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Submitted by
weather expert
a Weekend Warrior
from iowa
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with FSA XL2 and xtreme | | Strengths: | works. can be reused. now the stem doesn't need something that is permanently fixed inside the fork. | | Weaknesses: | friction between top cap and stem/spacer (see below). needs 6mm hex | | Similar Products Used: | regular stem cap | | Bike Setup: | both my steel hardtails | | Bottom Line: | though some don't like it, the two conix i had have never failed me. they preload the headsets almost exactly like regular top caps, sans pounding a star nut into the steerer tube. maybe a bit heavier, but they make installing the fork a lot easier for me.
one downside, though, is that when you tighten the top cap, the entire top cap rotates (on regular ones only the bolt rotates) and the friction between top cap and stem/spacer adds more torque to the wrench. so at a given preload, you actually get a much higher torque on the conix top cap than on a regular top cap. just use common sense and you'll be fine. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Duane
a Cross Country Rider
from Shippensburg, PA
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything in Michaux | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | It works, can be re-used | | Weaknesses: | heavier than SFN. no special tools required for install. | | Similar Products Used: | star fangled nut | | Bike Setup: | K2 Zed Team, manitou, truvativ, sram, avid, mavic, blah, blah, blah. | | Bottom Line: | This thing works great. I have no idea what these other guys are b!tching about. I have used this on two different forks with no problems at all. You use it to get the tension and then your STEM holds the tension. NOT your top cap. I have even stripped my bike down to the frame a few times with each fork and still NO PROBLEMS. If you are looking for a re-usable alternative or something that doesn't require tools, then I highly recomend this thing. If your not mechanically inclined maybe you should stick to the nut. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug Hauswirth
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Sounds good on paper.... | | Weaknesses: | Piece of crap dropped it's clamping mechanism into the steerer tube....probabably my fault, but the two upper parts refuse to separate now. Don't buy this turd, stick with the fangled nut. It's simpler, cheaper and works. | | Bottom Line: | If zero chilis were an option, this would be it.I hope other FSA products are better than this.
Save your money for beer. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cosmo Catalano
a
from Hanover NH USA
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came w/headset | | Strengths: | better than star-flaged nut unless you have an aluminum steer tube | | Weaknesses: | 1)little rubber thing breaks
2)hard to adjust
3)way more complicated than necissary
4)heavy
5)lots of adjustment needed due to slippage
6)gets dull & doesnt work
7)cuts up steerer tube inner wall | | Similar Products Used: | star flanged nut (also trash)
| | Bike Setup: | custom fisher x-caliber | | Bottom Line: | good idea poor excecution. fits poorly with my Mars. Head lock better work. Otherwise I will have no way to tighten my headset | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tyrone
a Cross Country Rider
from philippines
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | lots of 'em | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | 5.00 | | Strengths: | might be good for bike that dont really go off road | | Weaknesses: | I had to tighten it after every ride.Now it pops out after I try to tighten the cap,no matter how hard I tighten the wedge.
It leaves deep grooves on the inside of my steerer tube | | Similar Products Used: | star fangled crap | | Bike Setup: | rst sdk at fork,tranz x suspension post,hardtail,shimano stx rc components,irc piranha pro tires | | Bottom Line: | waste of my money.dont buy it if you spend most of your time off road, you'll end up trying to tighten it over and over.might be good for pavement riders.I pulled mine out,Im gonna replace it with a azonic headlock.The damn thing left deep scars on my steerer tube. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cliff
a Racer
from Central Texas
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Good in theory | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, poor installation instructions, will not stay put | | Similar Products Used: | SFN | | Bike Setup: | VooDoo Canzo, Chris King | | Bottom Line: | This thing would pull out of the steerer tube when tightened. I've not had that problem with a SFN. Additionally, the added weight is not worth it. If you can't install the SFN yourself, go to your LBS and have them install it for you. You will have spent maybe the same amount of money, saved the weight and a lot of headaches | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bugman
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The one that doesn't kill me | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Strengths: | Ease of installation, ease of adjustment, great colors | | Weaknesses: | better instructions | | Bottom Line: | I got this when I went from a rigid fork to my Rock Shox Jett. Put it together easily by myself, and it was my first time working on the fork/headset. No problems. Held just fine even after I hit that car door. I would recommend it to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Froggy
a cross-country rider
from The not so belle province.
