BMX - Which headset?

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Prozakk
01-22-06, 07:09 AM
Is there a difference between an internal & integrated headset? If so, what?

Prozakk
01-22-06, 08:46 AM
4 views, no answer...still too sleepy to answer?
KinetikBiker
01-22-06, 11:17 AM
there the same.

dooley
01-22-06, 11:43 AM
They're different. An internal has cups that fit fully inside the headtube, the integrated has no cups at all.
KinetikBiker
01-22-06, 11:46 AM
huh?
i thought they were just two words that described the newer kind of headsets...
Prozakk
01-22-06, 12:20 PM
They're different. An internal has cups that fit fully inside the headtube, the integrated has no cups at all.

Integrated (http://www.albes.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1301)

(contradicts your statement, making me further confused...)
wethepeople
01-22-06, 12:29 PM
No, not really.

One has cups that must be pressed in and one doesnt. They both do the same thing.
nodnerb
01-22-06, 01:05 PM
Integrated uses bearings that are pressed directly into the headtube. No cups in an integrated headset. Internal is the same as a regular headset except in the larger size. Internal still uses cups that press into the headtube and bearings that seat into the cup.
CMcMahon
01-22-06, 01:09 PM
That doesn't have cups that fit inside the headtube; you just put the bearing into the frame.

But, yes, BMX frames use integrated headsets, not internal.
KinetikBiker
01-22-06, 01:40 PM
That doesn't have cups that fit inside the headtube; you just put the bearing into the frame.

But, yes, BMX frames use integrated headsets, not internal.\
does this make me right, but yet kind of wrong...?
Brian
01-22-06, 01:54 PM
Just go to the Chris King site, and there's a complete explanation.
FMFBMX
01-22-06, 02:40 PM
Internal Headsets sit inside the frame so you dont see much of the headset, it is lighter then an intergrated headset, a Chris King is an intergrated Headset, my bicycle uses a Internal headset, you press the cups in and then the bearings sit inside those cups, so it makes a cleaner look. generally Intergrated are more popular.