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Description:Forged and CNC machined 7075/T6 aluminum cups
Industrial cartridge sealed bearings
Split 7075 aluminum crown race
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Submitted by
Brian
a Downhiller
from The Swamp, FL
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | If I told it wouldn't still be | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | I reviewed it in 12/02 and I am still riding with it. ZERO maintenance!!! | | Bottom Line: | If I ever need another headset this will be it if they are still making them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Paul
a Downhiller
from Liverpool, Emgland
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Spital | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Liesure Lakes | | Strengths: | Split lower crown, and quite low stack height. | | Weaknesses: | The upper cup has exploded. The bearing part of the cup has seperated from the part of the cup that inserts into the frame without the steerer bending or headtube ovalizing. | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face DH SL, much better.
Got a Chris King Ti on order. Hopefully it will last a bit longer without wieghing in like a tank. | | Bike Setup: | Mountain- Orange Patriot 7+ with 1.5 headtube and Sherman Breakouts, Hopes, Mrp, Monkey Lite DHs etc.
BMX- Trls 250s Ox-plat, Odyysey forks, profile cranks and hub with Ti bits. | | Bottom Line: | Probably strong enough for a MTB just couldn't hack it on the BMX even though it was never crashed and both the frame and forks where faced and reamed to high tolerances (.025mm) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Big Louie
a Weekend Warrior
from Stockton
Date Reviewed: November 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | The mean streets | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Wooly Hat Shop | | Strengths: | Simple Design, uses quality 7075 alloy, uses 'proper' sealed cartridge bearings that only cost a couple of quid to replace from any decent bearing supplier, NOT these 'angular we rip you off price crap job bearings'.
Split bottom race, no more beating the beggars out of your forks trying to get races off and on. | | Weaknesses: | Conix adjuster is pants, stick to star fangled nut set-up.
I've had 2 now and both have come with a crap seal for the bottom bearing that is way too big to be any use, it looks as if they just found these 'seals' lying around the factory floor and thought 'we cant bin them, best stuff them in the packaging for our headsets to confuse people as to what they do'. Crazyness! | | Similar Products Used: | Richtey Scuzzy logic (the worst headset ever, bar none)
FSA XLII (again absolute pants, angular contact crap bearings) | | Bike Setup: | Orange zero, hope hubs and wavey c2's, mavic, middleburn, azonic, irc....you know you want it.... | | Bottom Line: | Very good headset, simple to service, cheap bearings, looks nice in silver. The only problem I have is why does it cost 50 quid for two machined cups of 7075 and 2 bearings costing 3 quid each, bearing in mind a lump of 7075 bar stock is about 15 quid for 500g. At least 400% mark up on headsets, if not more! Not just having a go at FSA, all headsets are like this..... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from The Swamp, FL
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | can't remember...too long ago | | Strengths: | Zero maintenance for >3 years. Moved it to my new frame 'cause it is still as smooth as new. Looked under seals and grease is as clean as new. | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | none, been on these for >8years, only changed because I wanted a black one rather than silver. | | Bike Setup: | Was Proflex 856 with NR-4 and Elite fork, now on a KHS FXT Pro frame | | Bottom Line: | A "Best Buy"!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jeffrey Li
a Weekend Warrior
from Hong Kong
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Tai Mo Shan - Ho Pui | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Shun Lee Bicycles Co. | | Strengths: | easy to set up
super smooth
tough
and all that you want | | Weaknesses: | none !
the price is reasonable and you will not complain about this product | | Similar Products Used: | FSA Orbit II, FSA Orbit, Ringle | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tazer | | Bottom Line: | this is a good headset and it is smooth and cheap
i have crashed quite a few times in this headset and there is no problem at all..
i especially like the piece of plastic which keeps the mud out... looks kinda cool..
i will recommend this product to downhillers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Rikard
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockholm, Sweden
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | XC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | CykelCity | | Strengths: | Very easy to set up and I only had to adjust the headset once. No futher adjustments just ride on and on.
Smooth feeling is a keyword for this product. | | Weaknesses: | The plastic ring at the bottom. (This is to protect the sealed bearings).
