Anyone here has had acual hands on experience with integrated headsets?

jride · 12-03-2003, 05:02 PM

I have a frame coming in the mail that uses one. The only thing that i know about them is how much chris king hates the new design. I am just wondering if any of you guys have frames which are running this design.

Also there are basically 4 parts to the headset right? Top and bottom bearing cartriges. And i am guessing a crown race for the fork and a dust cover up top?

Should i get a shop to install mine and not risk messing up the head tube. Or is this something that i can do on my own? I read something about reaming the headtube to smooth out the cup before installing. I do every other install on my own including a conventional headset install. But this is new.

Darren · 12-03-2003, 05:15 PM

Ouch.. I don't know if this is a good idea. Gary had a Diamondback XSL and the integrated headset just sucked, everything came loose constantly. He always had play. I'm not sure if it was installation error, but I don't like them either.

androshandrew · 12-03-2003, 05:52 PM

I had one on my Giant Warp, crapped out after a short while and of course I couldnt get any replacements parts cuz it was from Giant. I think the whole thing is a dumb idea, it saves no weight and if ur headset ovalizes, so does ur headtube. There goes that frame.

SuperJ · 12-06-2003, 08:20 PM

they are easy to install and save weight.

squirrelboss · 12-15-2003, 11:18 PM

are there any issues with the head tube ovalizing? my slalom bike (daimondback xsl race) has one and the headtube is not very thick. Im light but go big so I dunno. anyone ever ovalized one?

Quasi · 12-16-2003, 09:05 AM

Yo J, see if your frame will accept the CK perdido headset. It's gotta be bored out so some frames may weaken.

jride · 12-17-2003, 09:57 AM

mike,

yeah i don't know about boring out the head tube (very little margin for error), but i'll give them an e-mail and see what they say.

thanks

squirrelboss · 12-17-2003, 12:39 PM

why would you wnat to bore out a headtube? it is one of the most stressed parts on the bike, especially one that sees a lot of jumping and such. there are plenty of strong headsets for 1 1/8 and I have just found adapters to turn integrated headset frames to 1 1/8. I bet most shops carry them.

jride · 12-17-2003, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by squirrelboss

why would you wnat to bore out a headtube? it is one of the most stressed parts on the bike, especially one that sees a lot of jumping and such. there are plenty of strong headsets for 1 1/8 and I have just found adapters to turn integrated headset frames to 1 1/8. I bet most shops carry them.

squirrelboss,

Where can i find info on the adapters?

thanks!

squirrelboss · 12-17-2003, 02:23 PM

just go to your local shop, they may have them in stock and can order them from QBP or hwatever if not stocked.