Ibis Silk SL headset

Hadge

Looking to build up an Ibis Silk SL frame and the Ibis site recommends the Cane Creek IS3i headset. Being a complete newbie to road I believe this headset is no longer in production and the Series 40 is what I'm looking for. Is this correct or should I be looking for something else.
Also what's the difference as to the short version as opposed to the tall one? Cheers.

mfin

The short and tall ones are difficult to find the exact pictures, but something like below photos for IS3i if you can find one (possible). It relates to the height of the top cap, so if you wanna run a fair amount of spacers you can have the tall one to save you running so many. The short one of course allows you go get a lower front end than possible on the taller one.

Not sure on whether Series40 is right without looking more, wasn't the IS3i for 45x45 campag? as described here http://www.totalcycling.com/en/gb/Cane-Creek-IS-3i-Integrated-Headset---1-18/m-17435.aspx
...so you need to check that's what you're after and check the Series 40 is the same.

For the Series 40 you can see photos of short and tall here:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cane-creek-40-series-is-integrated-1-18-inch-headset

IS3i as below.