swapping crown races

General Help
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Okay, so I have a new full carbon rigid MTB fork and want to install a crown race which will work with my Cane Creek 40 headset (EC44/40 lower cup). Would prefer a split crown race rather than the stock pressfit crown race that Cane Creek makes - mostly cos I don’t want to place undue force on the base of the steerer tube.

Hope makes one, which even has a similar seal to the CC - I’m 95% sure both bearing races have the same 52mm 36x45 pitch bearings - so is there any reason for why I shouldn’t use the Hope instead?

Cane Creek 52/40


Hope (shown in 1 1/8" - the 1.5 looks the same but bigger :p)

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Dremel.

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Screwdriver.

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Crown race setter.

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rock.

paper beats rock, rock beats crown race setter.

i win!

the stress of fitting a trad race to a carbon fork is nothing compared to what it will see under actual riding conditions.

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Sweet. Thanks HAL thats what I wanted to hear - stock CaneCreek CR will be fine. chur