I have a ChrisKing headset, but I am also getting a DHR
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so after three pages you still can't figure out a headset for your frame...wow.
since you asked: http://www.chrisking.com/pdfs/Int Headsets Explained.pdf
King at one time made an internal headset called the perdido, but it was their own 'standard'. No one adopted it so king stopped making it.
King does make a reducing headset, it just for 1 1/4 to 1 1/8 not 1.5 to 1 1/8. If you think about the last frame you had with a 1 1/4 head tube, it will give you an idea of King's development lead time. In other words, it will be YEARS before they can/will design and build a 1.5 headset (they still have not finished the isis bb done yet and soon that will be obsolete).
since you asked: http://www.chrisking.com/pdfs/Int Headsets Explained.pdf
King at one time made an internal headset called the perdido, but it was their own 'standard'. No one adopted it so king stopped making it.
King does make a reducing headset, it just for 1 1/4 to 1 1/8 not 1.5 to 1 1/8. If you think about the last frame you had with a 1 1/4 head tube, it will give you an idea of King's development lead time. In other words, it will be YEARS before they can/will design and build a 1.5 headset (they still have not finished the isis bb done yet and soon that will be obsolete).
I've had a Cane Creek Xc headset for 3 years now and haven't had any trouble with it aside from the plastic interlocking spacers creaking, once I ditched them and put in some metal spacers the creaking went away. The cups are on the tall side but I can't say that I've been any slower because my front end is too high, I think some people here are hyper-sensitive about bar height.
That said the E13 solution is really slick except for the confusion about what bearings will fit and where to get them. I reccomend Go-ride if you are going to order the E13 cups, their headset page lists a kit with everything you'll need to use the E13 cups without worrying about forgetting to order one part or having to throw parts away, and it's FSA if you are one of those people who think CC is crap.
About CK, I'll keep back most of my comments but, over the last 3-4 years CK has given me the impression of being less and less connected to the industry and unable to deliver products that the market is demanding. Anymore I think they are selling product on name alone, other manufacturers have comparable quality at the same price or better.
That said the E13 solution is really slick except for the confusion about what bearings will fit and where to get them. I reccomend Go-ride if you are going to order the E13 cups, their headset page lists a kit with everything you'll need to use the E13 cups without worrying about forgetting to order one part or having to throw parts away, and it's FSA if you are one of those people who think CC is crap.
About CK, I'll keep back most of my comments but, over the last 3-4 years CK has given me the impression of being less and less connected to the industry and unable to deliver products that the market is demanding. Anymore I think they are selling product on name alone, other manufacturers have comparable quality at the same price or better.