Whereas nearly all of the business appears intensely centered on marginal features at any price, just a few manufacturers are preserving it basic – and fashionable. Following the latest announcement of a brand new line of 1″ threaded headsets from Rene Herse, Wilde Bicycle Co. at present launches one other 1″ threaded possibility manufactured by Cane Creek.
Cane Creek 110 ZN 1″ Threaded Headset
Calling it a Wilde unique, the brand new Cane Creek 110 ZN headset makes use of their prime of the road 110 cups, with ZN40 sealed cartridge bearings. Supplied in black or silver, the headset will promote for $120. Wilde is preselling them now, with the product anticipated to ship in late October. There’s no assure that these might be made in multiple batch, so if you would like one, you most likely ought to pre-order one.
Specs
Fork kind: 1″ English threaded
Stack top: 41mm
S.H.I.S. Higher: EC30 / 25.4-24tpi
S.H.I.S. Decrease: EC30
Crown Race: ISO (26.4mm)
Machined from 7075 sequence aluminum
ZN40 Sealed Cartridge Bearings
Weight: 91g
Rene Herse 1″ Threaded Headsets
Wilde Bicycle Co. and Rene Herse had related reasoning for launching a premium 1″ threaded headset – there merely weren’t many choices. Out of the blue, we now have three completely different premium choices together with the Rene Herse Rinko and Low-Stack headsets. Rene Herse takes {that a} step additional although by creating two new premium headset fashions with needle bearings as an alternative of the usual cartridge bearings.
Each are premium 1″ threaded headsets using sturdy needle bearings with circlip retainers to maintain the bearings in place once you take away the fork. An attention-grabbing element is that the Rene Herse headsets will not be anodized, that means they conduct electrical energy. That’s apparently a key element when utilizing your body/fork because the return path in your generator lighting system. I realized one thing new at present.
For those who want a decrease stack top, the appropriately named Low-Stack model is obtainable for $189. In any other case, the Rinko is bought for $209.
Low-Stack Specs
Weight: 96 g
For 1″ steerer tubes
British threading
Stack top: 14.3 mm (decrease) + 23.7 mm (higher) = 38.0 mm (whole)
Needle bearings
Higher and decrease bearings oriented in parallel to cut back stack top
Use 32 mm headset wrenches to tighten
Not anodized (conducts electrical energy)
Made in Taiwan
Rinko Specs
Weight: 119 g
For 1″ steerer tubes
British threading
Stack top: 16.9 mm (decrease) + 29.8 mm (higher) = 46.7 mm (whole)
Needle bearings
Circlip retainers maintain the bearings in place when the fork is faraway from the body.
Use 32 mm headset wrenches to tighten
Not anodized (conducts electrical energy)
Made in Taiwan
Each can be found now from Renehersecycles.com.
