{"id":17788,"date":"2014-02-09T09:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17788"},"modified":"2022-01-29T11:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:18:06","slug":"pvc-1-5-crown-race-setter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/09\/pvc-1-5-crown-race-setter\/","title":{"rendered":"PVC 1.5″ Crown Race Setter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Salsa El Mariachi Ti<\/a> has a headset for a tapered fork, thus when I picked up a rigid fork for it (more on that later) I wanted to be sure to get a tapered one. Lacking a proper setter I decided to make one out of PVC pipe. Schedule 40 PVC pipe, 1.5″, has an average inside diameter of 1.590″<\/a>, which is perfect for fitting over the 1.5″ bottom of a tapered steerer tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Depot sells 2′ sections of pipe, so this, plus a cap, were purchased for making the setter. I cut the pipe to 14″ long (same as a Park Tool CRS-1<\/a>) to ensure a nice, square end then fitted a cap on the other end. After cutting a slight inside bevel on the pipe this worked fairly well for hammering on the Cane Creek 40-CrownRace-52\/40-Steel<\/a> race (really, a bearing seat and seal) which is the matching part for the headset on the bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This did not work as easily as setting a traditional 1-1\/8″ headset using a metal tool, but after a few false starts it did eventually work. The PVC felt somewhat flexible and I believe was absorbing some of the force from the hammer. The steerer is also has a 33% greater circumference, so on a 1.5″ steerer there’ll be more friction than with a 1-1\/8″, so it’ll take more force overall to set the race in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That all said, at less than $5 for making one yourself versus ~$70 (online prices) for buying a steel one, and still ending up with an effective tool, this is worth making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Salsa El Mariachi Ti has a headset for a tapered fork, thus when I picked up a rigid fork for it (more on that…<\/p>\n

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