i want to reduce the stack height on my current ride.
i am limited to just a few options as the frame takes a tapered intergrated is42/52 headset.
my choices are fsa (which i have at the mo), cane creek or superstar.
my current top cap is 15mm and i want to get down below 10mm. i don't really see the need to fork out for a full headset, so i am thinking of just buying a top set of bearings with low-stack top cap.
as far as i can see, even if i mix cane creek with fsa, the fact that they are operating at different ends of the headtube shouldn't make any difference, and therefore i will not die.
is this true?
Makes sense to me.
They're just ways of holding a little tube inside a big tube. Can't see a problem.
all they are doing is carrying the bearings. Should be no issue at all.
That found be fine. For other options also check out, Hope, as they have some low stack heights
i'm sure someone will point it out if you ever post a photo on here.
But technically, all good to do that.
The upper bearings of my headset collapsed (5 minutes into an enduro last year 🙄 ) and I replaced just the upper bearing & cup with a Hope one. No problems at all
hope don't do is42 otherwise i'd be there like a rat up a drainpipe.