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FSA Orbit Xtreme Headset
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
twiceforluck
a Weekend Warrior
from Troon, UK Date Reviewed: March 4, 2010 Strengths: Absolutely brilliant! Bought about 4 years ago, no maintenance whatsoever. Been on 2 bikes, never anything but smooth: i.e. don't notice it's there. Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ae Forest Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $70.00 Purchased At: Alpine Bikes Similar Products Used: chris king Bike Setup: Commencal absolut VIP, fox 32rlc
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Brian
a Downhiller
from The Swamp, FL Date Reviewed: February 10, 2005 Strengths: I reviewed it in 12/02 and I am still riding with it. ZERO maintenance!!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: If I told it wouldn't still be Duration Product Used: More than 3 years  
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Paul
a Downhiller
from Liverpool, Emgland Date Reviewed: August 26, 2004 Strengths: Split lower crown, and quite low stack height. Weaknesses: The upper cup has exploded. The bearing part of the cup has seperated from the part of the cup that inserts into the frame without the steerer bending or headtube ovalizing. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Spital Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $65.00 Purchased At: Liesure Lakes Similar Products Used: Race Face DH SL, much better. Got a Chris King Ti on order. Hopefully it will last a bit longer without wieghing in like a tank. Bike Setup: Mountain- Orange Patriot 7+ with 1.5 headtube and Sherman Breakouts, Hopes, Mrp, Monkey Lite DHs etc. BMX- Trls 250s Ox-plat, Odyysey forks, profile cranks and hub with Ti bits. 
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Big Louie
a Weekend Warrior
from Stockton Date Reviewed: November 14, 2003 Strengths: Simple Design, uses quality 7075 alloy, uses 'proper' sealed cartridge bearings that only cost a couple of quid to replace from any decent bearing supplier, NOT these 'angular we rip you off price crap job bearings'. Split bottom race, no more beating the beggars out of your forks trying to get races off and on. Weaknesses: Conix adjuster is pants, stick to star fangled nut set-up. I've had 2 now and both have come with a crap seal for the bottom bearing that is way too big to be any use, it looks as if they just found these 'seals' lying around the factory floor and thought 'we cant bin them, best stuff them in the packaging for our headsets to confuse people as to what they do'. Crazyness! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The mean streets Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $35.00 Purchased At: Wooly Hat Shop Similar Products Used: Richtey Scuzzy logic (the worst headset ever, bar none) FSA XLII (again absolute pants, angular contact crap bearings) Bike Setup: Orange zero, hope hubs and wavey c2's, mavic, middleburn, azonic, irc....you know you want it....
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Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from The Swamp, FL Date Reviewed: December 5, 2002 Strengths: Zero maintenance for >3 years. Moved it to my new frame 'cause it is still as smooth as new. Looked under seals and grease is as clean as new. Weaknesses: NONE Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: can't remember...too long ago Similar Products Used: none, been on these for >8years, only changed because I wanted a black one rather than silver. Bike Setup: Was Proflex 856 with NR-4 and Elite fork, now on a KHS FXT Pro frame
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Jeffrey Li
a Weekend Warrior
from Hong Kong Date Reviewed: January 18, 2002 Strengths: easy to set up super smooth tough and all that you want Weaknesses: none ! the price is reasonable and you will not complain about this product Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tai Mo Shan - Ho Pui Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $35.00 Purchased At: Shun Lee Bicycles Co. Similar Products Used: FSA Orbit II, FSA Orbit, Ringle Bike Setup: Intense Tazer
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Rikard
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockholm, Sweden Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 Strengths: Very easy to set up and I only had to adjust the headset once. No futher adjustments just ride on and on. Smooth feeling is a keyword for this product. Weaknesses: The plastic ring at the bottom. (This is to protect the sealed bearings). A more secure construction please! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: XC Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $55.00 Purchased At: CykelCity Similar Products Used: Ritchey Scuzzy Logic PRO Bike Setup: SCOTT USA Pro Racing 2001. Manitou Mars Super. Shimano XTR/XT and some more components
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Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from NY, USA Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001 Strengths: Very smooth, no creaking or anything like that, maintenance free. Weaknesses: CONIX! It's a piece of crap...it came out when I tried to tighten it, it supposedly still works as long as it's in there, but I ended up getting a star nut instead. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Tioga Alchemy <--- piece of crap, but at least it was dirt cheap Bike Setup: GT Avalanche frame, mostly XT some LX components, FSA Orbit Xtreme
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bill dark
from park city,ut,usa Date Reviewed: August 14, 2001 Strengths: excellent machining Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: everything in park city Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $60.00 Purchased At: supergo Similar Products Used: dia-compe, varios others Bike Setup: specialized m4 hardtail,cane creek wheels,manitou shock, avid brakes, cook bros cranks, raceface chainrings, styff thermoplastic bars, selle saddle,thompson seatpost,Fsa exteme headset,some shimano.
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Sean Murphy
a Downhiller
from Spokane, WA, USA Date Reviewed: May 1, 2001 Strengths: Smooth, Matinence free Weaknesses: FSA conix Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Beacon Hill, Spokane, WA Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $95.00 Purchased At: Bike Shop Similar Products Used: Diatech, Cane Creek, many generic headsets Bike Setup: 2001 Kona Stab Primo, 2000 Monster T, White 26" Sun Double Wide rims, Intense Down Hill Hubs, Michelen 2.5" rear tire, Tioga 2.3" front (soon to be michelen), Profile Mountain Bike Cranks, Dirt Works Gizmo Chain guide, Race Face 42t DH chain ring, Big Cheese pedals, Sram PC-51 chain, Shimano XT 11-32 cogset, Shimano XT rear derailer, Kona seat post, SDG Bog Boy saddle, Zoom 60mm Dh stem, Azonic PDW bars, Sram cheapo shifter, Gripshift grips, FSA orbit Extreme headset, 2000 Magura Gustav front break, 2001 Magura Gustav rear break.
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Jeremy
a Cross Country Rider
from Philadelphia, PA Date Reviewed: April 9, 2001 Strengths: easy to assemble. Installed in less than a minute. Great finish. Amazingly smooth, durable, sealed bearings keep the grit and water out. Weaknesses: would feel better if the bottom cup was sealed better although it hasn't affected the sealed bearings yet. Conix didn't fit an Amp Research fork i had. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Wissahickon Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: supergo Similar Products Used: AC (sucks), shimano xt (heavy), diacompe (broke it BMX) Bike Setup: Giant ATX890 Tomac Edition, SID SL, XT, Cane Creek WAM TI
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Tony Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from London, UK Date Reviewed: April 3, 2001 Strengths: Fit and forget Weaknesses: err.... dunno! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Coed-y-Brenin, Wales Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: Local shop Similar Products Used: Many Shimano sets Bike Setup: Specialised FSR, SID 100, Middleburn Chainset, Plasma rear mech, Sachs twist shifters, Time ATAC pedals, X-lite riser bars, RaceFace stem, Hope hubs on Mavic rims
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Pierre
a Cross Country Rider
from Gothenburg, Sweden Date Reviewed: March 29, 2001 Strengths: Very good quality, no problems at all! Weaknesses: None, that I know of! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $60.00 Purchased At: CykelCity Similar Products Used: FSA ORBIT XL 2 Bike Setup: GaryFisher Procaliber, XTE with some XT, CrossMax UST, SID SL.
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