Decoy upper headset (for a change)

[glixerd]

Hi guys,

Had my Decoy core 3 for about 1 month now, absolutely love it.

My left arm is paralysed from the shoulder down, founds ways of doing things so can ride ok.
But on my old bike i had a Hopey steering damper, this provided a LOT more stability.

Hopey are no longer in business a company in Australia are now producing them, but they're nearly 3 times the price Tim was charging, so i'm looking at alternatives.

I have a Cane creek Hellbender Visco i've had for a while to experiment with, but it didn't fit my old bike.
I'm measuring the OD of the upper bearing at 41mm

Question i have is:
Does this black collar come off as well?

If so has anyone removed it and measured the upper frame diameter please?


Cheers
Mark

 

[Weeksy]

The black collar is your headset cup. They're can be removed yes, but usually to be replaced with another headset cup that's maybe different, like an Angleset reducer

 

[glixerd]

Thank you
So if i remove this, I'm guessing I will need a 44mm headset to replace it?

The headset will just press in as normal

 

[Weeksy]

That's a decent guess, but without removing it and measuring it I wouldn't say with 100% certainty

 

[Dirtnvert]

Thank you
So if i remove this, I'm guessing I will need a 44mm headset to replace it?

The headset will just press in as normal

I think that is basically a seal. Id imagine your stem or stem spacers alone, without that sealing cap, would hold the bevelled top race in the bearing. Cant hurt to try it without that top cap/seal. The headsets in the decoy arent the best quality. Mine didnt last long. I replaced my headset with a -1⁰ works components headset. Its a EC44-ZS56. You may want to just replace the top headset cup with a flush/no stack 44 though. Im not sure if most companies have zero stack/flush tops but i know hope sells tops and bottoms seperately.
Works components are a good deal though and theyve lasted well for me. I have a flush 5mm reach works components headset waiting to be installed. Its for a straight 1 1/8 steerer(not tapered) for when i get a triple clamp dh fork. They probably have flush top headset options for various angles, reaches and steerers though.