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Andre,
Is the headset technically the external part or internal parts of the bearings where the stem goes down to the forks? If its the external part, then no, that says "Deda" on it. The pedals are the ones on the bike. (ie. not Dura Ace) I do not know exactly what constitutes a complete Dura Ace groupset (would that include pedals and headset then?) but the 2-3 pages of original receipts make no mention of any credits for Dura Ace parts not being supplied, therefore I would expect a complete Dura Ace groupset to have been supplied at the time of purchase, whatever that complete groupset was. Given that this bike was only ever ridden for circa 20 mins on a turbo trainer, and then the original purchaser became seriously ill (not whilst on the bike!) I find it hard to believe that they would have swapped out the headset?! Even the cables are Dura Ace 25th Anniversary and the handlebar tape is original unused condition also!!
I could more easily understand them removing clip in pedals (& hence misplacing them) to fit cage pedals to make the bike easier to ride on a turbo trainer, or maybe they didn't even have the correct cycling shoes to fit Dura Ace clip in pedals? It took the original owner 7-8 months of staged payments to be able to actually buy the bike and take it home, (from the receipts) and they became ill within a very short time after getting it home, so its not unthinkable that they wouldn't immediately have had the wherewithal to purchase clip-in shoes. The headset would be much harder to understand as I said....
I have plenty more photos, yes, but it says that you can only upload a max of 5 files on here?
If you would like more photos, please PM me your email address and I will send them over tomorrow. Cheers.