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Hello!
I've just got my hands on a LeMond Alpe D'Huez, 853 steel 57cm etc. There is currently a appears to be a 1" headset, but the butted walls where the cups fit are really quite thick whilst the main tube is considerably larger. I was wondering if it was at all possible to take out 3mm of the butting in order to accommodate a larger 1 1/8" headset. This may be a really stupid question, but my older Raleigh frame has a straight gauge head tube and I've never had any issues with flex etc. As to why I'd want to do this, simply I have a bunch of 1 1/8 carbon forks which I'd like to utilize, otherwise I'm looking at some Columbus minimal's which are 150+
Cheers,
Joe