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boomforeal
a Weekend Warrior
from vancouver, bc, canadaDate Reviewed: September 20, 2011
Strengths: does what it is supposed to: made my bike slacker, lower and longer by reducing the head tube angleWeaknesses: none i've noticed. would we sweet if you could adjust angles without having to install different cups... or on the fly!Bottom Line: bought a used angleset with some play money. no problem with installation, has functioned well since day one. dropped the hta about 1* with the 1.5* cup because i was coming from an external reducer headset. wheel base is a bit longer, hta is a bit slacker, and i think the sta is a tiny bit steeper and bb is a little bit lower. bike performs better at speed and on steeps, a bit less maneuverable in tight tech and xc situations - a trade off i was happy to make
Favorite Trail: dirt ones
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: used from an aquaint
Similar Products Used: hmmmm other headsets?
Bike Setup: banshee rune with an angleset
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MTB Pilot
a Weekend Warrior
from Scottsdale, AZDate Reviewed: September 13, 2011
Strengths: Great idea, really changes HA, looks greatWeaknesses: makes popping noises, makes front end very flexyBottom Line: Since it has been installed, I had only been able to ride in an area that has lots of fast single track with small climbs, only medium size rocks, smaller drops and lots of rollers that you can get a foot or two off of. Today I got time to go down to South Mountain's National trail in Phoenix and put the bike to work. The angleset has been making more noise the longer I ride it; Kind of like a hallow popping sound. Today there was a lot of technical climbing and then descending. First I noticed that my bike was really squirrely (sp) on the long steep climbs and on the shorter technical climbs. I guess that 66 degree head angle is to slack for my Remedy to climb well. My fault for over doing it. The bottom offset cup for the E2 head tube on the Remedy sticks out about an inch and that probably moved the HA to 67 already. I used the one degree offset cup so that brought it to 66; We used an angle measure to get exact measurement.
Anyway, coming down I noticed, besides the popping on every rock on drop, that the front end was flexing a lot. It sounded and felt like I was going to break the front end off every rock I smashed over and drop I came off; That's a lot on this trail. I don't know if it is any different on other bikes where the offset cup isn't so far out of the HT. I have lost so much of the stiffness that this bike was built with. I was shocked at how much the fork crown was moving on every hit!
Needless to say, it's coming out and and the OEM CC headset is going back in!
Favorite Trail: National, The Whole Enchilada
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: From Cane Creek
Bike Setup: '10 Trek Remedy 9.9
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