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@Brommers
It appears that Mr. Yoeleo really doesn't sell 16" carbon rims after all and so that plan's out. I did say that wheels would be next, but there's a change of plan as the headset finally arrived - a Chris King 1 1/8" Gripnut in Pewter, ordered especially from Aspire Velotech. This provided a wonderful excuse to play with some new toys, I mean tools...
Time to face the headtube on the Brompton frame prior to installing the headset:
Headset installation with my new headset press:
The crown race put up a bit of a struggle going onto the fork, but gave up when faced with a 10 ton hydraulic press. With the headset in place I could install the fork, the stem and the bars, so the bike now looks like this:
Wheels next. Promise...