Which headset should I get?
11-16-05, 03:05 PM
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Which headset should I get?
Hey guy's I just bought a new DK 6 pack frame, what is a good head set of it and that would be on the rather inexpensive side. Thanks.
11-16-05, 03:58 PM
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umm try a tank 2 from i think cane creek for like 22 bucks or the tank jump for like 44
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you bought just the frame..i didnt know that DK sold the Six Pack as just a frame...
anyways...
get a Solid headset, they have needle barings that are soo smooth you could probly only have like two in the race and in would STILL run smooth....althought its around $50
but if your a cheapo...get an FSA PIG...there nice too....and are like $20-40
anyways...
get a Solid headset, they have needle barings that are soo smooth you could probly only have like two in the race and in would STILL run smooth....althought its around $50
but if your a cheapo...get an FSA PIG...there nice too....and are like $20-40
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Originally Posted by racersk66
Hey guy's I just bought a new DK 6 pack frame, what is a good head set of it and that would be on the rather inexpensive side. Thanks.
11-16-05, 04:16 PM
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Does he really work in a shop or not? Some shops don't cater to BMX, so I can understand if he does. Besides, he's going to the know it alls around here. 
11-16-05, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Not to take a page from Beerman's book, but didn't you say you worked in a shop?
11-16-05, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
you bought just the frame..i didnt know that DK sold the Six Pack as just a frame...
anyways...
get a Solid headset, they have needle barings that are soo smooth you could probly only have like two in the race and in would STILL run smooth....althought its around $50
but if your a cheapo...get an FSA PIG...there nice too....and are like $20-40
anyways...
get a Solid headset, they have needle barings that are soo smooth you could probly only have like two in the race and in would STILL run smooth....althought its around $50
but if your a cheapo...get an FSA PIG...there nice too....and are like $20-40
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I was thinking about a dozer, what do you guys think about that one.
11-16-05, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by racersk66
Yeh I but I wanted to know what you guys thought.
11-16-05, 04:40 PM
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Loose balls or sealed, not much more to it than that.
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I should have mentioned this before, but the only regular 1-1/8" headset on the market that's even remotely worth buying is the Solid.
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I got a Pig for $12. Don't know what to do with it though.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Loose balls or sealed, not much more to it than that.
11-16-05, 05:56 PM
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get a SOLID....
and youll be set its like $10 more...then the other sucking companys...and it kicks ass
the bearings are sooo smoooth....needle bearings are amazing...
or you could waste $110ish on a King...
and youll be set its like $10 more...then the other sucking companys...and it kicks ass
the bearings are sooo smoooth....needle bearings are amazing...
or you could waste $110ish on a King...
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thats why i said...waste...
but racers seem to like em...
and those DK headsets. apparently there good...
but racers seem to like em...
and those DK headsets. apparently there good...
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
get a SOLID....
the bearings are sooo smoooth....needle bearings are amazing...
the bearings are sooo smoooth....needle bearings are amazing...
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Solid headsets are not sealed...but they are juust as good...
the have what are called needle type barings wich are suuper smooth and are shaped like little cylinders...and they are like vertical (this is hard to explain) in the cup of the headset...and basically..the runn SOOOOO SMOOTH...that you could almost take like all of them out and only use like 2 of them...and you would still have a smoooth headset...
and you dont need a sealed....as long as you clean and maintain your bike...
and the solid is STRONG...
so just go with it...
the have what are called needle type barings wich are suuper smooth and are shaped like little cylinders...and they are like vertical (this is hard to explain) in the cup of the headset...and basically..the runn SOOOOO SMOOTH...that you could almost take like all of them out and only use like 2 of them...and you would still have a smoooth headset...
and you dont need a sealed....as long as you clean and maintain your bike...
and the solid is STRONG...
so just go with it...
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
Solid headsets are not sealed...but they are juust as good...
the have what are called needle type barings wich are suuper smooth and are shaped like little cylinders...and they are like vertical (this is hard to explain) in the cup of the headset...and basically..the runn SOOOOO SMOOTH...that you could almost take like all of them out and only use like 2 of them...and you would still have a smoooth headset...
and you dont need a sealed....as long as you clean and maintain your bike...
and the solid is STRONG...
so just go with it...
the have what are called needle type barings wich are suuper smooth and are shaped like little cylinders...and they are like vertical (this is hard to explain) in the cup of the headset...and basically..the runn SOOOOO SMOOTH...that you could almost take like all of them out and only use like 2 of them...and you would still have a smoooth headset...
and you dont need a sealed....as long as you clean and maintain your bike...
and the solid is STRONG...
so just go with it...
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they are worth every pennie...
so yes there good..
if i wasnt getting a frame with an integrated heattube...i would have one...
so yes there good..
if i wasnt getting a frame with an integrated heattube...i would have one...
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Needle bearings are better than sealed. And they distribute the load better too.
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Thank you guys I'm guna buy a set of solids.