thinking about headsets - anyone still use the onZa Mongo 1

2manyoranges

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In rooting around for hours trying to sort my legacy headset collection - and finding the Hope integrated 44 which I have just ordered a replacement for grrrr - I found the bits I have karma'd here re onZa. The Mongo 1 was a disaster on my bikes - I thought 'rollers are going to be goooood....' at the time, and then when fitted, they rocked backwards and forwards in a most un-headset-like fashion. Looked cool, looked like they would work - and they didn't. Low stack height, which was good. Locking top plate helpful. Which was good. But overall performance terrible. I switched to Mavics (but with monstrous stack height), and then to 105 one inch, which actually worked well. Tried CONTAX roller one inch. They worked. Got one in the Ti Marin, well engineered by German company, and well thought-through.

Anyone out there had experience of the onZa, and was it good or bad?
Thanks
 
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