summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
After my previous post about my headset, http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=53081
I popped into my LBS as I was passing and he says the headset needs to be replaced as its a bit gritty. And I must admit I can feel it now myself.
Would my headset problems make my front wheel sometimes feel like its shimmying a bit?, and it seems to have got a bit noisy too. (This all seems to have come on quite quickly).
Anyway to the question: Are all headsets equal?
If not, what do I look for in a replacement headset.
And I've noticed you can get spacers in different colours - now I've been looking for a way to uniquely identify my bike for a while now - so that I would be able to identify it from a photo if it was stolen then appeared on the internet. So using some kind of non-black spacers might be a way. Are coloured headsets just a gimmick and I would be better sticking to a good brand in black?
I can ask my LBS - but although good - they aren't into variety and he will probably recommend a generic black one.
I popped into my LBS as I was passing and he says the headset needs to be replaced as its a bit gritty. And I must admit I can feel it now myself.
Would my headset problems make my front wheel sometimes feel like its shimmying a bit?, and it seems to have got a bit noisy too. (This all seems to have come on quite quickly).
Anyway to the question: Are all headsets equal?
If not, what do I look for in a replacement headset.
And I've noticed you can get spacers in different colours - now I've been looking for a way to uniquely identify my bike for a while now - so that I would be able to identify it from a photo if it was stolen then appeared on the internet. So using some kind of non-black spacers might be a way. Are coloured headsets just a gimmick and I would be better sticking to a good brand in black?
I can ask my LBS - but although good - they aren't into variety and he will probably recommend a generic black one.