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Gordon
a Weekend Warrior
from SingaporeDate Reviewed: April 28, 2005
Strengths: Headset seal looks cool. Keeps away dirt from your headset perfectly.Weaknesses: Soaks up water when wet, logo on the seal is cracking apart due to the stretching of the headset.Size is a little too small for my headset.Bottom Line: Cheap and effective. Way to go lizard skinz! oops, skins ! =)
Favorite Trail: Roads + Off Road
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$5.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Cloth + water?
Bike Setup: Progear 2005, Shimano System, DNM Fireball rear shock, RST T-4 Fork , Progear saddle, Modified handgrips, Promax disc brakes
Lizard Skins chainstay, grunge guard for both derailleurs and headset seal.
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john
a Cross Country Rider
from ukDate Reviewed: June 12, 2003
Strengths: Cheap. looks cool and does its job admirably.Weaknesses: None its another seal between your h/set and the grimeBottom Line: Just get'em you'll feel better knowing there's another layer of protection from the elements.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$3.00
Purchased At: Halfords
Similar Products Used: n/a
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Big G
a
from San Diego CADate Reviewed: November 27, 2002
Strengths: great little invention.
protects from watter, mud, dust and sand.Weaknesses: none at allBottom Line: This is a great $3 investment. it does its job wonderfly and adds a little pozaz (sp?) to your bike. I don't know just get it y not? its only $3
5 flaming Hippopotamuses!
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
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Craig
a Cross Country Rider
from AberdeenDate Reviewed: October 4, 2002
Strengths: cheap and functionalWeaknesses: red doesn,t go and I think its scuffing the black crown on my duke suspension forksBottom Line: u can,t go wrong for 3 quid I use it when I know its going to be wet and/or muddy and it makes a difference.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$3.00
Purchased At: halfords
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: long travel heavy duty hardtail
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Gordon Ghenter
a Cross Country Rider
from Flagstaff AZDate Reviewed: January 27, 2002
Strengths: cheap, makes a 20 dollar headset perform like a King (even though the King will last five times as long-at five times the price)Bottom Line: Why not get one? I just got a new headset and I really like the way it performs. It is not a King, but I am not a slave to fashion and I'm poor. I got this LS to help keep gunk out of my catridge bearing headset and it does a pretty good job. It adds another layer of protection to any headset, not an airtight seal. Satisfied consumer, 5 stars.
Favorite Trail: yes
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$3.00
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derek
a Cross Country Rider
from fed way, WADate Reviewed: December 27, 2001
Strengths: Looks good, keeps clean, cheap protectionWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: Well, it looks good, and keeps the headset clean!
Favorite Trail: Victor Falls
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: Jamis Durango
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Toby
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from MDDate Reviewed: November 4, 2001
Strengths: WorksWeaknesses: NoneBottom Line: I have a King headset, and I still use this. If you ride in the mud/water, grit and gunk will make its way into your lower race each ride. This doesn't stop it, but it is a cheap and easy way to slow it down.
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: SC Chameleon, home build
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Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Mountain View CADate Reviewed: February 26, 2001
Strengths: Cheap
SimpleWeaknesses: NoneBottom Line: The newer version seems a bit wider, so it stays in place better than those I had on my previous bike. These little buggers just seem like cheap insurance for those of us without a Chris King Headset.
Favorite Trail: Henry Coe
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$3.00
Purchased At: Performance.com
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Stock Santa Cruz Superlight
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Rod Angler
a Weekend Warrior
from NOLADate Reviewed: December 14, 2000
Strengths: Inexpensive protection for your headset from mud, water, dust (if you don't have a nice sealed Chris King headset yet, I don't)
They work pretty well. Easy to remove and wash (simple velcro closure, a simple but effective product).Weaknesses: None. I suppose velcro will wear out, and the neoprene isn't exactly thick and super durable.Bottom Line: They are very inexpensive, work fine, and come in multiple colors for the fashion concious.
