• A nice sealed-bearing threaded headset like a Stronglight A9 (about £35)has a soft alloy crown race, it takes a minute or two to file the internal diameter out a little, then twat it on. Noooo worries

    £26.25 from Ribble.

    I clubbed together with a guy on Retrobike, bought two and even with the cost of forwarding one on, we paid less than £25 each!

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