interesting idea- plastic adjustable headset spacer

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02GF74
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by 02GF74

I would like this a lot except for being made from plastic.

Adjustable to 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm and 15mm height
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by Zen Cyclery

Cool idea. Agreed though that the plastic is a bit sketchy.

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lowpsihighspeed
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by lowpsihighspeed

I find composite spacers often produce the mysterious creaking sound.
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by TheRookie

In compression thermoset (and nearly all clear plastics are thermoset) work just fine, noting that CF headset spacers are over 50% plastic and the fibres don't do that much in compression......

I've looked at ally spacers of a similar design but they were heavier than CF ones, especially the lightweight (13g for 50mm) BBB 'formed' ones.
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Gunjira
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by Gunjira

I use the clear version for 5000+km on the road. No creaking, no problems...

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