Deciding between a Hope Headset (I already have one) or a Chris King headset for my Hardtail.
Background (you can skip this if your bored): I have a hope one on my Five for over a year now - I have serviced it for the past year on 2 occasions. The first time it was just a very basic inspection, the latter was after a very wet winter and mud had penetrated inside and the bearings were a little gritty. Very pleased with the stainless bearings as degreased n' cleaned, dired and regreased and is good as new.
My question is the usual - are CK headsets even better sealed thus requiring less servicing. I know some riders that swear by them. Otherwise I think I'll save a few quid and go for another hope 
This is not a grudge match between Hope and CK homies ;)Cheers for any comments
Buy 1 CK headset and an additional CK crownrace - you can now fit a CK headset to the lower headtube position on 2 bikes (one will be upside down though) - fit whatever you like to the upper position as this one does not get the abuse the lower one does - this may also save you getting the dreaded CK scoring of your steerer tube 
