Originally Posted by Dirtdrop
I decided to go with a Tange Passage I found on eBay. Tange and Ritchey steel headsets are fragile? Are they made from inferior steel?
I don't know if the steel is "inferior" or they are poorly sealed but my experience with them is they don't last very well. As I noted above, the OEM Tange on my Trek was brinelled badly enough to require replacement in about 2000 miles while its Shimano replacemrnt lasted seven times as long.