Re: [RBW] Re: headset indexing?

2024-01-11 Thread Will Boericke
The headset cups have no effect on the workings of a sealed bearing headset (unlike loose bearing). They are just supports for the cartridges. So indexing would be inside the cartridge, if present. I don't know that I've ever felt a cartridge bearing index in any application. Gritty feeling, su

Re: [RBW] Re: headset indexing?

2024-01-11 Thread Richard Rose
Very interesting. A sealed bearing could never “index”, correct? Do my races look ok? Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 11, 2024, at 1:32 PM, Will Boericke wrote:I'm glad I came across this, as I have a very stiff FSA headset on a frame that I thought was screwed up somehow.  No indexing feeling though.W

[RBW] Re: headset indexing?

2024-01-11 Thread Will Boericke
I'm glad I came across this, as I have a very stiff FSA headset on a frame that I thought was screwed up somehow. No indexing feeling though. Will On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 1:29:30 PM UTC-5 Garth wrote: > If it's the stock FSA headset with cartridge bearings I was told by > someone at

[RBW] Re: headset indexing?

2024-01-11 Thread Garth
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, 202