Crank bros headsets, any good?
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Dead Rats":3tk0x61m said:I only did fairly light XC with mine, it went a bit rusty and kept coming loose
Surely it coming loose is a stem problem or cups not pushed in etc, not a headset problem?
That said, i generally don't like cb stuff, i bought a pair of acid pedals and the bearing/axle design was poor. Distance between bearings very narrow, tiny bearings and to top it off, the bearings had lacquer in them, so i can only assume they lacquer them with the inner race installed. Lasted about 2 months before i had to engineer some sealed bearings and needle bearings.
mallott":3l89yg9b said:Dead Rats":3l89yg9b said:I only did fairly light XC with mine, it went a bit rusty and kept coming loose
Surely it coming loose is a stem problem or cups not pushed in etc, not a headset problem?
That said, i generally don't like cb stuff, i bought a pair of acid pedals and the bearing/axle design was poor. Distance between bearings very narrow, tiny bearings and to top it off, the bearings had lacquer in them, so i can only assume they lacquer them with the inner race installed. Lasted about 2 months before i had to engineer some sealed bearings and needle bearings.
as far as I can remember the stem was a really nice Race Face Deus and I fitted the cups properly, they were a really tight fit IIRC :?
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Bit the bullet and bought the DH one today.
Its not particularly low stack height and states DH so i'm hoping for bigger balls.
At £31 down from £80 i just couldn't stop myself any longer
Plus its silver and red which is the right colour for the build
Bit the bullet and bought the DH one today.
Its not particularly low stack height and states DH so i'm hoping for bigger balls.
At £31 down from £80 i just couldn't stop myself any longer
Plus its silver and red which is the right colour for the build
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I always stand by chris king for headsets. had the cb iodine on my work bike (from crc when it was cheap) 10-15 miles later i swapped the forks and the bottom bearings in the cup decided to make a massive bid for freedom all over the conservatory floor (angry missus) you really do get what you pay for. Just a note to all the replys about fitting etc, I am a qualified cycle mechanic of 15 years + ive got a chris king ive had on my stinky deelux, on-one gimp, pashley 24mhz, numerous bmx's and trials bikes, spooky bandwagon, santa cruz super 8 . . . . the list goes on, as does the chris king headset
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cyfa2809":2ge2uutw said:
thats a bugger :?
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like i said ive had one for about 10 years (same bearings, same everything really?) have you faced your head tube ?
