Originally Posted by
DIMcyclist
The FSA Duron X has a classic look, like the Falcon & Levin; it's very good value at $35 - $40, esp. since it has sealed bearings like the Chris King '2-Nut.'
You're lucky you need a 26.4; finding a classic-style, sealed bearing HS in 27.0 proved to be a royal B!@$#, but I did eventually get lucky (thanks Tange; thanks friends who went to Tokyo on business & had free time!).
Not a sealed-bearing Tange but the Levin is still easy to find with EITHER the 26.4 or the 27.0 crownrace.
I'm in the market, too but many HS are very secretive about their stackheights, you can find some info thru Sutherlands but not every model is listed (plus my edition is old so doesn't have recent model additions)...I'm looking for good value HS with TALL stackheights, the taller the better, to try to bridge the gap to reach threading on a too-tall replacement fork (the opposite problem MOST people encounter).