Description:Lightweight and durable cartridge headset at a great price. Smooth, maintenance-free sealed cartridge bearings packed with Ritchey grease. Alloy through out except lower race. 1" or 1 1/8" in Silver
Submitted by
Jacob Hohn
a Weekend Warrior
from Berkely CA USA Date Reviewed: March 11, 2008
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$60.00
Strengths:
Reasonable weight, stackheight reliability smoothness. Stays put and adjusted.
Weaknesses:
None that are apparant to this particular rider.
Bike Setup:
'99 Element. Rough XC build. Not hucking anytime soon.
Bottom Line:
After seeing fellow riders have problems with their headsets I have continued to install this same product on my bikes as I have had zero complaints. In fact, I have a hard time imagining what a "higher calibur" headset would do for my bike. Admittedly, I am a light (150#) and smooth (2 years per chain) and down to earth (3 foot drop MAX) rider. But this headset has takes alot of hits and crashes. Very infrequent ajustments and cleaning. No worse for it.
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Submitted by
oskar
a Downhiller
from sweden Date Reviewed: April 29, 2007
Favorite Trail:
tjockholmen
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
came with the bike
Strengths:
smooth and light
Weaknesses:
complitley thrashed after 2 month of ridin´
Similar Products Used:
FSA The Pig Pro DH
Bike Setup:
Blunt slalom frame with expensive setup...
Bottom Line:
Good for light dirtjumping and cross country. But for harder riding, it´s too weak.
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Submitted by
Kyle
a Cross Country Rider
from State College, PA, USA Date Reviewed: May 16, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Rothrock
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$15.00
Strengths:
Does the job, pretty smoothe.
Weaknesses:
High stack height, makes short steerer tubes a problem
Bike Setup:
Fetish Cycles Discipline
Bottom Line:
If you aren't a real snob about headsets then this will probably be fine for you unless you are cutting it close with steerer tube length.
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Submitted by
Mark
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada Date Reviewed: April 10, 2005
I bought the bike, and after 3 seasons of hard riding, I have never given this headset another thought...the ultimate compliment to a mountain bike component.
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Submitted by
Christoph Zimmer
a Cross Country Rider
from Duesseldorf, Germany Date Reviewed: June 14, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Willingen
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At:
ebay
Strengths:
- in fact no maintenance - good look - like a VW beatl it goes and goes and goes
Weaknesses:
- price - it's a lot of headset and caused a lot of trouble if you want to use a fork with a short steering tube
Similar Products Used:
other ritchey headsets and the cannondale coda headset
Bike Setup:
to many frame-fork-combinations to list
Bottom Line:
this headset is our trouble-shooter. if i need a headset to try-out a new frame or a new fork i just take the skuzzy and lets go. sometime i wonder why this one is still working after so many session because not the riding is the problem . . . it's the installation-game. many headsets would have cracked. on the track this Ritchey is stiff and durable solution for people who are to silly for any maintenace. i guess the only one thats beats the Skuzzy for CC is the headset from Coda/Cannondale that keeps the Fattys and Lefty rotating.
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Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Saratoga Date Reviewed: April 26, 2003
Favorite Trail:
107
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$45.00
Strengths:
None
Weaknesses:
Can never get it to stay tight.
Similar Products Used:
Chris King, WTB
Bike Setup:
Titus Locomoto Fox RL RS Duke XC SRAM Drive Train Avid Discs Titec Saddle Thomson Stem, Post
Bottom Line:
Tried it on 2 different bikes. Can never get it tight enough. Very disappointing.
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