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Submitted by
Andy Dallibar
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bracknell | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | It looked fancy | | Weaknesses: | It worked baddly | | Similar Products Used: | Dia compe, Hope and FSA | | Bike Setup: | At the time of this Headset it was a GT Zaskar | | Bottom Line: | It was exspensive so I bought it thinking it would be great. But It was never convincing good. It needed too much attention with fresh grease and eventuallty it cracked and I binned it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Hull, UK!
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | chainreaction cycles | | Strengths: | Cheap, looks good | | Weaknesses: | poor quality, rattles like a bucket of bolts | | Similar Products Used: | Diacomp aheadsets (various) | | Bike Setup: | 2005 mountain cycle slix, fox float rlc/rp23 lx/xt bits with smatterings of thompson shiney parts! | | Bottom Line: | Alot of these reviews say this headset is fine within the first year, yes, it is fine withing the FIRST year, however it appears to have a self destruct button as it now wobbles after EVERY ride (yes i had it installed properly) which is caused by play from the bottom cup. Very disapointing, wouldnt buy again as i lik my parts to last a bit longer then a year and a half:/ | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ross
a Cross Country Rider
from Boone, NC, USA
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | cheap, smooth i guess | | Weaknesses: | nothing to note | | Similar Products Used: | just cheap stuff | | Bike Setup: | hardtail: DH parts | | Bottom Line: | can't complain about anything. After a year of heavy use it still works like new. I've subjected this thing to some abuse it wasn't designed to handle too. COnsidering its low price, i'd buy another if i have any problems down the road. I can't see why anyone would spend 100$ on a headset when there are headsets like this one out there for a fraction of the price. This thing deserves each and every one of the 5 hot turds i'm awarding. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Khalil
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal, Quebec,Canada
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | McWhinnies Cycles | | Strengths: | Looks nice, strong, somewhat smooth | | Weaknesses: | The bearings could be stronger | | Similar Products Used: | FSA Pig DH Pro, Chris King Steelset, FSA Pig | | Bike Setup: | too lazy | | Bottom Line: | Very good headset, it lasted very long, the only reason it broke is because I needed one more spacer so the headset could really be tight, so it wasn't 100% tight it moved a bit so when I went off drops it destroyed the bearings. I doubt anything would have broke if I would have maintained it properly. I know 2 people who do have this headset, and WTB could make the bearings stronger.
****The M.S.R.P. is ridiculous.**** | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eric p
a Weekend Warrior
from Hawaii
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | works great when there's no extreme terrain | | Weaknesses: | it breaks? | | Bike Setup: | 01 GT zaskar race- this came stock | | Bottom Line: | living in a very corrosive environment doesn't help- but it still sucks. i had it on my bike for maybe 6 months and it got so bad that i had to replace it. didn't really abuse it all that much, but it should have been a lot better. didn't hold grease, came out of adjustment way to easily, etc. replaced w/ chris king- no probs now | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Preston
a Downhiller
from Ft. Collins, Co, USA
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | A-line | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | It keeps the steerer tube from falling out of the bike, but that is really the star nut and the top cap. | | Weaknesses: | It is a pain to work on, it gets dirt and water in it very easily. In mine the steerer tube rattles around even if the top bolt is tightened to the point where it is hard to turn. I have had problems with this headset from the first month I had it.
