Any suggestions please?

Using a superstar uno, £15, doing its job!

Cane Creek S3 gets my vote.

Cane Creek S3 gets my vote.

Actually I use to have a S2 and that was nice, an S3 would be worth a punt

I’ve seen quite a bit of negative stuff, but really liked my Superstar headset too, on the flip side I’ve never got on with On-One Smoothie headsets.

what about this one? half price so tempted..

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HSFSPIG-118-EXT-BLK/fsa_the_pig_headset_1_1_8_in___external___black

althugh looks much heavier than the superstar one, which looks better value

Got a barely used superstar 1 1/8″ headset for sale in the classifieds. £10 posted

Chris Kings, yes its expensive first off but you will NEVER have to by another headset 🙂

Hi Rob,

Thanks for offer, going to do a bit of research first, will get back to you in the morning.

Neil

Orbit MX’s are only £20 at Planetx. People seem to rate them. I would get one if they had silver.

Chris Kings, yes its expensive first off but you will NEVER have to by another headset

Does it have a button to adapt to new new head tube standards?

Does it have a button to adapt to new new head tube standards?

😀

I have one of those pigs and it’s doing well. Bonus (for me) is that it’s deep insert cups so deals with flared head tubes well.

Was gonna say what jd-boy said, but feared the flaming…

Save up and get a king!

+1 for the Orbit MX at On One / Planet X for less than £20 at the moment. Work fine and don’t weigh too much. Seem quite well sealed too.

Chris Kings, yes its expensive first off but you will NEVER have to by another headset

Much like the £12 FSA Pig then, I’ve got one on a 2003 Stumpjumper I failed at killing.

It’s a stupid headset for an XC hardtail, but I can’t justify another one until I can kill the damn thing. The bearings are like meatballs.

My S2 lasted about a month….I’d go FSA.

Second hand hope or ck. Failing that something with sealed bearings.

Cane Creek S3 or S8, FSA Orbit-as-long-as-it’s-got-cartridge-bearings. Not the cheapest but for £10 or so more than the cheapest, you get top drawer performance. I’ve had Hope, they’re much the same, just 3 times as expensive. And I’ve had Cane Creek, see below…

jd-boy – Member

Chris Kings, yes its expensive first off but you will NEVER have to by another headset

Pretty good chance you’ll need to buy a new fork steerer, though 🙁