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Submitted by
Sandra
a
from Redding, CA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Bottom Line: |
At about a fraction of the price of a Chris King, this product beats Chris King hands down if installed correctly. I used to buy Chris King products, until I realized I was just subsidizing their next move with the high prices. I'm sure next time they will move to Toronto, citing lack of quality coffee in Portland or some other silly excuse. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billy Patterson
a Downhiller
from Centennial, Co - USA
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Paid In Full | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Village | | Strengths: | Cheap and Durable | | Weaknesses: | None that I can tell yet. Not King or Race Face??? | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face, FSA, King and WTB | | Bike Setup: | Azonic Ds-1 DJ/4x | | Bottom Line: | Great headset for the price. I like it. It has been every bit as good as any King headset I have purchased before. But I guess time will tell.
I have read what the guys above said but I haven't experienced anything of the sort. It been perfect. It's on it's second Colorado Winter and a Hard soggy Sping and Summer of Riding in Colorado and Texas. The Headset has been perfect so far!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Akos Kun
a Weekend Warrior
from Sf. Gheorghe, Romania
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | cheap, cartridge system, works smoothly(so far...) | | Weaknesses: | not sealed enough | | Similar Products Used: | steel NECO headsets (piece of crap, but cheaper than any other and works fine if cleaned regularly) | | Bike Setup: | 16½magellan draco (2003), Manitou Six(2004), deore, continental tires... | | Bottom Line: | Actually, it´s an aheadset c2, but it´s the same, isn´t it? I had to urgently change my headset on the way way home, so I had no other choice (I´m a little low on cash these days...). I didn´t know what I was buying, but I think it has worth what I´ve paid for it. Still better then the good old neco, which literally fell apart(after 6 months of usage, a broken fork, some nasty landings, and a few botttom brackets :)... if you can get it at the same price I did, it´s the best buy out there, but it´s not worth $60... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig
a Cross Country Rider
from Falls Church
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Not the ligthest. Steel parts require grease (duh!) | | Similar Products Used: | Chris King, Ringle, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | commuter/beater bike. | | Bottom Line: | After reading all the negative reviews I was a little nervous on what I would find in my HS when I went to service it. To my surprise the bearings and cups looked brand new. Must have been that nickles worth of grease I packed the bearings with during installation! For God's sake people, use a little common sense.
The only truly perpetual renewable resource is human stupidity. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nash
a Weekend Warrior
from newport news
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | solid, clean looking, smooth turning | | Weaknesses: | a little play with rigid forks on the front (saves wieght over suspension forks), seals don't seal so you need to use a cover of some sort, ex. bike tube, lizard skin | | Similar Products Used: | aheadset, stock GT | | Bike Setup: | 98 rockhopper, deore mix, STX, selle italle, kore, cane creek, panaracer | | Bottom Line: | excellent, smooth running headset, you just need to seal it and you'll be fine. it leaves a little play with my rigid forks up front, but oh well, it turns smooth with precision. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bikerguy
a Cross Country Rider
from seattle, wa
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Skookum Flats | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Worked well when conditions were dry. | | Weaknesses: | Packed up with mud after one (one!) wet ride.
So packed that when it dried the handlebars wouldn't turn. | | Similar Products Used: | Dia-Compe, Syncros, WTB grease guard | | Bike Setup: | XC w/ discs | | Bottom Line: | If it lets in water it probably lets in dirt when it's dry
(no obvious labyrinth seal). There's lots of other
headset choices so I'd say stay away.
I put an inner tube ``boot' around the bottom,
I hope that works well enough.
I don't know how much they cost (came on my bike) so
it's hard for me to give it a value rating. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Huron Industrial Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Worked for 6 months | | Weaknesses: | it's a piece of crap | | Similar Products Used: | KING | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar pro, King headset, Manitou Mars C | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT buy this headset! If you have it stock on your bike buy a King. After 6 months of riding started to get play. Figured it just needed adjustment. After adjusting it it was fine for 3 months. I overhauled it and saw all the wear marks and gouges so I sold it for $.50. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Racer
from Manitoba Canada
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Birch (closed now, sob) | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | easy maintainance, but arent they all really? | | Weaknesses: | poor seals | | Similar Products Used: | generic aheadset, king, tried others but havent owned them... | | Bike Setup: | used mostly on road bike | | Bottom Line: | This head set is OK. I havent had too many problems with the bearings. It isn't the smoothest in the world especially after wet conditions but its not something that I could really feel at the bars while riding. The seals dont keep out much crap so this is something that you will have to make sure you maintain and pack with good water proof grease.