| | Similar Products Used: | CHRIS KING | | Bike Setup: | GT I-drive 1.0, 98 Jr. T(don't laugh), RF next cranks and bar, XT components. | | Bottom Line: | This headset is probably one of the worst products ever made for mountain biking. In fact I don't know that I have ever used anything made by WTB that I didn't have some sort of problem with. Back to the headset, The first time that I took this thing apart I was wondering why it wasn't designed better. Taking it apart sucks, putting it back together sucks, and regreasing the bearing three times a season really really sucks. The headset that I have somehow is out of shape and it ovalized my head tube on my original GT frame. Now the only thing that I will use for a headset is a Chris King, Everything that King makes never gives a problem. The only reason that I still have the WTB headset is so I can throw it into the 70 ton press at school. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Cross Country Rider
from Wethersfield Ct. US of A
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything in the woods | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Not fancy but it held up well for 2 years of abuse | | Weaknesses: | Dirt contamination of lower race | | Similar Products Used: | Other WTB's | | Bike Setup: | GT I-Drive with a lot of new stuff | | Bottom Line: | Get's the job done | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
d white
a Cross Country Rider
from colorado
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Similar Products Used: | King, Cane Creek, AheadSet, FSA | | Bottom Line: | This is a very good headset in my opinion. It does all the things a headset should do: maintain grease, be serviceable, attach your fork to your head tube, and allow you to turn smoothly. If installed and maintained properly, I really can't see any problem with it at all. It should last forever if you ride cross country. Obviously there are better choices for riding big drops with a Monster T fork. duh. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Downhiller
from Tucson, AZ USA
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fantasy Island | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Looks cool | | Weaknesses: | Cheap bearings | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros, FSA Pig, several cheap AHead systems. | | Bike Setup: | Home-built hardtail | | Bottom Line: | It's only marginally better than el-cheapo headsets. I wouldn't pay more than $30 new for the WTB Momentum headset w/ GreaseGaurd. The reason is that it offers nothing more in way of performance than a generic AHead system. The GreaseGuard is just a novelty on the headset, really. Real performance is in the bearing races, and the bearings themselves. That's where WTB needs to put there effort in. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean Mayne
a Downhiller
from bath
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | lye quarry | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | avc | | Strengths: | there quite good, i brought it because i cracked the fsa orbit bearings, i brought it because it was cheap, but now im glad i brought it, all round good headset | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | 2 fsa orbit headsets | | Bike Setup: | spookt metalhead, z1 wedges, azonic, dmr cheiftains bmx style, everythin elce amazing on my bike aswell e-mail on scareyshady@aol.com if you would like 2 c my spec or a picture of it. | | Bottom Line: | good headset, worth buyin if your on a cheap budget it wont let you down | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonathan
a Weekend Warrior
from St helens, England
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Merlin Cycles, ormskirk | | Strengths: | Hmm, tricky this. For the Greaseguard headset, none, for the cheaper cartridge one, ease of service, long life | | Weaknesses: | The greaseguard model was just dismal | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano headsets, ritchey headsets | | Bottom Line: | I bought and fitted a greaseguard headset to my Marin Pine Mountain. Found it very quick to loosen, religiously pumped grease in it after evry ride, regular servicing, and it still died within a year, corroded races, everything.
So I fitted the cheaper cartridge momentum headset, and it wotks a dream. Slam in new bearings, the cups never rust, it works, easy to service, no fuss set up, perfect. I'm going to gice the greaseguard 1 for value, 1 for performance, but 5x5 for the cartridge one, so the review gets and average of 3. I liked the cartridge one so much, I got another to fit my Spesh FSR as well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy R
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | reliable, easy to service, cheap | | Weaknesses: | easy to wearout | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | marin FS, manitou, raceface, sram, dangly tassles, basket | | Bottom Line: | After 6 months of light to moderate continuous riding I had to replace the bottom cartridge bearings because they were torn to hell. It seems the bearings had no protection from the outside and every speck of dirt seemed to lodge itself up in there. I realize dirt is a given especially in that area, but I don't consider my riding especially strenuous on components. Bottom line, I'd hate to see how quickly the bearings wore out if I were trail riding on a regular basis. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dan
a Downhiller
from tahoe, ca
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Karpiel @ Northstar | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Smooth
High quality
Great for XC riders and weekend warriors | | Weaknesses: | Light weight construction
Not very durable when Freeriding or DH | | Similar Products Used: | FSA PIG DH | | Bike Setup: | DHI, Monster T, Atom Labs stuff | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a light, high quality headset for your XC bike WTB makes a very nice headset.
