xaznperswaesonx wrote:When you installed the lower headtube bearing ... was it a tight fit to where you need to use some kind of press tool or did was it doable by hand?
No I did not need to use a press. The headset fit the fork/frame like a glove. Also the BB contact surface with the frame is angled (about 45 degrees) so I'm not sure it's actually possible to pressfit them. They just come into contact and from what I understood, the pressure should be maintained by the top cap/head-tube compressor.
As I was unfamiliar with the headset and fork combinations, I also researched for quite some time which headset would work for that frame.
By looking at the specs, I saw that the forks & BB are built with very precise specs, the BB being a fraction of a millimeter larger than the fork & smaller than the frame, supposedly so that they fit without press.
Note that I have this headset: http://bbbcycling.com/proinfo3.php?N=TA ... 11//BHP-46