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Cane Creek
Sea Otter Tech, Day 2: The new AER headset from Cane Creek weighs about 45 grams in a 1 1/8-inch size.
Cane Creek explores the weight boundary in headsets, with a 45-gram claimed weight for the new AER headset. It relies on a Norglide X2 composite upper bushing, a split-lip sealed cartridge lower bearing, and machined “windows” in the cups. Chopping 50 percent of the weight of a traditional headset, Cane Creek points out that the cost per gram saved hovers around $2.36, a relative bargain compared to what it costs to save weight in other components. The design is meant for road bikes, and certainly unlikely to be as smooth as a normal headset, but might be perfect for lightweight project bikes and race bikes. It’s available in 1-1/8 - inch, tapered to 1 1/2-inch, and zero stack fitments. Also recently introduced from Cane Creek is a zero stack headset in the premium 110 line.
Sea Otter Tech, Day 2: The new AER headset from Cane Creek weighs about 45 grams in a 1 1/8-inch size.
Cane Creek explores the weight boundary in headsets, with a 45-gram claimed weight for the new AER headset. It relies on a Norglide X2 composite upper bushing, a split-lip sealed cartridge lower bearing, and machined “windows” in the cups. Chopping 50 percent of the weight of a traditional headset, Cane Creek points out that the cost per gram saved hovers around $2.36, a relative bargain compared to what it costs to save weight in other components. The design is meant for road bikes, and certainly unlikely to be as smooth as a normal headset, but might be perfect for lightweight project bikes and race bikes. It’s available in 1-1/8 - inch, tapered to 1 1/2-inch, and zero stack fitments. Also recently introduced from Cane Creek is a zero stack headset in the premium 110 line.
