henshaw11
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Dunno why the paranoia, it just sounds like it an unbranded CF frame from a far east manufacturer - a mate's just bought something similar that's not dissimilar to something like a Planet-X...
(Edit - for that matter you'll see brands in Europe that you'd usually never hear of here in the UK, and the converse is true..)
First - it sounds like an 'integrated' headset, assuming the bearings sit directly in the headtube. A semi-integrated headset, by comparison, has a couple of ally cups which sit down into the head tube, and the bearings sit inside those.
Next thing - judging by the differering OD, I *think* it might be a 'taper' headset. The Cane Creek example a few posts up uses bearings with an identical OD (I think) top and bottom, so isn't a taper headset.
Cane Creek recently (perhaps with some other manufacturers) launched an attempt at a common headset spec - should be on their site somewhere - the idea was to seperately specify top and bottom bearings separately, particularly since taper headsets have added to the confusion. It doesn't override the 1" and 1 1/4" spec but does include them (bear in mind there's a few different fork crown diameters on on of those two)
They certainly have a headset identifier:
http://www.canecreek...ining-standards
(not looked at it, might be something useful here:
http://www.canecreek...?view=standards )
I've had a quick go with the headset identifier, certainly as far as the OD for both those bearings is concerned, they seem to fit in with the charts. The depth/ID may be another matter.
The Chris King website might be worth a try to, but I think Cane Creek cover a lot of OEM stuff, so is probably the place to start.
HTH.
(Edit - for that matter you'll see brands in Europe that you'd usually never hear of here in the UK, and the converse is true..)
First - it sounds like an 'integrated' headset, assuming the bearings sit directly in the headtube. A semi-integrated headset, by comparison, has a couple of ally cups which sit down into the head tube, and the bearings sit inside those.
Next thing - judging by the differering OD, I *think* it might be a 'taper' headset. The Cane Creek example a few posts up uses bearings with an identical OD (I think) top and bottom, so isn't a taper headset.
Cane Creek recently (perhaps with some other manufacturers) launched an attempt at a common headset spec - should be on their site somewhere - the idea was to seperately specify top and bottom bearings separately, particularly since taper headsets have added to the confusion. It doesn't override the 1" and 1 1/4" spec but does include them (bear in mind there's a few different fork crown diameters on on of those two)
They certainly have a headset identifier:
http://www.canecreek...ining-standards
(not looked at it, might be something useful here:
http://www.canecreek...?view=standards )
I've had a quick go with the headset identifier, certainly as far as the OD for both those bearings is concerned, they seem to fit in with the charts. The depth/ID may be another matter.
The Chris King website might be worth a try to, but I think Cane Creek cover a lot of OEM stuff, so is probably the place to start.
HTH.
