How do I put a tapered fork on my Cannondale mountain bike?

This is one of the top questions we answer on a daily basis at CannondaleExperts.com. We have a post about matching up mountain bike headsets here. But there’s a lot more information there than most people need.

If you have an SI headset, meaning the Lefty/Headshok bearings (HD169) fit directly into the frame, and you want to match up a 1 1/8″ to 1.5″ tapered fork, you need the KP205.

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Bikes with SI headtubes include Scalpel 29er, Flash, F-Si, 2011+ Jekyll, Trigger, Rize, RZ, Rush Carbon 26″, Rush 29  and many others starting around 2009.

• KP205/ Headset
  

• SI Headtube uses HD169/ headset bearings with Lefty. Use KP205 for tapered forks in this frame.