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I had LBS replace the Diatech with a Cane Creek 10 headset which has been serving me well.

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For me and as @RojoRacing said it is unique for every individual. And possibly for any individual depends on many variables. Age, sex, diet, fitness level, how have you been sleeping and how long, and many, many other factors. Oh, don't forget about your goals AND motivation. And then during...

Yup, spokes for me have to be checked frequently as I carry loaded panniers. And the worst spoke sound for me is a metallic "twang" when a spoke breaks. That's why on my next bike tour in pulling a trailer. But early last year I had odd barely audible spoke like sounds that I could not track...

I had a similar problem with my headset bearings and bearing races were also worn/damaged on my Q559. So I decided to replace the whole headset and since that job was above my pay grade (read here I did not want to screw another headset up) I had my LBS do the job. I had a Cane Creek Ten headset...

Had my LBS switch out my the DiaTech headset for a Cane Creek headset and this seems to be working much better. Also took off the Problem Solvers clamp and adjustable spacer. I'll see how this works out in the long run, but it not only looks cleaner, but is easier to adjust the headset tension.

Also, note that I must have pontificated enough posts to rack up the title of guru. Don't believe it, and as soon as I can figure out how to change my title to something less fishy my title will be true!

I went back and re-read (is this an actual word it seems odd) your original post and caught a detail that I missed before that I should have asked before pontificating in my previous posts. When you had completed the adjustment of the tension on the headset bearings, did you tighten the locking...

@benphyr 1 yes, makes it easy, but DaBomb is actually designed for 1.5 inch tube and that is why I used a washer instead of the supplied bottom cap. 2 the Problem Solvers set is a "clamp" above the "micro adjustable headset spacer" that fine tunes the headset bearing load; that is, in the same...

Asymmetric fork?

I've had a couple of PMs asking qs re the compression method. I found the da Bomb product on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/Bomb-Head-Headset-straight-tapered/dp/B07G4CL797/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Da+Bomb+Head+Lock+Bike&qid=1589648001&sr=8-1 But it looks like I bought the last...

Works nicely on stock Q559 and QX100 seats as well, I really like the Ice neck rest!

Notice on the first pic that I replaced the DiaTech "adjustable locking headset spacer" with Problem Solvers "adjustable headset spacer" and a "locking headset spacer" that has been mentioned previously in another forum thread. This is working much better than the DiaTech in headset adjustment...

First version of my steering mod on my Q559 with the DaBomb headset compression system from above post (with modifications). The bottom cap was too large for the fork tube, so I used a washer (the Bronz colored washer on the bottom of fork tube). I'm happy with this system as it held up...

Update to long headset bolt options: I found a "headset bolt system" (my terminology), and ordered it to see what it would do for my steering mod on my older Q559 which has had the clamp come off once in the last year (because I ride them Cruzbikes down some rocky single tracks from time to...

In my experience one needs to become acclimated to a higher cadence, and once acclimated, then the higher cadence allows a higher speed for a much longer time. If I up my cadence beyond what I'm acclimated to, then I tend to bonk earlier. For me at the present time, if I pay attention to my...

I have searched a while back and the longest M6 bolt I could locate is 220 mm found on the web at a razor skate shop or possibly some other shop about 5 years ago, don't remember exactly where. I did locate a 180 mm M6 bolt at Copper State Bolt & Nut Co A long threaded rod or two shorter...

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Just looking at the pics of those two models I think there would likely be at least a couple of challenges. The attachment of the triangle at the bottom of the fork looks different, and the head tube/fork, although they don't appear different when looking at the two models, is likely different...