BUT, of you are an aggressive rider, scratch this one off of your list. Within a few months of riding my lower bearings were thrashed. After 6 months the lower cup was cracked in two places and upper bearings were also shot. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, BC
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ned's | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Overtime | | Strengths: | Grease Guard!! | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey, Aheadset. | | Bike Setup: | Nuke Proof "Reactor". 2001 Z3. XT/XTR. Rhino Lites. | | Bottom Line: | I'm very happy with this headset. It doesn't come loose, and the Grease Guard technology is awesome. It takes just a couple minutes to put some grease in, wipe the old grease off and get the O rings back on. I wanted a Race Face or Chris King headset, but they sell for $100+ here in Canada. I thought I was settling for the WTB, but the Grease Guard has made me a believer. I'll wrench on my bike, but maintaining the headset was something I never did on my other bikes, as I didn't want to hassle with pulling the forks off. Now I don't have to. I haven't had any troubles with the O rings, either, as I just threw a couple Lizard Skins over top. This is an excellent product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sindross
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Strengths: | Grease Guard is exceptional, light, strong. Nice looking. Smooth and the price is right | | Weaknesses: | none found yet | | Bottom Line: | the only difference between this and chris king is 30grams give or take a few... Save your money get this one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anson Koh
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | East Coast Park. All the way | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Have been using for 3 mths and no problems at all. | | Weaknesses: | Haven found any yet. | | Bike Setup: | Haro Extreme X0, marzoochi dirt Jumper II, WTb moto raptor 2.4. | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is the product is good, there's no problems at all.. not sure bout the price. but i recommend it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jordan Lambert
a Cross Country Rider
from Hanwell, NB Canada
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything with hills and drops | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Holds like superglue, easy to maintain, not heavy, longer half-life than Plutonium. Price is definitely right! | | Weaknesses: | None yet, leaks a little grease but not a problem. | | Similar Products Used: | Aheadset stuff, bad sticky stuff! | | Bike Setup: | Alum GT with Z2 A Bombs Titec stem, XT drivetrain, WTB wheelset, etc. Built to race or ride. | | Bottom Line: | Man, a great buy and super strong performer! Can't go wrong if you get a mech to install it right! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike b
a Cross Country Rider
from Sodom in the North
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | boggs | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | park cyclery sf | | Strengths: | install and forget
economical
reliable | | Weaknesses: | o rings fit poorly | | Similar Products Used: | king
a-head set | | Bike Setup: | ibis alibi xt | | Bottom Line: | the only problem i ever had with this headset is when i had my fork re installed at park when they hired a new mechanic. this man, a dirty, drunken hippie type from another era, forgot to re install the o rings. but once i had charlie at vision re install them, they have never fit properly.
wtb's folks at the sea otter gave me new o rings, but they did'nt fit either. i've heard that they've resolved this problem with their latest offerings, but this headset has been so trouble free i see no immediate reason to replace it.
this product is exactly what a mid priced headset should be--something that once it's on your bike, you don't have to think about it. five stars for value and four stars overall. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wilder | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | speedgoat | | Strengths: | Works well, easy to service | | Weaknesses: | messy to service | | Bike Setup: | Dean Duke Ti | | Bottom Line: | Zero problems after 2 years. Squirt in some new grease once in a while & wipe off the mess. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
weather expert
a Weekend Warrior
from iowa
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | little maintenance and easy to maintain when necessary. NEVER BECOME LOOSE! | | Weaknesses: | not that smooth. o ring comes off. | | Similar Products Used: | fuzzy logic (crap), cheap OEM stuff, orbit xl 2 | | Bike Setup: | 96 xcaliber | | Bottom Line: | this is a good headset that is basically press and forget. shoot some grease in every month and you are set (if you don't it's fine too). they aren't as smooth as some sealed catridge headsets though. oh yeah, i never had a problem with it coming loose either.
