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Submitted by
Bruno Lamothe
a Weekend Warrior
from St-Cesaire Qc Canada
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bromont | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Purchased At: | Forand sport | | Strengths: | Price | | Weaknesses: | Noisy, weak bearing, | | Similar Products Used: | aheadset | | Bike Setup: | Da bomb cr8 with bomber z3 | | Bottom Line: | A headset that should only be for a cheap bike.
after all it did cost me 6$ brand new.
The steer tube was always loose or difficult to turn
I must have spent 2 or 3 hours triing to fit it onto my bike and it never was close to be like on a real performance bike. It was so bad that I never tried riding with it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aj Bill
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Stuff by my house | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | from friend | | Strengths: | normal no problems. came witha frame i bought from a friend for 40$can the frame came with a bb and cranset, and crap fork (was 25 cents) so i don't really no what i paid for it but it's good i haven't had any problems that i know of yet. | | Weaknesses: | i think i might be making noised cause i thought the noise was my stem but after reading these reviews ithing it might be the headset | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | crap except for my xt brake pads and pedals | | Bottom Line: | good for what i do and non problems but i'll have to check it out and find out if its making that noise. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerome Espiritu
a Downhiller
from Scarborough,Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bayview Arena | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | Grind | | Strengths: | It is a very smooth Headset. It works well on my bmx with the needle bearings at the bottom and the crown at the top. Smooth. | | Weaknesses: | If you don't make sure that the cups are in flush then it starts getting looser and looser after 10 minutes. | | Similar Products Used: | FSA Pig
Aheadset Tank | | Bike Setup: | DK General Lee with a Hoffman Super Fork. Snafu Gooseneck stem with Fit Foster Bars with Diatech Dirt Harry Lever. Alex Mx22 with Maxxis holy Roller (1.95) | | Bottom Line: | Its a great headset if you are gonna start out. But in the long run you prolly dont want to use it. But for the price it is pretty much worth it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pat
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: October 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | it seems to work fairly smooth
its very easy to adjust
its cheap | | Bike Setup: | 2000 GT palomar with full deore,LX and STX RC components and rock shox jett | | Bottom Line: | it works smoothly enough for me i think its well worth the money.
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Submitted by
Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from West Wales
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | na - use bike for going to work | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | The GeForce seems to be a good all round headset, but creaks and grinds a lot after the punishment I put it through. Well to have survived over 8000 miles in three years over not smooth terrain | | Weaknesses: | gets a bit stiff if not serviced regularly (fourth set of bearings) | | Bike Setup: | Carrera Vulcan frame
mavic x221 F/R
Deore LX rear Mech. A10 Front Mech
basic LX chainset | | Bottom Line: | having to change because new Judy XC forks to be fitted | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Martin
a Weekend Warrior
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kickapoo section 2B | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Looks nice and thats it | | Weaknesses: | It's the worst ever. It came on my bike and I have had problems only. Squeaks and comes loose. Critical parts made of aluminum. | | Similar Products Used: | Diacompe, Cane Creek | | Bike Setup: | Full XT with discs. IDEAL Race pro frame. Z3 100 | | Bottom Line: | Dont buy this product. I am getting a FSA Orbit xtreme now. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Date Reviewed: December 31, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Hasn't given me any problems so far, does what it is supposed to do. | | Weaknesses: | None that I can see. | | Bottom Line: | I don't why other people are having such problems with this headset: it hasn't given me any problems. Perhaps they are not tightening it correctly. I found it pretty easy to set up; nothing to it really. But really one headset is much like another so I will give it 4 chillies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mateusz
a Racer
from Canada
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Looks good when you first get it. | | Weaknesses: | Comes loose all the fu*$#@! time. | | Similar Products Used: | NOTHING as bad as this. I use FSA Orbit Extreme and Chris King. | | Bike Setup: | Custom Cro frame, Z1 drop offs, XTR, XT, LX components. | | Bottom Line: | I got it for free and it was new, I thought I would save money and I did. Though I lost a lot of nerves....The lesson: pay the dow and get yourself smth decent--->it's worth it. YST is garbage, not sure who it was made for. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Baikov
a Cross Country Rider
from Moscow
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | came with my bike | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | noisy, creaks when you go uphill | | Similar Products Used: | generic headsets | | Bottom Line: | if the YST headset comes with your bike, replace it at once if you don't want your bike to creak and squeak
except the noise the headset performs well for its price
I was surprised to see YST headsets on competition-level Xcountry bikes (I won't mention the manufacturer, but beware) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cap'n ridiklus
a Cross Country Rider
from cott, CT
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | the one that never ends... | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | works well as an object of scorn | | Weaknesses: | Ought to cost 5 bucks for how well it holds up | | Similar Products Used: | generic threaded headset (never had any probs) | | Bike Setup: | Giant frame with a mish-mash of parts, inexpensive, solid, custom, and reliable. | | Bottom Line: | This headset has never worked for me. Starts to 'clunk' almost immediately despite tightening, have had to replace the starnut twice (warped and lost grip). I ride everyday, mostly commuting... this headset was sold to me to replace my threaded headset when I got a susp. fork, if I knew then what I know now, I'd have payed an extra 30 or even 50 bucks and gone for something with a decent rep like a WTB or a King. I'll have to soon cuz' this YST is junk!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Mullholland
a Weekend Warrior
from Bristol
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | ?????? | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | cheap price | | Weaknesses: | hard to set up
doesn't keep the dirt out
not a simple design | | Bottom Line: | don't buy it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joshua Pelland
a Weekend Warrior
from Williamsburg MA
Date Reviewed: July 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Cheap
Hasn't broke yet
Smooth enough | | Weaknesses: |
no trick factor | | Similar Products Used: |
I've tried just about every kind of headset... | | Bike Setup: |
This headset has been on:
GT LTS
DBR WCF Vertex
DBR V-Link 3.0
and has lasted fine on all of them | | Bottom Line: | Seems like a fine headset. I can't justify upgrading when this one works well and is apprantly pretty strong. I have no complaints about it.I would probably give it four stars for performance, since I know that the WTB and King headsets do feel a little smoother, however for the incredible value of these I give it 5 spontaneously combusted turds. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Cross-Country Rider
from Hawaii
Date Reviewed: June 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Very cheap
Pretty Strong | | Weaknesses: |
Not guaranteed to work forever like a King is | | Bike Setup: |
1 threaded
'96 Jamis Durango
'97 Manitou SX
Profile stem | | Bottom Line: | I was impressed by this headset. My LBS threw it on for $15 when they installed my fork. If they had asked first I would have went for something better, but, no problems with the YST so far. I haven't overhauled it but it's still smooth. I was using a Lizard Skins seal though. I'm switching frames & going to a 1 1/8 threadless setup like everyone else, the FSA Orbit Xtreme will be my choice. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vincent
a Cross-Country Rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: June 11, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Mountain climbing | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Cheap and affordable | | Weaknesses: |
Easily break and it will creeks . | | Similar Products Used: |
AHEADSET,TIOGA,FSA | | Bike Setup: |
Peugeot excess (Aluminium)
SR suntour mg80 suspension
24 speed. | | Bottom Line: | Recommeded for student. | | Overall Rating: |
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