🎯 Cane Creek 40-Series External Cup Complete: 34mm Head-Tube, 1-1/8-Inch Steerer, Black Review

Excellent headset. I ride a tandem and my headset is very battered. This works great as a replacement. However, the included documentation isn't very specific as to which direction the races and spacers go. I don't make a living off bikes and this is the first headset I've replaced. It took me a bit of searching on the internet before I was able to find a picture that was detailed enough to show how it all fits together. Experienced mechanics might laugh at me, but other DIYers might have the…

I bought this to replace my bearings after seeing I had bought a new air fork to fit my 29" Schwinn Santis - Upgrade suspension fork. I read how painful it was to remove the bottom bearing flange from the old fork and how painful it was to replace the star nut. I decided to just buy a new head and that did the trick. Of course you'll need to replace the bearing caps, but for me it was easy, I took a large flathead screwdriver and a hammer, hooked it onto the bearing cap from the inside of the…

Why fit a headset without sealed bearings these days? And while bearings can "sometimes" be found as exact replacements, it's not that much more expensive to get a full set that you then know will match. long way to replace the headset. I failed at that. However, I was able to install the new steering column and bearings myself without buying any fancy tools. It definitely needed some improvisation. I may have seen some videos of RJ the cyclist along the way. The "take me to the bike shop”…

Over the years I have used different brands of headsets although most of them were Tange threaded models. I've used a threadless Cane Creek 110 series on a previous bike (a Trek 720 disc that had a cracked frame at the seat tube to top tube junction, but that's a tangential tirade I'll skip for now), which was an expensive one upgrade was. While I'd love to put a 110 series in my new steel frame, I couldn't justify the cost. The 110 is 100% American made and beautifully finished, including the…