perhaps not as good as a perfect 5, but definitely closer to 5 than 4. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
alan
a Cross Country Rider
from spokane
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | reliable | | Weaknesses: | not super light | | Similar Products Used: | King, Ahead, Shimano, Stronglight, generic | | Bike Setup: | voodoo bizango, steel hardtail | | Bottom Line: | I am surprised by the number of negative reviews this headset has received. I have had absolutely no problems with it. I installed it when I built up my frame and have not had to do anything to it ever except when I've switched forks out. I suspect that many people have problems with their headsets loosening because of improper installation. If everything is not seated fully, it will of course loosen upon impact. The bearings may also need to be changed if the headset had been ridden for a while then tore apart or moved to another bike. I like the grease guard system for lubing and have had no problems with it. The cleanest way to service the headset is to role the seals off, lube, wipe, clean the seals, then role the seals back on. There are lighter headsets out there, but this one is the most servicable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Downhiller
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Challenge Park | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Well, it came with the bike. Good for light duty stuff | | Weaknesses: | Came as OEM stuff on a DHi. Does not handle Marzocchi Monster T and some serious drops too well. Comes loose every time I drop anything larger than a car. | | Similar Products Used: | King, Cane Creek, etc. etc. | | Bike Setup: | GT DHi, Profile Cranks, Mavic 321's, King headset, 2.6 Gozzis, DK Iron Cross Pedals, 34 T Chain Ring. | | Bottom Line: | Not bad for light duty, but if you start getting serious, pick up a King, Tank, or a Solid. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a
from Surrey
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | worked ok for a bit
looks q good | | Weaknesses: | leaks
not that smooth even when sorking properly | | Bike Setup: | 00 Kona Nunu with V8s, Z4s & arch rivals | | Bottom Line: | to be fair the headset was improperly installed when i got it on the bike - the bottom sealing washer cracked because of this & so my lower bbs were screwed. Reinstalled it with new washer and it still leask like f**k. upgrading to a sealed one asap | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sparklenuts
a Cross Country Rider
from meechigan
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Highland | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Sticky steering, loose all the time. | | Similar Products Used: | Kink, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Ibis Mojo with all of the good stuff (besides the WTB headset) | | Bottom Line: | Buy 2 Ritchey scuzzy logic headsets for the same price. Would give negative chilies if possible) Very dissapointed. I have trusted WTB products for a long time. they should stick to tire design and seats!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Cross Country Rider
from Niantic, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | any with rocks & roots | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Smooooth !!!!!, precise steering, hasn't lossened up yet, reasonably priced | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | diacompe al | | Bike Setup: | 00 Gary fisher hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the Momentum "C" cartridge headset (sealed cartridge / no grease zerk). I've only had this headset for a couple of months but I have had absolutely no problems with it yet. The steering is extremely smooth and I have pounded my bike on numerous rock garden rides and have yet to have the headset even show a hint of slop. It does exactly what you would expect of a headset stay smooth and tight making you forget it is even there. I've read rave reviews about king headsets but for the f$#@%!* price of a king it should steer the bike for you. No thanks, here is one of the places that you can save some coin and use it where you will notice an appreciable difference like the drive train or disc brakes etc.. hell it even comes in different colors like a king, but at $60.00 bucks less. If you want a headset that is inexpensive and once it is installed you can forget about it then I highly recommend this one. If you are a weight weenie, or want everyone to oogle and gawk at your (overpriced) king headset that does the same exact thing as this one for $60.00 more then don't buy. For my money I'll take the WTB MOMENTUM "C" CARTRIDE headset. Great Value / does exactly what it is supposed to 5 flamming turds all around. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Logbiter
a Cross Country Rider
from lafayette,LA
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | soquel demo | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | airbombo | | Strengths: | it works, greaseguard rocks, out w/ the old in w/ the new grease | | Weaknesses: | o-rings | | Similar Products Used: | various diacompe, ritchey logic | | Bike Setup: | M2 stumpjumper, xt/xtr, avid, bontrager, raceface | | Bottom Line: | What more can I say, it's easy to squirt in new grease, wipe off old cruddy grease. Keep an eye on the lower ones, it needs regreasing lots more.
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Submitted by
stoopid
a
from n. cal
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | wtb | | Strengths: | The grease guard is a nice addition to a headset, affordable.
| | Weaknesses: | too greasy? not as nice as a king headset | | Similar Products Used: | just about every brand | | Bike Setup: | hot pink huffy | | Bottom Line: | I bought this headset through a "team" deal for a nice price and actually I didn't expect it to last as long as it did (1.5 yrs) After doing a 4-5 drop the other day a funny noise started to come from my headtube. When I checked it out I noticed that the bottom cup that is pressed into the frame was seperating ( cracked ). I called up my lbs like it was a 911 call, ran down there and slapped on a chris king, ahh finally, perfection.