Date Reviewed: April 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The whole idea seemed silly. Star flanged nuts do work if you know how to install them. Don't use a screw driver!!!!!! That is only an excercise in futility. You don't need a special tool from park either. Put the cap on the bolt and screw the nut on the cap. Make sure to have the nut on so that some bolt threads are visible. Tap the bolt untill the nut grabs, place the cap on the steerer to center it and drive it home. It has ALWAYS landed dead center at the right depth with this technique. I was suprised to find out the Park actually makes a tool for this.Back to the review. A friend of mine, let's call him Fred (as in Flintstone), has all the mechanical skill of a troglodyte, decided to install his fork solo. Even with his chimpanzee skills he was able to do it no problem with a Conix. This is good because in his zeal to mount the fork by himself he forgot to put the lower race on the fork. Is that why the steering is rough?I still think it is a useless excuse for putting ano on a bike, but it does work. If he had to install a starflange I know he would have put in five or six with a screwdriver or steel punch. It does remove a possibly aggravating step from installing a fork. Its worth three chilies, it's only another bolt after all. Five chilies if you are Fred | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a weekend warrior
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: February 9, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
You guys should remember that this device is for pre-load. I doesn't hold things together, the stem does. If you headset keeps getting loose, blame your stem. Anyway, other than the nut rounding, mine has been fine. I need some more words. I think the 50 word count thing is lame. So much for being concise. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bikeguy
a racer
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 14, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
What I like about this little darling is: 1)No stupid steel star fangled crap to get stuck in the steerer, and 2)No silly plastic cap that buckles when you try to tighten it. 3)No silly aluminum cap to replace the plastic one assuming that it will solve the problem. It loses 1 chili because it is a difficult fit for an aluminum steerer. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tom
a weekend warrior
from dublin
Date Reviewed: September 18, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
MY 5 conix`s rounded they are crap | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul David
a cross-country rider
from Concord, NH
Date Reviewed: July 30, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This is a great, easy to use product. It is easy to make adjustments on the fly with this too. Basically, it kicks the star flanged nuts butt! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Hylka
a cross-country rider
from Joliet, IL USA
Date Reviewed: April 12, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I hated the plastic that came with my original headset from day one. I went to the Club Roost from there... hated it even more. I would have to adjust (re tighten) my headset every 2 or 3 rides. Now I have a Conix. Goodbye headset looseness. This really is a great $10 part. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg Wang
a cross-country rider
from Berkeley, CA
Date Reviewed: April 10, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Great alternative to the star-fangled nut.Maybe a little heavier, but it works. Comes in several anodized colors.At first I thought it wasn't great because my headset would come loose. Turns out it was my crappy stem. Remember, folks, this Conix thing, as well as star-fangled nuts, ARE FOR PRE-LOAD. The stem is what really keeps it all in place. I think it's better than the old star-fangled nut setup because it is fully removable, and reusable should you buy a new fork (not that star-fangled nuts are that expensive, though). FSA's conix is good, as are the FSA headsets. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a weekend warrior
from Honolulu, Hawaii
Date Reviewed: March 12, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
How come I never thought of it first!!! Great product, well designed, works great. The inner threadded design really makes for easy adjusment if the headset comes loose. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dale Jones-Waddell
a cross-country rider
from Aztec, NM
Date Reviewed: March 8, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Got it with a new FSA headset. I went back to the shop numerous times to get the headset re-tightened. It would not stay tight. One piece was a little larger than the diameter of the head tub. The stem would clamp onto this piece and not the h-tube. I could either grind it down (not very precise) or go back to the SFN. Went back to the SFN. I also replaced the FSA head set 1 year later. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Enigma
a cross-country rider
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: January 30, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Works a lot better then those screwy star thingys. Soooo nicer. Got mine in green. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy
a weekend warrior
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: November 30, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I don't how many of those stupid star-fangled nuts I went through (3?)
