Cannondale lefty adapter

[JA-Q001]

I have been pondering the idea of getting a lefty and using it on an imported frame for a while, what put me off was that you would need to get a special adapter to use the lefty on a tapered head tube.

 

Then I saw that Cane Creek has a special headset for converting a straight head tube into a tapered one. It got me thinking, could the 1.5 bottom headset cup from this headset not be installed into the top of a tapered head tube, effectively making it 1.5 top and bottom, making it possible to use the standard lefty stem and steering pipe?

 

Just curios on what you guys think?

 

[BogusOne]

Thing is most of the Chinese frames comes with the headset "cup" moulded into the frame so I don't think your idea will work. Good idea though but not feasible on a Chinese carbon frame. Will work on something like a carbon Santa Cruz Highball/ Tallboy for instance.

Edited June 9, 2014 by BogusOne

[JA-Q001]

You are correct, their headset cups are also very shallow, so not too much meat to press it into as well and I wont even risk trying to remove it.

 

But saying that, at least its another idea instead of using a R1500 steering tube adapter, so the idea is out there for someone to try.

[droo]

With the price difference between a decent Cane Creek headset and a Project 321 adapter, you'll save yourself a whole lot of time and heartache just doing it the tried and tested way...

[Flowta]

There is this adapter in the classifieds

https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/53313-lefty-steering-adapter-for-non-cannondale-frames/