_8001.jpg] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f9cf529-0ddd-4fa2-8459-e97c83eb0861n%40googlegroups.com.
