Missed the boat! No more Chorus headsets???
 

So after winning the bid on the Gazelle, I noticed that it needed a headset. I browsed around and thought a nice new Chorus headset would be perfect: classic looks, reliable, not too expensive. And I never got around to ordering one.

The frame arrived on Tuesday afternoon and it's beautiful. And I remembered to order a headset.

ACCKK!!! They're all gone. Nashbar? Zip. Lickton? Nada. Probikekit? Zilch. Universal Cycles? Nichivo.

Has anybody seen one on line from a reliable source (USA based, preferably)?

does it have to be chorus? You could get the stronglight from VO for $39 and just use a bit of metal polish to remove the logo.
Classy, well priced, and uses roller bearings.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._1953_13426685
http://www.velo-orange.com/stronglighta9.html

Here's a better deal:

http://www.xxcycle.com/a9,,en.php

wow! and I thought $39 was cheep!

Sorry, not to derail my own thread, but I noticed this on the Velo Orange site too: IRD bottom bracket. Anybody have any experience with this BB? Now that Shimano seems to have stopped making the UN-73, this looks like it might be a good alternative.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._1956_12875114

Try giving Tom a call at http://www.gvhbikes.com/

Sometimes he has some in stock.

Bike Works still lists Chorus threaded headsets on their website. Maybe give them a shout.

http://www.bikecult.com/works/parts.html

Branford Bike lists a nice silver 'Record' headset for $84.

Thay also carry the "Stronglight" headset too, thoough abit cheaper.


http://www.branfordbike.com/cgi-bin/...12737057#item1