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[Saddlerags]

I like the spec of the head tube but I haven’t used a reach adjust headset before. Is this the one to fit this frame? Reach Adjust ZS56-ZS56 - To Suit 1 1/8" Steerer - 6mm
Any geo changes apart from the reach adjust?

 

[Ou812]

I like the spec of the head tube but I haven’t used a reach adjust headset before. Is this the one to fit this frame? Reach Adjust ZS56-ZS56 - To Suit 1 1/8" Steerer - 6mm
Any geo changes apart from the reach adjust?

Yeah that’s the right one if you’re after 6mm. They offer 3-10mm headsets, I’m probably going to go with the 10mm one to get the reach down to 445mm on the medium.

 

[deanFBM]

You need a reach adjust headset for a tapered head tube, ZS56/EC56, so external lower cup which will raise the front end ~8mm, the maximum reach adjustment you can have is 5mm, there's no space for any more than this.

If you consider the HA, a +5mm cup, will only increase your reach 3-4mm, so not much really.

The split in the chain stay at the main pivot is so this pivot is a "floating axle", to aid frame alignment, think pinch bolts on fork lowers, same lower pivot on Santa Cruz with the collet axle. As long as you tighten the pinch bolts to the specified torque, the will be no concern with strength.

 

[deanFBM]

Can anyone who has one in the flesh, measure the actual reach and stack? Preferably medium and large, cheers.

 

[Mase]

You need a reach adjust headset for a tapered head tube, ZS56/EC56, so external lower cup which will raise the front end ~8mm, the maximum reach adjustment you can have is 5mm, there's no space for any more than this.

If you consider the HA, a +5mm cup, will only increase your reach 3-4mm, so not much really.

The split in the chain stay at the main pivot is so this pivot is a "floating axle", to aid frame alignment, think pinch bolts on fork lowers, same lower pivot on Santa Cruz with the collet axle. As long as you tighten the pinch bolts to the specified torque, the will be no concern with strength.

Review: Works Components Reach Adjust Headset

The Works Components Reach Adjust Headset gives you the ability to take your bike’s fit from slightly off to just right. Read the Review Here

theloamwolf.com

About 10mm decrease in reach according to The Loam Wolf

 

[deanFBM]

Review: Works Components Reach Adjust Headset

The Works Components Reach Adjust Headset gives you the ability to take your bike’s fit from slightly off to just right. Read the Review Here

theloamwolf.com

About 10mm decrease in reach according to The Loam Wolf

Yes. That article explains it quite well and includes the affect of the height of the lower cup, IE net reach change isn't much, slacker HA, with the biggest impact actually being to stack.

 

[Ou812]

Yes. That article explains it quite well and includes the affect of the height of the lower cup, IE net reach change isn't much, slacker HA, with the biggest impact actually being to stack.

So a -5 reach headset would end up giving me -10mm overall? I’m trying to get the reach down to 440-445mm overall, I’m at that weird build where I find most smalls too cramped and most mediums too long. The only brand that seems to make a bike that “fits” me out of the box is Atherton but then I’m having to wait until late September/early October to get a new bike.

 

[Geas]

Yes. That article explains it quite well and includes the affect of the height of the lower cup, IE net reach change isn't much, slacker HA, with the biggest impact actually being to stack.

The acros reach adjust headset looks more promising to me acros ZS56/28,6 + ZS56/30 Reach Adjust Headset 5mm especially at Orbea uses the Acros in the standard spec.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

The acros reach adjust headset looks more promising to me acros ZS56/28,6 + ZS56/30 Reach Adjust Headset 5mm especially at Orbea uses the Acros in the standard spec.

Good find. Never seen that one, that looks like zero stack increase, or minimal stack increase compared to Works Components.

 

[Mars2]

So a -5 reach headset would end up giving me -10mm overall? I’m trying to get the reach down to 440-445mm overall, I’m at that weird build where I find most smalls too cramped and most mediums too long. The only brand that seems to make a bike that “fits” me out of the box is Atherton but then I’m having to wait until late September/early October to get a new bike.

Forbidden Dreadnought E S2 size is 445 reach.

 

[b33k34]

Even a noob mechanic should know how to respect torque settings. And if they don't, there'll be plenty of other parts of their bike that they can f**k up!

Orbea's blue paper manual for the Rise is superb - it lists every bolt and gives you the hex/torx size, whether to use grease or thread lock and what it should be torqued to. Diagrams give you a break down of how the parts go together. Really good.

But on the Rise 25 it's basically impossible to get ever a small torque wrench with a short hex key inside the shock linkage to do the bolts up. It's not just the width, it's super tight against the seat tube as well.

On the Mk1 Rise the combination of crank and chainring shape meant a similar issue for the crank pinch bolts - I used an extension bar and long bit, but even then it wasn't in the bolt head perfect straight.

 

[deanFBM]

The acros reach adjust headset looks more promising to me acros ZS56/28,6 + ZS56/30 Reach Adjust Headset 5mm especially at Orbea uses the Acros in the standard spec.

Good find. Never seen that one, that looks like zero stack increase, or minimal stack increase compared to Works Components.

Unfortunately for 1.125 straight steerers

 

[Geas]

Unfortunately for 1.125 straight steerers

acros ZS56/28,6 + ZS66/40 Reach Adjust Headset 5mm that should fit, shouldn't it?

 

[deanFBM]

acros ZS56/28,6 + ZS66/40 Reach Adjust Headset 5mm that should fit, shouldn't it?

No you need ZS56/ZS56, bottom cup won't fit. 56 is the internal diameter of the head tube on the Mondy.