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Zestyclose_Dare1627 on March 17, 2025 2:42 am Looking for recommendations – it’s a steel Rove. Riding a mix of pavement, gravel, and light single track. Size is EC34 upper and ZS44 lower.
nnnnnnnnnnm on March 17, 2025 2:46 am Cane Creek Hellbender. Or Chris King. Email customer support to make sure you’re ordering the right parts. I’m Chris King on my Blur & Hellbender on my Aspero after destroying the stock headset on both.
kickingrocks28 on March 17, 2025 2:50 am Cane Creek Chris King Wolf Tooth All three have options to fit your needs.
Antti5 on March 17, 2025 2:53 am You cannot go wrong with a Cane Creek 40 series, and it’s about as expensive as is reasonable to spend on a headset. Never had one of those fail, and would only recommend going more expensive if you consciously want to get bling.
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Looking for recommendations – it’s a steel Rove. Riding a mix of pavement, gravel, and light single track.
Size is EC34 upper and ZS44 lower.
Cane Creek Hellbender. Or Chris King. Email customer support to make sure you’re ordering the right parts.
I’m Chris King on my Blur & Hellbender on my Aspero after destroying the stock headset on both.
Cane Creek
Chris King
Wolf Tooth
All three have options to fit your needs.
You cannot go wrong with a Cane Creek 40 series, and it’s about as expensive as is reasonable to spend on a headset.
Never had one of those fail, and would only recommend going more expensive if you consciously want to get bling.