My Pace has arrived, but what to do.....

[toomanycars]

I have some calipers at home. So could be worth a go. But that looks like 30mm (ish) to me

 

[FluffyChicken]

F6 was when they went to 1 - 1/8" iirc

 

[rc200]

Re:

I think all 1 inch head tubes have a pair of vertical ribs running the length of the tube that the top tube and downtube are welded to, 1 1/8 head tubes don't have this, they're just circular in cross section

 

[secret_squirrel]

A quick bit of googlefu suggests all the F5's on RB were 1 " ers so I think you are safe.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/search/index ... 54j16#2034

 

[toomanycars]

I took it to LBS last night, 1 1/8th is wayyyy to big, but.... the 1 inch is loose, it fits but it's not tight in the tube, is there some kind of shim required, it won't rattle once the forks are in but if I take the forks out the cups will just drop out?

Odd!?!

Also, can anyone tell me what length BB axle i require please

 

[jimo746]

Re:

As above, I'm fairly sure 1"1/8th headtubes came on the F6 onwards.

You could have the old ISO/ JIS headset issue, what headset are you fitting? Get the Venrnier calipers out and check the internal diameter of the head tube, top and bottom.

BB axle length depends on what chsinset you'll be using. What are you planning of fitting?

 

[toomanycars]

Re: Re:

As above, I'm fairly sure 1"1/8th headtubes came on the F6 onwards.

You could have the old ISO/ JIS headset issue, what headset are you fitting? Get the Venrnier calipers out and check the internal diameter of the head tube, top and bottom.

BB axle length depends on what chsinset you'll be using. What are you planning of fitting?

Looking for a middleburn , but rare and expensive, so more likely to be a race face isis/octolink

 

[jimo746]

Raceface Turbines suit the square Pace to a T.

 

[toomanycars]

Got the brake bosses, £4.00 on ebay. And managed to get the BB out, threads all seem ok, It just needs a clean up.

 

[toomanycars]

New bottom bracket in place and i found some xt cranks in the garage so gave them a clean up and I have bolted them on