Stronglight Competition Headset 1950'S 1St Generation Vintage Bike BSC NOS

Description

New Old Stock
Stronglight Competition Headset
Extremely Rare First Generation with
ENGLISH THREADING
THE SPACER ON ALL OF THESE WAS THE FRENCH STYLE WITH THE FLAT, ALL OF THE ENGLISH ONES WE HAD HAD THIS WASHER FROM THE 1950'S. THESE LOOK IDENTICAL TO THE FRENCH THREAD BUT CAME IN A RED BOX VS AN ORANGE ONE FOR FRENCH, WE HAVE BOTH, THIS IS BSC BUT, WE HAVE FRENCH THREAD IN THE STORE. We manually checked the threading on these as there are no markings differentiating.
You will need to file the flat out of the headset washer to use with english fork
This is the V4, it has angle ground bearing races back in the 1950's compared to the P3 which had flat ground races
Comes In Slightly Soft Box , Dried Grease, No Bearings As These Were Sold
These were 1952 Stock as some had papers with 1951 used at TDF , This one does not
26.4 Crown Race
Cups Are Stamped Stronglight
Thick Toothed Washer Is Marked "Stronglight" only, some were marked differently but this is marked Stronglight only
Some Light Tarnish From Age , Most Of What You See Is Dried Grease
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