Comments on: Cane Creek 110 : First Look

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:54:14 +0000

Where is the follow up? How is the headset doing after a few months or riding? Any play in the top? The site says it does has a sort of compression ring, is this true?

By: Fausto

Fausto — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:42:01 +0000

The Crank Brothers are pretty cool. They don’t really have much in the way of a cup though. There whole thing is the bearing is the cup. It’s a cool idea but more of an Apples to Oranges for comparison. Also, no compression ring so it’s nice but will get some movement in the top assembly with enough leverage from a long travel fork or flex from a super lightweight carbon steer-tube. I have a King that I weighed without grease in the bearings and it came in at 101.8g and if you look at the QBP book they have 1″ Kings at 108g and standard 1 1/8″ at 126g. I also own a 110 and it actually does weigh the claimed 97.5g. Of course that was without spacers or topcap but either way I do respect the fact that it was an honest weight claim. Anyway, I’m going to go for a ride since that’s always more fun than splitting hairs with the gram scale.

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:14:19 +0000

Binman.

I didn’t say you wouldn’t find one. The information I listed as I stated was from Cane Creek’s website.

“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.”

http://www.canecreek.com/cane-creek-110-headset.html

Please read the whole article before trying to bash something I did not say. The whole thing I said that was not copied off of Cane Creek’s website about weight was this :

“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.”

By: binman

binman — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:08:26 +0000

the new crank brothers headsets are lighter….check your facts before making a statement that says there is nothing lighter….

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:14:52 +0000

Quinn,

what you are saying is a valid point. Depending on how or where you live you may never have a headset issue. Personally when I lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina in the course of 3 months I went through 4 headsets until I put on a very nice Cane Creek. It was a combination of it being wet, and sandy every ride - every day. There is nothing worse than your handling being thrown off due to corrosion in your steering area.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:02:02 +0000

To me, “showcasing” a headset is humorous, I guess because I have never had trouble with one. telling me the difference between headsets is like telling me the difference between between the the Shimano M520 and any other SPD compatible pedal.

With that said, I can understand why it was reviewed, no one that owns a Ferrari wants Miata parts.