Originally Posted by
vredstein
When I was building up another bike with very little steerer available, I asked around for suggestions on low stack height headsets. Tange and King were the most popular suggestions. I got nothing but mixed messages on Shimano units. There seemed to be a lot of confusion between models and years.
The Tange wins out over the King on price four times over.
The *old* shimano threaded units had a low stack height. All the modern cart ones are higher.