I wouldnt suggest getting this headset for your mountain bike if you ride in the muck/wet, but in dry conditions it should be fine. BOttom line, there are better choices for the cash.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Arjen
a Racer
from Leiden Netherlands
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | fits in a low budget bike | | Weaknesses: | Poor sealing, use headset cover | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey logic | | Bottom Line: | Spend some more. For a better one | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonas
a Racer
from Basel, Switzerland
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | ??? It looks good... | | Weaknesses: | Bad bearings and my lower cup has broken! | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Fuzzy Pro, Chris King, Ritchey Scuzzy Pro | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tazer FS, X-Vert Super, Race Face, MRP, SDG, Azonic Bar, XTR, XT Disc | | Bottom Line: | This Headset sucks, I had to replace the bearings after two months and after 3 months the lower cup has broken where the frame ends. It wasn't an accident, the superlight Fork is like new!
The Ritchey Fuzzy Logic is much better and cheaper, and Chris King is still unbeaten. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stu Thomas
a Racer
from Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anglesea firetrails & bayside commute | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Inexpensive & robust (provided it's looked after properly) | | Weaknesses: | Fiddly maintenance. Not really "sealed" | | Similar Products Used: | various stock | | Bike Setup: | Iron horse ARS 9.0, many non-stock bits | | Bottom Line: | This set is now 4 years old & I ride b/w150-200 kms a week in all weathers. It's still smooth and easy turning - the secret to maintenance on these is to clean out stock grease and PACK it with a quality waterproof grease AND use a lizard skin or an old pice of inner tube over the bottom cups - my riding is almost all seaside and I have no rust in the top or bottom race. I just strip it down once a couple of times a year, repack it, slip on a new scrap of inner tube and no worries at all. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed A.
a Cross Country Rider
from Washignton, D.C.
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Planet Earth | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | www.pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | Good looks. Price. Performance. | | Weaknesses: | Very careful installation required. | | Similar Products Used: | Several. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 frame with many fine components. | | Bottom Line: | This headset gets very mixed reviews. In my experience, the quality of installation determines the outcome. After my first installation attempt, the steering was sticky and tight. I read through some MTBR reviews and Cane Creek's installation instructions again, then uninstalled and reinstalled the headset. The second time, I used a liberal amount of Shimano headset grease on the bearings, cups and steerer tube. An entire season of biking later, the headset is still perfect - smooth and easy to turn.
It looks good, works well and was very reasonably priced. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bruce Dance
a Cross Country Rider
from Blighty
Date Reviewed: December 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Helvellyn | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | various via mail order | | Strengths: | Cheap, strong, easy to maintain, exceptionally smooth. | | Weaknesses: | sealing, easy to misunderstand/abuse. Occasional burr on bearing race edges needs removing for smooth running. | | Similar Products Used: | Campy, Stronglight, FSA, Chris King, Tange, etc etc etc | | Bike Setup: | various- I have several.eg- Marin Team Ti, XT, Ti seatpost, 517's X-lite bits etc | | Bottom Line: | I posess three of these headsets. The cartridge bearings in this headset contain as many loose balls as possible, on smooth precision ground races. This means that this headset is STRONG. Probably amongst the strongest headsets with ball bearings in the bottom race. Roller bearing headsets may be stronger but WHEN (not if...) the water gets in the bearing will be completely wrecked very quickly. As others have noted a small amount of corrosion will not significantly impair the operation of this headset. If the bottom race does get too rough, you can swap it for the top one as they are the same. You can pop out the little plastic ring from the bearing, and rebuild with PROPER WATERPROOF GREASE. This is VITAL if you don't want to get a rust attack, as the factory grease is not waterproof, contains no corrosion inhibitors, and there is usually very little of it. All headsets let the water in eventually (even my King, yeah...), so its not a matter of IF its just WHEN you have to do some maintenance, and this is about as easy as it gets on this headset. I ride 52 weeks a year here in the UK, regardless of the weather (and I think you should know it rained in some parts of the UK 150days straight last year), and my typical daily ride is about 25 miles half tarmac, half mud.