A more secure construction please! | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Scuzzy Logic PRO | | Bike Setup: | SCOTT USA Pro Racing 2001. Manitou Mars Super. Shimano XTR/XT and some more components | | Bottom Line: | Great headset for the money and maintenance free! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from NY, USA
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Very smooth, no creaking or anything like that, maintenance free. | | Weaknesses: | CONIX! It's a piece of crap...it came out when I tried to tighten it, it supposedly still works as long as it's in there, but I ended up getting a star nut instead. | | Similar Products Used: | Tioga Alchemy <--- piece of crap, but at least it was dirt cheap | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche frame, mostly XT some LX components, FSA Orbit Xtreme | | Bottom Line: | Great headset for the money, just get rid of the Conix. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bill dark
a
from park city,ut,usa
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | everything in park city | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | excellent machining | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | dia-compe, varios others | | Bike Setup: | specialized m4 hardtail,cane creek wheels,manitou shock, avid brakes, cook bros cranks, raceface chainrings, styff thermoplastic bars, selle saddle,thompson seatpost,Fsa exteme headset,some shimano. | | Bottom Line: | Broke a headset on a Sunday called FSA Monday. Spoke to Tom ,recieved new headset on Tuesday noon,no charge exept for additional 1 day service. Kudos to FSA!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean Murphy
a Downhiller
from Spokane, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Beacon Hill, Spokane, WA | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Smooth, Matinence free | | Weaknesses: | FSA conix | | Similar Products Used: | Diatech, Cane Creek, many generic headsets | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Kona Stab Primo, 2000 Monster T, White 26" Sun Double Wide rims, Intense Down Hill Hubs, Michelen 2.5" rear tire, Tioga 2.3" front (soon to be michelen), Profile Mountain Bike Cranks, Dirt Works Gizmo Chain guide, Race Face 42t DH chain ring, Big Cheese pedals, Sram PC-51 chain, Shimano XT 11-32 cogset, Shimano XT rear derailer, Kona seat post, SDG Bog Boy saddle, Zoom 60mm Dh stem, Azonic PDW bars, Sram cheapo shifter, Gripshift grips, FSA orbit Extreme headset, 2000 Magura Gustav front break, 2001 Magura Gustav rear break. | | Bottom Line: | I have had this headset on all my down hill bikes. It is the only part that has suvived. It is a great headset. I have never had to do any matinence to it and it always stays tight. The only problem I have ever had with it is the FSA conix. It is the goofy thing that they use to try to replace the star nut. It pulls out as soon as you try to tighten it. I would throw it away and get a star nut ASAP. I did that with in a week of buying the headset. They were expensive when I bought mine but now I think the price is down to alot less. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy
a Cross Country Rider
from Philadelphia, PA
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Wissahickon | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | easy to assemble. Installed in less than a minute. Great finish. Amazingly smooth, durable, sealed bearings keep the grit and water out. | | Weaknesses: | would feel better if the bottom cup was sealed better although it hasn't affected the sealed bearings yet. Conix didn't fit an Amp Research fork i had. | | Similar Products Used: | AC (sucks), shimano xt (heavy), diacompe (broke it BMX) | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX890 Tomac Edition, SID SL, XT, Cane Creek WAM TI | | Bottom Line: | Great, cheap headset that you install and forget about and then never worry again. Would buy again but don't think i'll need to. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Coed-y-Brenin, Wales | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Local shop | | Strengths: | Fit and forget | | Weaknesses: | err.... dunno! | | Similar Products Used: | Many Shimano sets | | Bike Setup: | Specialised FSR, SID 100, Middleburn Chainset, Plasma rear mech, Sachs twist shifters, Time ATAC pedals, X-lite riser bars, RaceFace stem, Hope hubs on Mavic rims | | Bottom Line: | This is one of those products that you really can fit and forget... The sealed units keep out even the worst of the UK crud, and after two years, are still rolling as smooth as ever. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Pierre
a Cross Country Rider
from Gothenburg, Sweden
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | CykelCity | | Strengths: | Very good quality, no problems at all! | | Weaknesses: | None, that I know of! | | Similar Products Used: | FSA ORBIT XL 2 | | Bike Setup: | GaryFisher Procaliber, XTE with some XT, CrossMax UST, SID SL. | | Bottom Line: | A very good not too expensive headset that I can strongly recomend!
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