Headset for carbon steerer

h34e0f
h34e0f Posts: 370
edited September 2012 in Road buying advice
The headset on my bike is forever coming lose and I'm fed up of adjusting it so am thinking of just replacing it. I currently have a pretty cheapy unknown brand one (uh oh) with an itm compression cup. Could someone recommend a replacement? I'm not sure which are for carbon/regular steerers. Don't want to spend silly money buty want somethingthat's going to hold out.

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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    the material of the steerer is not important but there are so many headsets now it's impossible to say what you need - conventional, integrated, integral, 1 1/4 tapered, 1 1/2 tapered....
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,741
    if it's for the dolan in your signature, I think it will be 1.1/8 integrated. if you have a carbon steerer fork then don't be shy with the carbon paste when you fit the new one
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • h34e0f
    h34e0f Posts: 370
    edhornby wrote:
    if it's for the dolan in your signature, I think it will be 1.1/8 integrated. if you have a carbon steerer fork then don't be shy with the carbon paste when you fit the new one

    Thanks!

    I was specifying the material of the steerer as I was under the impression that you needed to make special considerations for carbon - no starnut?
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    that's right. SFN is ok in alloy but a carbon bung in carbon.
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • h34e0f
    h34e0f Posts: 370
    maddog 2 wrote:
    that's right. SFN is ok in alloy but a carbon bung in carbon.

    Therefore my initial point is valid? Most headsets come with a starnut...

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