anyone else checkout the rest of the BME(bamboo mtb)site? that dude has some sweet stuff. his headset looks really nice and his assessment that there is no need for ball bearings is dead on! i bet his slide bearings last longer and with less maintanence than conventional headsets, I mean there is nothing there to go wrong! with a carbon frame you could probably even integrate a dry-lubricating slide bearing headset in seamlessly. Of course you'd have to have the forks/stem made for it too but it looks like he can do that.