I currently have an FSA Orbit Xtreme Pro 1.5" Reducer Headset with bad bearings (notchy), so I need to replace it.
I would like a headset that is light and reliable. Since I have a first generation Socom, I don't really want a zero-stack headset because I don't need the front to be lower than it already is - the headtube angle is fine, but I don't think I want it steeper/more apt to endo. However it seems that all the lightest options are integrated headsets with reducer cups, such as a set of E.13 reducer cups with a Cane Creek 110-IS headset, or the Hope Reducer headset. I would like a Chris King, but they weigh over 100g more than these other options. Is there any way I can maintain the stack height that I currently have on my FSA while losing weight and gaining reliability?
It's worth nothing that Intense expressly recommends against using Cane Creek headsets on their 1.5" frames due to the oversize nature of their insertion cups, I think.
I would like a headset that is light and reliable. Since I have a first generation Socom, I don't really want a zero-stack headset because I don't need the front to be lower than it already is - the headtube angle is fine, but I don't think I want it steeper/more apt to endo. However it seems that all the lightest options are integrated headsets with reducer cups, such as a set of E.13 reducer cups with a Cane Creek 110-IS headset, or the Hope Reducer headset. I would like a Chris King, but they weigh over 100g more than these other options. Is there any way I can maintain the stack height that I currently have on my FSA while losing weight and gaining reliability?
It's worth nothing that Intense expressly recommends against using Cane Creek headsets on their 1.5" frames due to the oversize nature of their insertion cups, I think.