Tapered headtube.

widge34
widge34 Posts: 900
edited April 2012 in MTB buying advice
Does a tapered headtube make a big difference? Have the chance of purchasing an Orange five frame. The first is a 2010 frame with standard headtube, the second is a 2011 with a tapered headtube. The 2010 is £175 cheaper.
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Widge.

Bird Zero 2
Trek Madone 3.5c H2 2013

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    i'd say it makes more of a difference than a 20mm fork axle...
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    I owned a Trance with 1.125" head tube & took out a 2012 demo bike with a tapered head tube, couldn't tell the difference no matter how hard I pushed it.
    Most Fives seem to come with Fox Float forks which are pretty flexy anyway so it won't make much difference.
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  • widge34
    widge34 Posts: 900
    Well I would be using my existing Rockshox Revelation fork with a 1 1/8th steerer, so would have to use a headset reducer.
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    Widge.

    Bird Zero 2
    Trek Madone 3.5c H2 2013
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    widge34 wrote:
    Well I would be using my existing Rockshox Revelation fork with a 1 1/8th steerer, so would have to use a headset reducer.
    wont be any stiffer at all then. Its the steerer that gives the stiffness, not so much the headtube.
  • widge34
    widge34 Posts: 900
    bennett_346 wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    Well I would be using my existing Rockshox Revelation fork with a 1 1/8th steerer, so would have to use a headset reducer.
    wont be any stiffer at all then. Its the steerer that gives the stiffness, not so much the headtube.

    Thanks. That's the answer I needed to know.
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    Widge.

    Bird Zero 2
    Trek Madone 3.5c H2 2013

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