Recommend me a headset

god1406
god1406 Posts: 554
edited January 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
To replace a worn out 'TH industries' headset that came on the bike. I ride XC, but the bike gets thrown around quite a lot, so super light things are probably not a goot idea. I'm looking to spend about £20.

I've been looking at these from CRC:

Cane Creek Tank II: £20
FSA UF Ball Needle: £20
FSA XLII Cartridge: £25 - Should i look for cartridge or loose-ball? hmm.
Cane Creek s8: £25 - reduced from 55 quid, so presumeably it's quite good.

Any opinions on the above welcome.

Also, is £15 a good price to have it fitted?

Cheers, Oli.
Rocky Ridge

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  • Bikedevil
    Bikedevil Posts: 1,156
    FSA Pig, I absolutely love mine
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  • god1406
    god1406 Posts: 554
    FSA pig dh pro is £20 from Merlin so i'll probably get that. But there's a RItchey Wcs at £22.50 which is 75g lighter, but i suppose it would just die a lot quicker.

    Thanks for the advice anyway.
    Rocky Ridge

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  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    Just as a point of info, all of the headsets you have named above (FSA and Cane Creek) are TH Industries headsets. You won't have heard of them because most of the headsets they produce are for other people (like FSA and Cane Creek).
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