Now that is scary

PeterD — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:56:00 +0000

Being Halloween season, I thought I would post something scary today. Charles dropped this honking big Chris King headset on the counter in front of me. It comes wrapped with a black instruction sheet, so to me looked like a can of Guinness (and about the same size).

To show the size of this 1.5” headset, the photos show it next to a standard (1 1/8”) size that we are all familiar with.

What uses these monsters? Many Freeride, DH, and heavy duty All Mountain bikes are using this size. The Santa Cruz Bullit we have in the shop does use one this size (as do Nomads, though I think the frame we had was recently sold, and I am not sure when we can get another in).

The bikes have been using this size, but what has been missing has been forks. Many people have been using spacers with these large headsets so they would work with 1 1/8” steerer forks. Definitely not the optimal way to do it.

Fox is now making a Float Fork for use with 1.5” headsets, and we have one in stock. Like the fork for 29er bikes we talked about before, this is something that only a few shops have been able to get a hold of so far, and we got lucky.

Note – as I was writing this, the ground started moving, which added to the scare factor. 5.6 earthquake centered in Milpitas is what the web is saying.

Passion Trail Bikes, Belmont, CA - specialists in quality bike service and custom-built mountain bikes: Tag headset

Now that is scary