Description:
Cane Creek compatible Shallow Alloy cups fit into 50mm OD headtube Very low profile designed primarily for ATB’s Patented alignment tip for increased durability and performance TH brand 36/45 degree Micro Angular Contact Bearings (blue seal) 7075 aluminum crown race Laser etched aluminum top cap For 1 1/8" size steerer tube Stack Height* - 9.8 + 3.3 = 13.1mm Black anodized finish Weight - 80 grams (1 1/8")
Submitted by
næstep
a Cross Country Rider
from SF Bay Area, California Date Reviewed: April 19, 2003
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Beyond Bikes
Bike Setup:
2001 NRS
Bottom Line:
I had hoped to mount up the FSA Orbit Z which I purchased for this frame, to replace the stock Cane Creek ZS-2 headset that came spec'd on the bike.
Unfortunately, the Orbit Z cups were too deep to fit this frame properly. I spoke to the guys at FSA about the problem, and they quickly sent me this Oribt ZS to install instead.
(The Orbit ZS cups are about 5mm deep -- "Cane Creek compatible" they say; the Orbit Z cups are at least 7mm deep. Beginning in 2002, Giant reamed their NRS headtubes deeper to accept the deeper 'Z' cups.)
The headset behaved like I expected it to. After a couple of trouble free years on an FSA Oribt XLII, I was not disappointed with their Zero Stack version.
For some reason, the shallow-cup Orbit ZS came with a "standard" press-on crown race. The deeper-cup Orbit Z came with the easy to install split-ring crown race.
All in all, a completely unremarkable, trouble free headset. FSA customer service remains top-notch. What more to say?
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Overall Rating:
