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maxwell

Anyone see these yet?

I may pick up the Sage for the Stinky.





weight92g
size1 1/8in.
stack height21mm including crown race
flange15mm
material440c stainless steel lower
preloadaluminum/steel 25g
upper bearingssealed 34-ball max
lower bearingssealed 34-ball max
warranty5 years
msrp$130 / €129under license by cane creek cycling components

I know all about how great the King sets are, but I REALLY like the Crank Brothers set up;

Local - in Laguna
Great customer service - anytime I've been in there for something, I've gotten great service!
They ride and help maintain our local trails!

I've seen the Cobalt headset at The Path, and it look's very cool. There's almost nothing to it!
It'd be a little light for the Stinky, but the Sage on the other hand, look's very interesting.

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2wheel_lee

I also just saw the Cobal headset at The Path - first time I heard of Crank Bros offering headsets. It is certainly a beautiful piece, so I'm sure the Sage is equally nice.

genusmtbkr5

They are sweet looking for sure. Here's the link to check out their "Direct Sets".

http://www.crankbrothers.com/directsets_cobalt.php

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CPATCRASH

What happened to there cranks?

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thistrailisntlegal?

I rode with those guys yesterday, really nice and awesome riders, too. They make a lot of nice products, I'll definitely be buying more of their stuff to support a local business and guys that do a lot of trail work.

DeeZee

"under license by cane creek cycling components"

I once made the mistake of buying something besides a CK.

Won't happen again


ps. Some Cane Creek stuff is nice .........some....... well

Let's hope for Crank Bro's this is the good stuff

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FoShizzle

looks kewl....nice to see some other good headsets becoming available and in fact, quite a few now. based on my vast knowledge of nothing, i think the Cane Creek 110 is going to be the headset to beat but this "looks" good too

what does the italicized cane creek reference mean? they own the patents. in fact, Kings headsets flaws are in part due to them not licensing some of the important ingredients

Rob

Cane Creek holds the patent for the split compression ring, Crank Bros are smart to use it.

DeeZee

actually making them or is Cane Creek?

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slayer

crank bros makes some great stuff, i love their pedals and multi tools. i'm sure their direct sets will hold up and work great.

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MTBMaven

Pretty:

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maxwell

I've been running an FSA Pig on the Stinky for 3 years now, and have never had any issues with it, same goes for an FSA Orbit XL on the Hoss, although not for nearly as long, I haven't had any issues with it yet.
I ran the only King headset I've owned for 5 years, on 4 different frames, and never had any issues with it either.
There's a Pink King headset on Lacey's hardtail, and it's solid as a rock.

I guess I'll probably go with the Crank Bros this time around (if the Sage is available) just because I like to be a little different, and try new stuff.

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dstepper

Kinky....

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Rob

Probably Crank Bros from the look of it, I don't know though. I'd buy one though.

I like the one in Bearing Steel too. Same weight, same design, but it's msrp is 90.00. They're making one for 1.5" too.

DeeZee

A cane creek to me

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Rivet

If you ride hard Chris King headsets suck. Rather than using a compression ring to center the whole assembly and assure concentricity of all the bearings and the steerer tube, Chris King cheaped out and refuses to pay the Cane Creek licensing fee and instead uses a weak azz o-ring to center the headset. The result is a headset that creaks and binds and requires o-ring replacement regularly to keep it working reasonably well. But they do come in pretty colors.

EDIT; And seriously ALL headsets look simlilar, just because they don't come in pink doesn't mean they are the same.

DeeZee

is a reason they are called Cane CreAk

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Red Hot Sloth

Dee Zee, What up...you going internally geared hub?

*sorry, not a hijack, please back to our regularly scheduled program

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FoShizzle

agreed 100%. just emailed Larry to see what the status was of my Creek 110 to replace my POS King that was creaking all day yesterday, even under girly riding

CPATCRASH

Leme see here. I have King headsets on 4 out of 5 bikes and a Cane Creek on one with no trouble at all. OK, the ti one makes a bit of noise on the road bike once in a while.

I am sure it matters if either one is installed properly.

All that aside I do want to try the Cane Creek 110.

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