Many years ago Cane Creek was creator of threadless headset technology. Putting a benchmark in headsets, fork and frame design. How often do you see a frame with a threaded headset installed? Not very often. Normally it is a throw back or just an older bike.

If you can’t tell from my previous post I am pretty pumped about this new 110 headset. I have listed the main points about this headset from Cane Creek’s website but here is a refresher.

• Hard-Pack Alloy – The cups and spacers are machined from a custom drawn seamless tube of 7050 Plus Aluminum. This unique manufacturing process allows for an incredibly strong material without a weight penalty.
• Captured Compression Ring – Variations in steer tube diameters are common and sometime shims are needed to correct this. The “Captured” compression ring keeps these shims in place while maintaining the simplicity of the system.
• Split Lip Bearing – By incorporating a dual lip design the bearing gets twice the protection of standard headsets while decreasing friction.
• Low Weight – Without its spacers or preload assembly, the Cane Creek 110 is a remarkably light 97.5 grams. You won’t find a better performing, more durable headset. Finding a lighter one is just as unlikely.

The biggest thing for me is the split lip bearing. Yes it keeps out the grime but it also allows a seal with less friction. This equals longer bearing life and quicker turning for you.

Taking the headset out of the box there are a few things that come with it. Normal headset lower race, cups, upper race, starnut, and top cap. Then there are the thin metal spacers and aluminum etched spacers for your steer. Finally you can’t forget the directions!

The weight is about that of a Chris King at 97.5 grams. The spacers felt nice in my hand with the standard interlock design of Cane Creek spacers. Everything that came out of the box had Cane Creek etched somewhere on it. Even the cups have the patent number etched into them.

The top race seems to have a tight fitting seal to it which I haven’t played with yet to see if it is replaceable or not. The lower fork race looks much like any other high end Cane Creek race.

 I hope to have this headset installed this weekend.  I’ll put up some photos of the install and over all feel of it with a rigid fork.