Whichever bike gets jetwashed right away, and as there is no seal on the top race you can only wash DOWN here, and as the seal is not resistant to 50000psi water on the bottom go only down or sideways here, and little if any water gets in. TIPS: 1. The bearings may not align/seat perfectly when first fitted; turn the steering as far as possible each way, go for a short ride, turn again and then adjust the preload correctly. 2. rebuild bearings with copious waterproof grease. 3. Check for water ingress every three months, use GT85 etc to shift moisture, but leave grease alone if it's still clean. 4. Rebuild with fresh grease once a year or as required. 5. Wash bike carefully, never upside down. 6. Marvel at the smoothness, enjoy...
:-)
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Submitted by
Andrew Mahon
a Weekend Warrior
from Princeton, NJ
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | i dunno | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson? | | Strengths: | Cheap..i guess. | | Weaknesses: | rusty...very rusty | | Similar Products Used: | nothing | | Bike Setup: | C Dale RW700, Ellsworth Joker, both with c2s | | Bottom Line: | This refers to the roadbike. I hadnt inspected the headet sinc3e i got the bike May 12th 02, but when i did this morning i found the whole bottom half was filled with rust, it seems to emanate from the crown race and the cartridge bearings. I dunno, i guess now im saving up for a king. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wa90
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Nirvana Cycles | | Strengths: | It's a headset | | Weaknesses: | Very poor design traps sand and moisture. I can't see this surviving more than 1 UK winter (if that).
Looks crap once installed (way too bulky looking) | | Similar Products Used: | Crappy stock headsets mainly | | Bottom Line: | This headset has an odd design on the lower part that seems tailor made to collect tiny particles of sand or grit every time I go out riding, even in the dry. It makes my steering sound awful and grindy until the next ride. I hate having noisy bike bits, and this is on par with squealing brakes and rattly bottle cages.
I won't be buying another one, especially when there's cheaper FSA ones that seem to perform so much better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from Concord, MA
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | it works for several months | | Weaknesses: | it ONLY works for several months!!!! | | Bottom Line: | this headset is horrible. i used it for 6 months, now it's all messed up.
i just replaced it with chris king. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brendan
a
from London UK
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Increases the excitement of my daily commute by giving me that "about to be thrown into the traffic" feeling. Frequency of servicing makes you proficient at headset maintenance. | | Bike Setup: | 02 Specialized Stumpy FSRXc Pro | | Bottom Line: | I may have the wrong Cane Creek headset - this review relates to the Cane Creek model which came stock on my '02 stumpy pro. I (or rather my extremely experienced LBS) swapped it out before the bike had left the store for a (three year old, never lubed, never adjusted but perfectly functioning) King, moved the Cane Creek to my old Zaskar which gets used to ride to and from work.
This is a terrible headset. Yes, its worse than a King, but then there are few pieces of equipment which perform as well as a King (and Kings aren't cheap). I have used Race Face, Chorus (on my roadie), cheap FSA models, and (before I began to spend silly money on bikes) cheap Taiwanese/Chinese models with no name, all for longer periods than the Cane Creek. I can say with some confidence that the Cane Creek is by far the most abysmal piece of kit I have ever had the misfortune to have attached to my bike. I am astonished it was specced on a bike as expensive as the FSRXc Pro. The answer to the question "How long you have used the product?" is "too long". | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
LiGHT
a Cross Country Rider
from Columbia, MD
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Avalon....hey its 5min from my place | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$32.00 | | Purchased At: | Web | | Strengths: | It works...YuH! | | Weaknesses: | none...just the little seals some times get crappy and you can get some new ones fro $2 online | | Similar Products Used: | Lame aheadset that wore out in 6mo | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4900 compleatly upgraded w/XT and a Duke SL100 | | Bottom Line: | I have had no problems with this headset...at first I installed it I had put way too much grease in and around the cups and sealed berrings... it leaked out and I had to wipe it clean every other ride... finally after 6mo of that I tore it down...and found it just as I left it...everything inside was nice and clean.... I repacked it put in lesss grease this time around. I also replaced the seals around the bottom its like $2 for em on the web. I put grease in mine...just because its sealed is no reason one shouldent pack her up... it helps keep water out. It sounds like all the "rusted reviews" are from water getting in there. I put a nice coat inside the cup and then put in the bettings...then a nice coat ontop of the berring... Id say at least a 2mm coat. I ride pretty hard and this thing hasent let me down...I have done at least a hundred 4-5ft drops w/this thing...and its never shuttered...squaled...clinked or poped...I love em...I recommend em... just make sure you tighten the stack down good first..not too tight not too loose...Id torq to spec. :)
~LiGHT | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Xavery
a Cross Country Rider
from PL
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | huh? | | Weaknesses: | no protection from mud; loosening; self-disassembling cartridges | | Similar Products Used: | DiaCompe, FSA, and stuff | | Bike Setup: | Hot Chili Zymotic, Z1 X.Fly | | Bottom Line: | From the very beginning used with neoprene boots though it didn't seem to help anyway. When I disassmebled them after 3 months of riding lower cartridge opened itself up throwing balls everywhere. They make cool creaking noise when riding in mud.
