GT Timberline on eBay - wtf is going on with headset?

[PhillB]

No, the Timberline would have been 1 1/8" headset from 1992 onwards at least, I recently worked on a 1991 Timberline which did have a 1" headset. This guy just didn't use any tools to try and press the headset cups in correctly, which is tricky to do without the proper tools, I speak from experience.
I also owned 2 GT Timberlines from 1992 which did have the bigger size headtubes.

Fair enough, and I'm sure you are right (I've fitted a fair few headsets myself ;-)) I wasn't aware when the head tube size on Timberlines changed. (I have an '89 and it is 1 inch) I seem to recall they stayed at 1in for longer on the lower end frames...so I was giving him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Dface]

Doesn’t he know that bolt at the top of the steerer is for pressing the cups in?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Doesn’t he know that bolt at the top of the steerer is for pressing the cups in?

If you can't find your lump hammer, obvs