For the good times it held up through this is a good headset for most people. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crazy Bit#$
a Weekend Warrior
from NY
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | -The Greaseguard zerk is the coolest thing--why should you take out the entire headset just to grease it?
-Not too expensive | | Weaknesses: | -O-rings don't keep much crap out--greasing does help prolong the time between disassembly,but WTB should have put better seals in
-Lately,it's been coming loose | | Similar Products Used: | Tank(I swear by 'em--I own one on my Surly,and I have another one for my Chameleon in the mail from DansComp),Tange(utter sh$t) | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Chameleon with the hot sh$t | | Bottom Line: | This headset ain't bad,but it's no King.If they would put in better o-rings it would be better.So far,it has come loose twice over the past month,and I have only ridden my Chameleon 3 times(those were 3 HARD rides,though).That's kinda sad--but oddly enough,it never came loose before.Can we say "ovalized headtube?"
I'm replacing this thing with a TANK!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary White
a Cross Country Rider
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Surgery, London | | Strengths: | These comments apply to the greaseguard version: ability to easily replenish grease without stripping; great in wet conditions (like Britain) | | Weaknesses: | Seals look a little weak | | Similar Products Used: | Chris King | | Bike Setup: | Trey OCLV Y-bike, URT, Marzocchi Z2 BAM forks and Fox Vanilla Float RC rear shock, XTR throughout with Race Face Next LP crankset and rings, Mavic X618 CD rims and Hope XC hubs. | | Bottom Line: | A good, simple product that works. Excellent for wet conditions. I'd recommend protecting the bottom race with a Lizard Skin or similar. A little OTT for riders who spend most of their time in dry and dusty conditions only.
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Submitted by
Jose A
a Weekend Warrior
from NYC
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Airbomb | | Weaknesses: | O-ring seals (but if you replace them with black plumbing o-rings that are just a bit smaller,they'll seal out all of the dirt and stuff) | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 95 Mongoose Rockadile, Sram 9.0/sl brake set, shifter/derailler set. Gore ride on cable set, WTB Momentum hubs/laserbeam rims wheelset, Shimano XT f/derailler and cassette,Manitou SX-R 80mm fork. Rohloff sts-99 chain. | | Bottom Line: | I read up on this headset(Thank You MTBR.com! reviewers) before I purchased it and quickly replaced the cheap O-Rings that came with it(both snapped while stretching to fit them on headset) Now everytime I replace the grease nothing but the old grease comes out(so I guess that solves the Seal problem for me and hopefully you too.) Buy whatever Headset you like ,but keep this one in mind if your a dollar pincher like myself. You wont sacrafice anything but a few more grams and you dont ahve to buy special bearing when the stock bearing eventually wear.(Besides it's a pain to take apart my steering column just to re-grease the headset, with the greasegun it saves so much time and effort). peace | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bobby
a Racer
from Katy, TX
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | It works as a bearing | | Weaknesses: | No protection from elements whatsoever. | | Similar Products Used: | FSA Orbit | | Bike Setup: | GT XCR 3000 w/ judy race, SID dual air rear with rebound, LX drivetrain, titec 141 bar with kore lite 3 stem. Also, I have to say that SYNCROS SUCKS! cuz the whole stock handle bar and stem just fell right off when I was riding. Not only is it extrememly dangerous, it's pathetic | | Bottom Line: | The bottom races are totally exposed to the elements. You WILL have to clean and repack the bearings after a hard ride or risk losing your entire headset. It works, but it is not easy to maintain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Follow-up for Philip below
a Cross Country Rider
from Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Taken off used DBR X-2 | | Strengths: | This is a follow-up to the review immediately below. Unfortunately there are numerous WTB "momentum" headsets (comp, greaseguard, etc) and only one mbtr.com category for them. Below I reviewed the "momentum comp" which is total junk, but now I would like to offset my scathing review by looking at the "momentum greaseguard" which is a much (!) better product. | | Weaknesses: | Tapered aluminum shim in top race can be very difficult to remove | | Similar Products Used: | |
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