Even less expensive FSA headset lasted 10 times more(and still works)...
I thought they'd work... Saving money for RooX | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Lafayette, IN
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Looks | | Weaknesses: | Guts. "sealed" bearings which seem to draw in moisture and leave the bearings swimming in rust. | | Similar Products Used: | Chris King (both are headsets but that's where the similarity ends) | | Bike Setup: | Surly Cross Check used as a fixed gear or as a cross bike | | Bottom Line: | I purchased this headset 1.5 years ago to go with my new Surly. I figured cane creek makes decent headsets and they're cheap so why not? Who wants an expensive fixed gear anyway? Well, I'll tell you why not, with only 600 miles of commuting and indoor storage, the bottom bearing assembly rusted. Even the lower cup was coated in rust that leaked from the "sealed" bearing. Amazingly, I found this during routine maintence, there was no indication from stearing play or notching. I've never had a headset rust out this fast before. I hear I can get a replacement bearing, but why? It'll probably just rust out in 3 months as so many others have found.
Chris King all the way! Definatly worth every penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Coed-y-Brenin, The Peaks & local | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | The bits you see are pretty. | | Weaknesses: | The bits you don't see but have to do the work are crap!
So ok for poseurs.
Cheap bearings, crap seals. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Impact (ace), Ritchey Logic (crap) Shimano STX, Campag Chorus & Athena (road bikes) and various OEM cheap cup and cones. | | Bike Setup: | Marin Rift Zone, stock set-up except HS.
Trek 8000 rigid with STX HS. | | Bottom Line: | Spend a bit more and get a decent HS that will last. I've just replaced the C2 after a year with a FSA Orbit Extreme which has great reviews on this site. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross Country Rider
from Sheffield
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Peak District | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | lightweight, cost | | Weaknesses: | lower ballrace rusting very quickly | | Similar Products Used: | WTB, Ritchey, Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Merlin WCS, Judy Race, LX running gear,Avid Arch rival 5.0, Titanium bars, seatpost Mavic 517 on LX hubs | | Bottom Line: | Even though I have had a neoprene boot on the crown race ever since it was fitted on my bike and I do regular maintenance on the bike the lower ball race turned into a rusty mess in the last six months even though the bike has only been used a few times in that period for going to work on, which is only one mile (no off roading due to injury). The bike is kept indoors and so I see that there is no reason for this to happen so easily on a bike that is looked after and maintained after every ride and that includes keeping the hose away from the area to stop water getting in that way, in fact I have a Shimano headset on my usual commuting bike that has lasted for ten years without any problem of rusted bearings so I just think that the bearings are of poor overall quality | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd
a Racer
from California
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Resolution | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | weight | | Weaknesses: | didn't last | | Similar Products Used: | King | | Bike Setup: | Custom Fuel 100 (24lb XL) | | Bottom Line: | I screwed up the bearings in less than 6 months and I only weigh 150 -- I ride hard but I don't huck of drops. Don't buy one- Buy a King instead they are much better | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ricksom
a Racer
from Toronto, Canada
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Inexpensive
Works great if you get a good one! | | Weaknesses: | Seems like quality control, or should I say product consistency, is a BIG PROBLEM! | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Headset | | Bike Setup: | - A Rocky Mountain Vertex hardtail
AND
- A Rocky Mountain Instinct full suspension
Both with Marz Atom suspension forks | | Bottom Line: | O.K., I think I can provide a comprehensive review of this product since I own 2 of these headsets on 2 separate bikes!
