Bicycle headset assembly with a circular cover having tapered tabs

A bicycle headset assembly comprising:

• a fork tube;
• a lower bearing cover with a lower bearing set assembled to said fork tube;
• a frame tube moveably assembled to said fork tube and having a lower end rested onto said lower bearing set;
• an upper bearing cover having an upper bearing set assembled to said fork tube and rested on an upper end of said frame tube;
• a hollow arcuate circular cover having an outer cover, and a plurality of tapered tabs extending downward from an inner rim portion of said outer cover, each said tab including a first end and a free end having a thickness less than that of said first end;
• a head tube assembled to said fork tube and rested onto said hollow arcuate circular cover;
• a locking bolt and bolt cover adapted to press said head tube toward said arcuate circular cover;
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• wherein said free ends of said tabs of said circular cover are inserted into a gap defined between said upper bearing set and said fork tube thereby securely positioning said upper bearing set with respect to said upper bearing cover and accurately aligning said fork tube with respect to said upper bearing set.