Tapered Steel Headtube

The new soul uses a tapered head tube rather than the big 44mm item which features on all our other updated mountain bike frames.

Tapered steel headtube. The two bearings at either end of the head tube are what make things work. Is42 28 6 is52 40 would work on an integrated headtube is that has an upper headtube with a 41 8mm inside diameter which we round up to 42mm and a lower headtube inside diameter of 52mm and the fork would have a 1 in to a 1 5 in tapered steerer tube. My gf has a bike with a straight headtube. We could buy a very cheap fox 32 float with a tapered steerer.

What i found out so far is that you can make it work with an adapter headset e g. Cane creek ec44 if the headtube has a certain diameter. High quality machined products in size range of 95 170mm. Hailing from fort collins colorado the frame is based around tig welded reynolds 853 tubing and takes advantage of a tapered steel headtube and thru axles at both ends.

Our 44 mm headtubes are available in titanium steel and stainless steel in a variety of widths. To make sure i asked my lbs and they adviced against it without giving too much reason. This will work with any bike with a pressed bottom cup that is 1 1 8 although i believe this no longer allows for frame warranty check with bike manufactur. 50mm od for 44mm head seats and tapered head tubes for is42 and is52 head set.

By using different headsets they can use forks with 1 1 8 and 1 1 2 straight steerers and 1 1 8 and 1 1 2 tapered steerers. Traditionally these have been held in pressed cups but modern bikes also see bearings fitted directly into the frame. Installing rockshox tapered fork to straight steerer type headtube with some help of wolftooth lower cups.