Hope Head Doctor
Dawesy92
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Just asking people opinions mainly, what are people thoughts on the Head Doctors? look good and reviews on CRC seem good, is anyone on here using them? as im tempted to buy one.. 
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Personally I don't see the advantage over the star fangled nut0
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they do the job and can be a bit of a fiddle to fit. I use one so does wife's and bro in laws hardtails0
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This. Why bother.ej2320 wrote:Personally I don't see the advantage over the star fangled nutI don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:
This. Why bother.ej2320 wrote:Personally I don't see the advantage over the star fangled nut
Because it says "Hope" on it, so is automatically classed as an upgrade to any bike, even if it's not as good as the thing its replacing. Plus, it gives the owner the ability to write "lots of hope" in the ad when they come to sell the bike it's attached to. It also increases the value of said bike by at least a gazillion pounds.0 -
Big deal. A minute to fit a SFN, a 59 seconds to swap a head doctor. And how many MTB have carbon steerers?I don't do smileys.
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waste of time buying on their own. they come with hope headsets. i have 2 hope headsets fitted. i have 2 hope top caps fitted. i have 2 hed doctors in my tool box.Dawesy92 wrote:Just asking people opinions mainly, what are people thoughts on the Head Doctors? look good and reviews on CRC seem good, is anyone on here using them? as im tempted to buy one.."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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cooldad wrote:Big deal. A minute to fit a SFN, a 59 seconds to swap a head doctor. And how many MTB have carbon steerers?
I couldn't be arsed trying to fit a SFN - a compression nut was easier. is it overprice yes but it worked first time unlike the last SFN I tried to install :oops:0 -
Do you struggle with Lego?POAH wrote:cooldad wrote:Big deal. A minute to fit a SFN, a 59 seconds to swap a head doctor. And how many MTB have carbon steerers?
I couldn't be arsed trying to fit a SFN - a compression nut was easier. is it overprice yes but it worked first time unlike the last SFN I tried to install :oops:I don't do smileys.
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I have one in my Anthem because I had it in my toolbox when I built the bike. No idea where it came from.
No better than a star nut and takes a lot longer to fit. I wouldn't buy one.Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=130702350 -
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waste of time buying on their own. they come with hope headsets. i have 2 hope headsets fitted. i have 2 hope top caps fitted. i have 2 hed doctors in my tool box.Dawesy92 wrote:Just asking people opinions mainly, what are people thoughts on the Head Doctors? look good and reviews on CRC seem good, is anyone on here using them? as im tempted to buy one..
I have a hope headset too, which I do think is worth the money
But yea, it don't think the head doctor is any better especially at £15 and a star nut comes with most forks anyway and they cost about 99p0 -
I have a head doctor because I got it cheap, wouldn't bother again, SFN is just as easy. Hope top cap does look nice though :-)0
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I couldn't actually figure out how to install the head doctor
Chucked it in the bin and put the SFN in.0 -
I actually had to fit an expander in the carbon forks on the kinesis (they're full carbon, including steerer, so no starnut). I got one free from superstar with a £7 bag of haribo I ordered. It's black. It works. That's really my only prerequisite when buying these things, so I consider it a resounding success.0
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Yeah but once the Haribo is eaten, the regrets begin.I don't do smileys.
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That's ok, I taught mine never to accept sweets from pervy strangers in grubby raincoats.POAH wrote:I don't do smileys.
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explains why you eat yours yourself0 -
A star nut is safer in thin walled steerers as they don't have the same axial load on the steerer..blitz wrote:
Have got two of them. Find they work quite well in thin-walled aluminium steerers.Dawesy92 wrote:Just asking people opinions mainly, what are people thoughts on the Head Doctors? look good and reviews on CRC seem good, is anyone on here using them? as im tempted to buy one..Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=130702350