Now I have the Conix cap. So easy to install and adjust.
I love it, buy one.
Now. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a weekend warrior
from San Diego, California
Date Reviewed: June 24, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
This gadget connects your steerer tube to your stem. I picked one up after getting
a new fork. The star fangled nut was stuck in the old steerer tube. The FSA Conix
works by a reusable expanding nut which is tightened inside your steerer tube. The
face plate attaches on the stem to connect the whole thing. It allows a very tight
connection between the two.
The Conix costs about 10 bucks, which I feel is a tad pricey... Otherwise an
excellent purchase if you need to replace your star fangled nut.
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Submitted by
Rick
a weekend warrior
from San Francisco, CA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Hate your SFN (star fangled nut)? I did, after installing my forks into a new
frame, I had to cut down my steerer tube to get a proper fit. Well, if you cut
down the steerer tube, you'd have to move the star fangled nut down the same
amount you cut off the steerer tube to supply enough depth for the bolt to
clamp to. I couldn't hammer the star fangled nut in evenly so that the bolt was
still inserted straight...because I pounded the !@#*% SFN nut too far down and
it was crooked! Solution? Conix Aheadset Cap to the rescue. This ultra cool
cap has an assembly that you insert into your steerer tube (a small lip helps
keep it from slipping through) and screw with a hex key to tighten. Then an
anodized cap screws into the first assembly, pulling your fork, aheadset, and
stem together. Bingo! And when you want to move it to another bike, you can!
Try that with your star fangled nut! (Comes in blk, sil, red, dark blu, lt blu
and gold for 1 or 1 1/8 steerer tubes for approximately $10.) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nelson Ho
a cross-country rider
from Potomac, MD
Date Reviewed: June 3, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The Conix by FSA (Full Speed Ahead) is the best susbstitube for the SFN (star fangled nut) for the threadless headset.
The SFN scratches and mars the inside of your steerer and does more damage if you want to remove it.
The Conix is the solution. The expansion package inserts into the steerer, you tighten it with a 6mm alley wrench.
After it's secured, a top cap threads down into the expansion package, pulling the headset tight.
Unlike the Club Roost Wedgehead, this is a 2-step system. So, you make sure the expansion package is very tight first, before
you attemp to thread down the top cap. It works extremely well. Cost: $10.
Weight, about 30g more than a SFN. Plus, you get a nice alum top cap with carved in lettering.
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Submitted by
Joe
a cross-country rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: May 24, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I got the Conix with my FSA Orbit threadless headset. I wasn't supposed to have
any complaints about the 'nix, for it is a really professional replacement for the
wimpy star-flanged thingy that came with my suspension fork. Theoretically it was
supposed to be real damn easy to adjust trailside, but the glitch here was that it
WOULDN'T FIT INTO MY STEERER TUBE!! (See my review on Judy SL) After a big amount
of filing and shearing on my part, I finally gave up and used back the wimpy star
with the Conix's assembly. No doubt the Conix's design does make it easier for firm
adjustments to the headset assembly, but I keep feeling as though I've lost out on
something. Does FSA make special clamp-pieces for Judy aluminium steerers?
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Submitted by
Chris Stevens
a Norba racer
from Belmont, New Hamp., USA
Date Reviewed: April 9, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
To all da ridas:
Deez Conix tings is da shitz. My stem eez always cumin' loose. Wit
dat noo Conix, eveyting stays nifty-tite. Eveybody mus' get un of dem
Conix headstem capz!
I was not put up to this.
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