Head Tube Rings?

[WHilgenberg]

I’m going with a shameless re-post here for me.

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Headtube wall thickness

Waltworks waltzing in here with the definitive answer. Chapeau! I personally add reinforcing rings to all headtubes for a few reasons; It cleans up the transition from the headtube to the headset cup Adding ~30g to the headtube isn’t as noticed in the overall frame weight while a headtube failure is definitely noticed Additional reinforcement at the edges helps to keep the headtube round when brazing or welding to it which is very helpful especially when starting out I never want the failure…

Hope this helps!