The rear shock boots work fine too. Just avoid the Fork boots, as they are very nearly totally worthless.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$3.00
Similar Products Used: n/a
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shane richardson
a Cross Country Rider
from raleigh ncDate Reviewed: June 29, 2000
Strengths: stays on well. Adds a little flash. Saves the headset at least some abuseWeaknesses: none... what do you want for 3 bucks?Bottom Line: I don't know why everyone is so worried about people thinking that they have a cheep headset. Even if I did have a King headset I would use this product and help protect my investment. Even if it is a well sealed headset I would think that the LS seal would take the brunt of the punnishment on a messy day, and prevent most of the crud from getting through.
Favorite Trail: hmmmmm let me think
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: raleigh m600
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River Dio
a Weekend Warrior
from AmericaDate Reviewed: March 3, 2000
Strengths: Hmmm. Works right off and then failsWeaknesses: it falls apart and worse, it doesn't cover the key parts of the HS sealBottom Line: Grrr. I have a carbon frame and a Syncros headset, which is still clean (due to my own vigilance), but the skin doesn't stay in place where the headset gap lies. Thus, it doesn't work. It's just a gimmick, in my case. It's worn in only a couple of months and after a wet ride, my headset is completley wet anyway. Grrr.
I've seen some people use a tube (you have to remove the fork and ring it around the head tube and fork). But those wear out too.
There doesn't seem to be a good solution. This skin isn't one anyway.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: nothing
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Richard Simms
a Racer
from Williamsburg,VADate Reviewed: October 24, 1999
Strengths:
Cheap, better than nothing, and the only alternative you have for the bottom when your fork's already installed.Weaknesses:
Better than nothing, when you need it, but not that effective.Bottom Line: I put these on my GT when I first built it, as the O-rings in the headset were minimal when present and there was not enough to re-use them. I wasn't going to buy a new head set, just for seals. The Lizard skins do keep birds and rocks out, but they are not dust proof, but, they're a lot better than nothing.I took a friend's advice and tried a slice from an inner tube on my Schwinn, but the tube would move with the turning of the fork and quickly slip out of place. I used rubber cement to glue one side down. I glued the top one to the stem/upper cup and glued the bottom to the bottom cup/frame. To make sure the seal would allow movement, I smeared a film of silicone grease (rubber friendly/spark plug boot grease/disc brake post lube etc.) under the moving edge. This also helped it seal against dust. I did this in 1992 and the top one finally splt, this year, 1999. I've take in appart and it has sealed very well. I haven't had to buy a new head set...7 years, down-pours, races and many miles. The Lizard Skins products are sometimes your only choice, when you can't pull things appart, and they are definitely better than nothing. As far as the head set seals are concerned, the slice of inner tube cure is definitely a lot better than the Skins and well worth the time pull the steerer out. I rate the Skins 3-chilis
Favorite Trail:
it's a secret..'nuff said!
Duration Product Used:
more than 3 years
Similar Products Used:
Slice of inner tube.
Bike Setup:
Schwinn/Paramount with Manitou-2's...yeah, old, but a real classic in its day.
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Lcurve
a Weekend Warrior
from New Albany, INDate Reviewed: October 12, 1999
Strengths:
price
materialsWeaknesses:
letteringBottom Line: This is a really great little doo-dad for the $2.50 that it ran me! I just returned from riding in a BUNCH of mud. I had mud everywhere! Up my nose, even. But on my headset? Nope. This little bugger stuck tight and kept my headset clean. I know I don't have the best headset on the market, but I may as well take the preventative maintenance and make it last as long as I can!If you see one, pick it up. What can it hurt?5 chilis, my man!
Favorite Trail:
Lapping Park
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Bike Setup:
Trek 4000,
OEM + other stuff
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fatpat
a Cross-Country Rider
from New HampshireDate Reviewed: August 5, 1999
Strengths:
neat little bit of color to the front of your bikeWeaknesses:
had to buy another one when my wife noticed itBottom Line: Why does this scream cheap headset? I have over 1200 on my ride and I still don't know why people pay so much for a headset. Dia-Comp W/the lizard skin is so good I dont even know it' there.
Favorite Trail:
all of them
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Bike Setup:
rigid
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mtb_411
a Weekend Warrior
from MontrealDate Reviewed: July 24, 1999
Bottom Line: Good product. I, being a cheap bum, bough a rear shock boot, cut a strip off and now have a headset seal too. 2 for 1. Both work good and probably save me many maintenance woes.
Duration Product Used:
6 months
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