The first C-2 I bought for my racing hardtail 2 seasons ago, and have not had any problems at all. I ride 3 seasons of the year around the Toronto, Canada area.
The second C-2 I bought earlier this year for my full suspension, and after 2 months of riding, it constantly stiffened up after each ride. I would have to yank the handlebar back and forth 180 degrees to loosen it up again, only to have it stiffen up again after a ride. Now, it is at the point where turning has become difficult.
Sent the bike to my bike shop, and they measured all sorts of things. No ovalized head tube. True and flush head tube ends. True circular steerer tube. No contamination of bearings.
Replaced the 2nd C-2 with Chris King headset.
Overall, nice headset if you are lucky to get a good one. Take your chances!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came on new bike | | Strengths: | It's inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | It performs like an inexpensive headset. | | Similar Products Used: | Chris King | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tracer | | Bottom Line: | My new bike came with the C2, and I got just under 1 full season out of it before it developed severe play. It all started soon after I flew my bike the second time. It never was the same after I put the fork back in last fall. I upgraded to a Chris King and have disassembled & reassembed half a dozen times with no problems. I'm sold on King headsets. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from SouthCarolina
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Tour de' Dump & Pisgah | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Strengths: | Looks good. Bearings are available seperately for only $15.
(You will need to purchase a lot of extras) | | Weaknesses: | No protection from the elements | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight- XTR< XTR< XTR< Thompson< Rolf< Easton | | Bottom Line: | The only good thing about this headset is the bearing are available seperately...cheap. It worked good for about 5 months then overnight it siezed up. I took apart the headset to find the "sealed" bearings were so corroded that you could hardly rotate the bearings in the cartridge. I purchased new bearings and top and botom lizard skins. And what do you know....They corroded again in less than 2 months. I would not recommend this headset to anyone. Go ahead and buy a Chris King/Race Face and save money(a ton of it) in the long run. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Falls Church, VA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Any and all. | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | The lizard looks cool and that's about all it has to offer | | Weaknesses: | This headset is shot after five months of riding. | | Similar Products Used: | NA | | Bike Setup: | 98 Schwinn Moab
100% XT Drive Train - 9 speed
XT Shifter/Brake Combo
XTR Brakes
SID XC
USE Alien Seat Post
Selle Italia TA Flite
King Headset
Mavic Crossride Wheels
Salsa Quick Release
Thompson Elite Stem
Panaracer XC Firepro
| | Bottom Line: | Save your money and buy a Chris King headset, it will be the last one you ever buy. I really regret buying the C2. It was replaced last weekend with a CK. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Al Campbell
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | No seals, useless.
bearings trashed after 10 rides. | | Similar Products Used: | chris king,race face,fsa, shimano | | Bike Setup: | It now has a Race Face headset. | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy this headset.
FSA for the same money are miles better and their technical support is excellent.
MTB components like this should not be allowed. I'm embarrassed to admit this component was fitted to my bike. I feel it necessary to post a review of this headset to warn other cyclists of its existence hoping that they do not contaminate their bikes with this piece of junk.
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Submitted by
Carlos Sandros
a Cross Country Rider
from Mexico
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | none | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | - | | Strengths: | Maybe Strong. Don't use enought time. | | Weaknesses: | Bearings don't turn well. It's better on a Wal-Mart bike !!! | | Bottom Line: | ?
Coulour !
But the paint don't stay | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Allroy Washere
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester, MN
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | I like to ride | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Not too expensive, looks nice. | | Weaknesses: | Not sealed worth a damn, bearings are not good quality and not sealed. | | Similar Products Used: | Diacompe Aheadsets | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo D-Jab with a Z2 Bomber | | Bottom Line: | I bought this because it was a pretty cheap headset that came with 'cartidge bearings.' I had never seen a 'cartridge bearing' that wasn't sealed before. Silly me, I assumed the bearings would be sealed. They're not. In fact, the bearings are crappy as hell. I wrecked a set in a month just from water getting in there and coroding the hell out of them. Even the ultra cheap and not at all swanky Diacompe Aheadsets are sealed better, last longer, run smother, and stay in adjustment better that this Cane Creek model. I figure that any after market headset that costs more than a Diacompe headset should be better quality. I was really disapointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sensible Nick
a Downhiller
from Shrewsbury, shropshire, UK
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything fast, and near vertical. | | Duration Product Used: |
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