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Brinelling

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The dents that sometimes develop in headset bearing races are often colloquially referred to as "brinelling" from the resemblance to the dents made by the Brinell Hardness Test.

Sometimes the term is (somewhat inappropriately) applied to damaged headset races.

See Jobst Brandt on "Indexed Steering"