“Yeah, I’d never have bagged then KOM without my new headset” said, no one ever.
Do you believe most Strava times are legit? I don’t.
But if you were to get the KOM with a kingheadset you could say ‘I did it and I didn’t cut any corners’
Nah, Strava is next to useless off-road, for example I ride with the same mate, week in, week out, we both use Android Smart phones to record our rides – without fail he will have travelled an extra Km and climbed an extra 200m, I chase ranks / KOMs for a laugh, but I don’t take it seriously.
I was just after an example to try to illustrate that a headset as long as it functions does add any performance or fun to ride.
Other brands offer headset with perform as well or better than CK in formal reviews and test and also anodically on here and other MTB forums.